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Police say 23 Fiorentina, West Ham soccer fans detained around Europa Conference League final
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech police detained 23 West Ham and Fiorentina soccer fans for their behaviour in connection with the Europa Conference League final in Prague, authorities said Thursday. One person is suspected of attacking a police officer, two others of hooliganism. The rest are...
Czech government proposes measures to keep ballooning deficit under control
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech citizens will likely pay more for beer and medicine while businesses will face higher corporate taxes as part of a package of dozens of measures designed to keep the ballooning budget deficit under control, the government said Thursday. Prime Minister Petr Fiala...
Czech opera singer Soňa Červená dies at age 97
PRAGUE (AP) — Soňa Červená, a Czech opera singer who became known for playing Carmen and more than 110 roles in San Francisco and other opera houses behind the Iron Curtain, has died. She was 97. Červená died Sunday at a hospital in the Czech capital where she was being...
Former Czech soccer head gets prison term for fraud
PRAGUE (AP) — The former head of the Czech Republic soccer association was convicted of fraud on Thursday and sentenced to six years in prison. Prague’s Municipal Court also fined Miroslav Pelta 5 million Czech crowns ($235,000) and banned him from an executive position for five...
Czechs protest government bid to raise retirement age
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech labor unions on Wednesday joined with opposition parties to protest the government's proposed bid to raise the retirement age by four years to 68. Some 2,000 protesters gathered Wednesday in front of government offices in the capital Prague to voice their...
