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From Bomb Threats to Smear Campaigns: How Beijing Targets a US Dance Company in Canada
The Epoch Times
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July 7, 2025
Earlier this year, Vancouver’s Queen Elizabeth Theatre received a disturbing email just as it was about to host a performance by a New York-based company on a global tour. “We have prepared Molotov cocktails and guns,” claimed the sender, whose...
5 legal traps expats fall into in Czechia—and how to avoid them
Expats.cz
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July 7, 2025
“Knowing exactly which documents you need to apply for, or extend, a visa is a real headache for many expats—especially when the Interior Ministry's English skills are limited,” explains Eduard Malyarchuk, CEO of Nawi Europe, a company...
Czechia imposes sanctions on Russian ex-president's aide
Ukrainska Pravda
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Stock Photo: Getty Images Russian national Oleg Osipov, a long-time aide to former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, was added to the national sanctions list by the Czech government on Wednesday 2 July. Source: Czech news agency ČTK, as reported...
CHOICE Newsletter: Czech MFA vs. Chinese Hackers
China Observers in Central and Eastern Europe (CHOICE)
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July 8, 2025
Welcome to the June issue of our monthly newsletter! The past month has been particularly busy for us at CHOICE. We have been working hard to conclude several major research projects, plan future events with our partners and finalize our first...
President Pavel Hosts Polish President Duda For Farewell Visit To Prague Castle
Brno Daily
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July 7, 2025
Czech President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva welcomed outgoing Polish President Andrzej Duda and his wife Agata Kornhauser-Duda at Prague Castle this morning. Duda will be replaced by president-elect Karol Nawrocki in August. After about 20 minutes...
Cannabis banking will move “hopefully sooner than later,” senator says (Newsletter: July 7, 2025)
Marijuana Moment
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July 7, 2025
Czech Republic marijuana & psilocybin bill passes; VA secretary: Psychedelics are “phenomenal” in treating veterans; Study on cannabis and sex Subscribe to receive Marijuana Moment’s newsletter in your inbox every weekday morning. It’s the best...
‘Broken Voices’ Review: A Girl’s Dreams Are Shattered by Sexual Predation in an Artful Drama From the Czech Republic
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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July 7, 2025
Navigating a familiar subject with delicacy and an eye for emotional detail, Czech writer-director Ondrej Provaznik delivers a subtly powerful adolescent drama with his latest feature, Broken Voices (Sbormistr). Inspired by the true story of the...
Czech Railways to Trial Elon Musk’s Starlink on Inter-City Trains
Prague Morning
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July 2, 2025
Czech Railways has begun testing high-speed satellite internet provided by Elon Musk’s SpaceX Starlink network on its InterPanter trains in an attempt to improve onboard internet access for passengers across the country’s rail network. The test...
FX Daily: Preparing For A Noisy Week On Trade
myMotherLode - California
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Image Source: Unsplash FX markets are preparing for a noisy week of trade. Wednesday's expiry of the 90-day tariff deadlines will once again see some high tariff levels thrown around. This has the potential to upset the benign volatility...
Slovakia Drops Objection to 18th EU Sanctions Package Against Russia
Pravda.ru
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July 18, 2025
Slovakia Drops Objection to 18th EU Sanctions Package Against Russia Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has confirmed that Slovakia will not block the adoption of the European Union's 18th sanctions package against Russia. His statement came in...
Cash as art: the famous artists who have made their mark on banknotes
The Art Newspaper
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July 7, 2025
It’s not quite a licence to print money but it’s the next best thing. The Bank of England is inviting the public to suggest images to put on the banknotes. Famous historical figures such as William Shakespeare, Isaac Newton and Jane Austen may...
Strabag wins €360m of work as Czechia overhauls its railways
Global Construction Review
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July 7, 2025
One of the projects is a €714m upgrade of the republic’s busiest station and junction at Česká Třebová, through which 500 trains pass daily (Render courtesy of Strabag) The rail subsidiary of Austrian contractor Strabag has won two contracts in...
Czech MADR 3D radars become a key component of NATINAMDS
CZDEFENCE
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The Czech Army has been using EL/M-2084 radars, known as MADR 3D, in full operation for at least six months. Seven units have been delivered to the Czech Republic since February 2022 (the last, eighth radar will be handed over to the Czech Army at...
Czech MotoGP To Return To Brno After Four Years Absence
Brno Daily
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July 2, 2025
The Czech MotoGP is coming back to Brno! After four years of absence, the city’s Masaryk Circuit will host the international motorcycle meet from 18-20 July, for the first time since 2020. Prior to this interruption, Brno had hosted the event...
Cambodian PM Lauds Czech, French and Timorese Ambassadors for Strengthening Bilateral Relations
AKP
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AKP Phnom Penh, July 07, 2025 -- Samdech Moha Borvor Thipadei Hun Manet, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, received farewell courtesy calls this afternoon at the Peace Palace in Phnom Penh from the outgoing ambassadors of the Czech...
Frankfurt Book Fair may focus on the book-to-screen adaptation market (Deadline)
Kidscreen
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July 7, 2025
Juergen Boos, President and CEO of Frankfurt Book Fair, has said the event has plans to expand its remit to launch an official network of market-focused events at film festivals across the world to promote and facilate book to screen adaptations....
Prague metro line D station design progresses despite wider project delays
Ground Engineering
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July 2, 2025
Designs and technical details are being finalised for a complex terminus station on Prague’s new 11km long metro line D, despite a tender dispute delaying construction. The new metro line D in Prague, Czech Republic, will include 10 stations,...
'Shaken to the core': Czech clarinet player 'traumatized' by ICE over concert
Raw Story
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July 7, 2025
A Czech musician who attended graduate school in the United States and has returned several times to perform said he was detained by ICE and forced to return home, leaving him "shaken to the core," according to reporting in The Columbus Dispatch....
First Czech-Viet Feature ‘Summer School, 2001’ and Anime Series: Duzan Duong Is Everywhere at KVIFF
The Hollywood Reporter - California
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July 7, 2025
The Czech Republic has the third-largest Vietnamese diaspora in Europe, only behind Germany and France. In fact, the Vietnamese make up the third-largest ethnic minority in the country after Slovaks and Ukrainians. Now, this community is buzzing...
Tokyo-born Czech nationalist revives Czexit ahead of national election
EurActiv
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July 7, 2025
PRAGUE – Tomio Okamura, the Tokyo-born leader of Czechia’s far-right Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party, is making a political comeback before the October general election – and bringing the idea of a Czech EU exit back with him. Okamura has...