Czech researchers have transformed low-cost snorkel masks available at local sporting goods shops into high-grade protection for medical workers and others against the coronavirus outbreak that has stretched health care resources.

Czechs researchers retrofit snorkel masks for coronavirus fight

The Czech Republic closed its borders for travellers arriving from Germany and Austria and on Thursday also banned the entry of foreigners arriving from other risky countries to prevent an outbreak of coronavirus.

COVID-19 Outbreak: Czech Republic declares state of emergency, closes borders!

China should replace its ambassador in the Czech Republic after the Chinese embassy sent a threatening letter to Czech authorities, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said, a position that may further strain relations between the two countries.

Czech prime minister says China's ambassador should be replaced

Avalanches killed six people in Austria Sunday in two separate incidents, police said. At least five people were swept away Sunday morning by a large avalanche on a mountain in Upper Austria, part of a group walking in snowshoes on the Dachstein range.

Avalanches kills six in Austria

More than 250 people from 30 countries arrived in France on Sunday after being flown out of the Chinese city of Wuhan, the center of an outbreak of a coronavirus, French officials said.

Plane brings more than 250 foreign nationals from epidemic-hit Wuhan to France

Eight people were killed and 30 were injured in a fire at a Czech home for people with disabilities early on Sunday, fire and state officials said. The blaze occurred in a home where mostly men with mental and other disabilities lived, in Vejprty on the country's northwest border with Germany.

Fire at Czech home for disabled people kills eight

Institute for Economics and Peace ranks the most peaceful countries

Czech Republic: Citizens call for Prime Minister Andrej Babis resignation

Czech police said the gunman who killed at least six patients at a hospital in the eastern city of Ostrava shot himself after being chased into a village. "We identified the gunman using hospital cameras.

Gunman involved in hospital shooting killed himself: Czech police

At least six people have been killed and several others wounded after gunman opened fire in a hospital in the eastern Czech city of Ostrova. "There are six dead and two seriously injured people on the site," regional police spokeswoman Pavla Jirouskova told the public Czech Television.

Czech hospital shooting: Six killed after gunman opens fire in Ostrova

Around a quarter-million Czechs flooded central Prague on Saturday to mark 30 years since the Velvet Revolution toppled communism in then-Czechoslovakia, with protesters demanding that billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis quit over allegations of graft.

Huge Czech protest marking Velvet Revolution demands PM quit

Czech Republic punched their ticket to Euro 2020 by coming from behind to beat Kosovo 2-1 as Alex Kral scored one goal and set up another to give the hosts second spot in Group A on Thursday.

Football: Czechs clinch Euro 2020 spot with 2-1 win over Kosovo

Harry Kane said that England's defeat at the hands of the Czech Republic on Saturday in the Euro 2020 qualifiers is a wakeup call for the team. Kane took to Twitter and wrote, "Last night is a wake-up call for us.

Harry Kane says England's defeat to Czech Republic is a 'wakeup call'

Train derailment in Czech Republic, drone footage captured visuals. Watch video to know more.

Train derailment in Czech Republic, drone captures visuals

Compulsory voting to proxy voting to voting online: How 21 countries vote in European elections

Thousands of people rallied in Prague on Monday in fresh protests against the new justice minister over concerns she could clear the prime minister of fraud allegations.

Fresh rally against Czech government draws thousands

The Czech Republic are hoping to exploit a perceived weakness in England's defence by targeting centre back Harry Maguire during their Euro 2020 qualifier on Friday, striker Matej Vydra has said.

Harry Maguire is England's weak link, says Czech striker

The art of traditional puppetry goes back eight generations in the Kopecky family, which over a period of two centuries, has been behind one of the most charming and popular forms of theatre in the Czech Republic.

The family breathing life into 200 years of puppetry in the Czech Republic

Thirteen miners died and 10 were injured after a fire caused by burning methane erupted in a mine in the east of the Czech Republic, a spokesman said Friday. "In total, we have 13 dead miners, 11 Polish and two Czech," Ivo Celechovsky, spokesman for the OKD mining company, told AFP.

13 dead, several injured after fire in Czech mine

The Czech Republic won their sixth Fed Cup title in eight years on Sunday as world doubles number one Katerina Siniakova outlasted American Sofia Kenin 7-5, 5-7, 7-5 in front of a boisterous, sold-out home crowd.

Czech Republic beat US to win sixth Fed Cup in eight years

As many as 110 Czechs will serve in Iraq, including military training instructors, up from 49 at present.

Czech Parliament approves more troops for Afghanistan, Iraq

The little frustrations have piled up for Van Marwijk, who admitted he was feeling the pressure to get the squad to meet his benchmarks before Russia

FIFA World Cup: Australia coach Van Marwijk hears World Cup clock ticking

The CTK named Dan Propper, a 78-year-old Israeli businessman of Czech origin, as the new honorary consul

Czech Republic re-opens honorary consulate in Jerusalem

Kvitova put Czech Republic into the Fed Cup final with a convincing victory

Petra Kvitova outplays Kerber to send Czechs into Fed Cup final

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