Police confirm blast in Prague caused by gas leak
Investigators have confirmed that the blast last week that ripped open a central Prague office building and injured some 40 people was caused by a gas ...

Philip Roth receives 'Literary Service' award
Philip Roth's latest honor was as much for what he has done for other writers as for his own work. Roth received the PEN/Allen Foundation Literary ...

Powerful blast injures at least 35 in Prague
A powerful blast believed to be a gas explosion ripped open an office building in the center of Prague on Monday, injuring at least 35 people and ...

Bulgaria experiencing spate of self-immolations
Security cameras captured the moment when a Bulgarian man disgusted by corruption in his provincial hometown quietly doused himself in gasoline and ...
Hackers target Czech banks, affect online banking
Hackers are targeting major commercial banks in the Czech Republic, bringing down their website and affecting their online banking. The websites of ...

Czech court clears US musician for fans death
A court acquitted on Tuesday the frontman of a U.S. heavy metal band of causing a teenage fan's death at a concert in the Czech Republic. Lamb of ...

Oscar foreign film nominees reveal movie magic
A few old-school video cameras, a cloned apartment, a sea of digital sharks, and an actress who helped herself to craft services were just a few ...

Sihanouk: Cambodia's last true king
When the flames at the cremation ground are quenched and Cambodia's former monarch Norodom Sihanouk's ashes scattered on Phnom Penh's riverfront, the ...

Ex-premier elected new Czech president
A former left-leaning prime minister staged a big return to power Saturday by winning the Czech Republic's first directly elected presidential vote.

Czech election overshadowed by prisoner amnesty
With his rants against the EU and gay rights, Vaclav Klaus has been no stranger to controversy in his 10 years as Czech president. But one of his ...

Czechs elect president by direct vote for 1st time
A former leftist prime minister and the Czech Republic's conservative foreign minister will face each other in a presidential runoff later this month ...

Czechs elect president by ballot for 1st time
For the first time, citizens of the Czech Republic are electing a president, and their nine choices to replace euro-skeptic Vaclav Klaus run the full ...

Tattooed artist runs for Czech president
He's tattooed from head to toe, a warrior-like mix of blue, green and red. He's also running in a surprising third place ahead of this week's Czech ...

UN pulling staff from Syria, violence near capital
Fighting between rebels and government forces raged near the Syrian capital Damascus on Monday, forcing an inbound commercial jet to turn back while ...

Clinton pushes US bid for Czech nuclear project
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton lobbied the Czech government Monday to approve an American bid for a $10 billion expansion of a nuclear ...

Turkey's defense, Pakistan top Clinton's agenda
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has arrived in the Czech Republic for talks on energy policy in a country heavily dependent on Russian fuel.

Jewish groups struggle for Holocaust restitution
More than 67 years after the Holocaust, Jirina Novakova refuses to give up her battle to regain property confiscated from her family. Her hopes got ...