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Slovakia’s Specialised Criminal Court has begun examining the murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée Martina Kušnírová for the third time. Judges will revisit the evidence that has convicted the foot soldiers and intermediaries but twice acquitted the man accused of ordering the murder – the influential businessman Marian Kočner. The post Retrial appeared first on Rob Cameron .
Billionaire Andrej Babis has been appointed as the Czech Republic’s new prime minister, with his full cabinet expected to take office within days. His appointment followed a key demand from President Petr Pavel – a public pledge by Babis to relinquish control over his vast food-processing, agriculture and chemicals conglomerate Agrofert. The post Conflict appeared first on Rob Cameron .
President Petr Pavel has rejected a controversial candidate for the post of environment minister. Filip Turek of the conservative, Eurosceptic Motorists party faces numerous allegations over racist, sexist and homophobic Facebook posts. Turek, whose X handle is ‘@DolphSegal’, has also been captured several times doing the Hitler salute – he says in gest. The post Dolph appeared first on Rob…
Archaeologists in Prague have begun exhuming bodies of three army officers executed by Czechoslovakia’s communist regime in 1949. Activists hope the excavations at Prague’s Ďáblice cemetery will ultimately shed light on the whereabouts of the remains of others, including the Czechoslovak paratroopers who assassinated Reinhard Heydrich in 1942. The post Ďáblice appeared first on Rob Cameron .
Czechs go to the polls this weekend facing a deteriorating security situation in Europe and fears of Russian interference. Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš is tipped to head the next government, replacing the strongly pro-Western, pro-Ukraine coalition. But he’ll likely need allies on the extremes of Czech politics – and their support will not come cheap. The post Babiš appeared first on Rob…
A wandering elk spotted at dozens of locations across Central Europe this summer has been captured by authorities in Austria and released in forests close to the Czech border. The elk, nicknamed Emil, was tranquilised by wildlife officials on Monday after straying dangerously close to a motorway in Upper Austria. It’s hoped he’ll now settle in the Czech Šumava forest. The post Emil appeared first…
Campaigners in Prague are fighting to save the iconic Vysehrad Railway Bridge from demolition. The Railway Authority says the steel on the 1902 structure is so corroded the whole bridge needs to be dismantled and replaced with a new one. A group of architects, engineers and locals disagree, and insist the original can be restored. Their claims are backed by UNESCO – so who’s right? The post Bridge…
Organisers of the forthcoming Rubicon rap festival in Bratislava say the event has been cancelled. The festival – billed as the sole 2025 appearance in Europe by controversial rapper Kanye West – had faced a petition by those opposed to his sympathies for Adolf Hitler . Dennik N recently revealed the venue was still a field of unharvested wheat with no sign of any infrastructure. The post Ye…
The government in Slovakia says the meat from every brown bear killed under a nationwide cull will from now on be offered to pubs and restaurants, rather than destroyed. Last month, the populist-nationalist cabinet authorised a plan to shoot about a quarter of the country’s 1,300 bears in response to a number of high-profile attacks , several of them fatal. The post Meat appeared first on Rob…
The Slovak government has approved a plan to shoot around a quarter of the country’s brown bears , after a man was mauled to death while walking in a forest. A total of 350 out of an estimated 1,300 animals will be culled under the plan. “We can’t live in a country where people are afraid to go into the woods,” Prime Minister Robert Fico told reporters after a cabinet meeting. The post Cull…
