News from the Czech Republic-- NY Times

Chronology of Coverage

1. Feb. 13, 2014

   Petr Necas, former prime minister of Czech Republic forced to resign over corruption scandal, is charged with bribery.MORE »

2. Jan. 30, 2014

   Pres Milos Zeman of Czech Republic appoints a new center-left government, ending a protracted period of political paralysis that has destabilized the country; freshly installed Prime Min Bohuslav Sobotka has pledged to shepherd country toward stability.MORE »

3. Jan. 7, 2014

   Bohuslav Sobotka, former leftist finance minister in the Czech Republic, is expected to become prime minister after three political parties sign an agreement to form a center-left coalition government.MORE »

4. Jan. 3, 2014

   Officials investigating an explosion in Prague that killed Jamal al-Jamal, Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic, find illegal weapons in search of the Palestinian mission; police say likely cause of the blast was a security device on a safe that had apparently been moved from the old Palestinian mission to the new mission.MORE »

5. Jan. 2, 2014

   Jamal al-Jamal, Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic, dies after suffering severe injuries caused by an explosive booby trap security system in a safe at his Prague residence that he apparently had triggered by mistake; authorities say there is no indication the explosion was sabotage or a terrorist attack.MORE »

General Information on Czech Republic

Official Name: Czech Republic
Capital: Prague (Current local time)
Government Type: Parliamentary democracy
Population: 10.23 million
Area: 49,003 square miles; about the size of Virginia.
Languages: Czech, some Slovak
GDP Per Capita: $22,000
Year of Independence: 1993
Web site: Vlada.cz

Highlights From the Archives

Czech Vote Advances a Treaty for Europe

By DAN BILEFSKY

The Czech Senate on Wednesday approved the Lisbon Treaty, but the pact, designed to endow the E.U. with a political structure that would match its economic strength, still faces big hurdles.

May 7, 2009worldNews

Czech Parliament Vote Clouds U.S. Antimissile Plan

By DAN BILEFSKY

The Czech government’s embarrassing defeat could hamper construction of a United States missile defense installation in the country.

March 25, 2009worldNews

Frenstat Journal

Battle Royal Over Chief for a Czech State of Mind

By DAN BILEFSKY

The whimsical, and fictional, kingdom of Wallachia, in the northeast corner of the Czech Republic, has become entangled in a legal battle over who controls it.

February 2, 2009worldNews

European Union to Be Led by Former Soviet Satellite

By DAN BILEFSKY

The Czech Republic assumes the rotating presidency of the European Union, the first former Soviet bloc country to lead the group of 495 million Europeans.

November 4, 2008worldNews

Many Czechs Love U.S., but Say ‘Hold the Radar’

By NICHOLAS KULISH

The Czech population is deeply divided over whether its country should host a controversial U.S. missile-defense radar system that is opposed by Russia.

October 1, 2007worldNews