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Associated Press correspondent Roland Prinz, who spent decades covering Europe, dies at age 85
VIENNA (AP) — Roland Prinz, who was born as armies began marching across central Europe then spent nearly four decades covering the Cold War and the fall of communism for The Associated Press, has died. He was 85. Prinz was a linchpin of the AP’s coverage of the turmoil that...
Czech labor unions stage a day of action in protest at spending cuts and taxes
PRAGUE (AP) — Labor unions staged a day of protests and strikes across the Czech Republic on Monday to voice their opposition to the government’s package of cuts and austerity measures meant to keep the ballooning deficit under control. The unions are also demanding more money...
Leaders of 4 Central European states disagree on military aid for Ukraine but agree on other support
PRAGUE (AP) — The presidents of four Central European countries found some common ground Wednesday on Ukraine despite their governments' diverging views on military support for its fight against Russia's invasion. The Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia, all four...
Czech president approves plan introducing budget cuts, taxes. Labor unions call for protests
PRAGUE (AP) — Czech President Petr Pavel has signed Wednesday into law an economic package of dozens of measures introducing budget cuts and increased taxes designed to keep the ballooning budget deficit under control. Pavel's signature was the last step before the government...
Salman Rushdie receives first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award
NEW YORK (AP) — The latest honor for Salman Rushdie was a prize kept secret until minutes before he rose from his seat to accept it. On Tuesday night, the author received the first-ever Lifetime Disturbing the Peace Award, presented by the Vaclav Havel Center on Manhattan's Upper...
Trial rescheduled for April for former N.D. lawmaker accused of traveling for sex with minor
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A federal judge has rescheduled the trial for a former North Dakota lawmaker accused of traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor. Former Republican state senator Ray Holmberg, 79, of Grand Forks, was indicted last month and set for...
State funded some trips for ex-North Dakota senator charged with traveling to pay for sex with minor
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A former North Dakota legislator charged with traveling to Prague with the intent of paying for sex with a minor used state funds to pay for at least three trips to that city and to other destinations in Europe, according to a group that organized the travel. ...
3 energy companies compete to build a new nuclear reactor in the Czech Republic
PRAGUE (AP) — Three energy companies including U.S. Westinghouse, France’s EdF and Korea’s KHNP, have submitted their final bids to build the Czech Republic’s newest reactor at the Dukovany nuclear power station as the country strives to become more energy independent and wean itself of...
China shows off a Tibetan boarding school that's part of a system some see as forced assimilation
SHANGRI-LA TOWN, China (AP) — First-grade students, hands folded on their desks, watch a teacher write a brush-like stroke on a blackboard in their Tibetan alphabet. Outside, craggy mountains climb toward the brightest of blue skies. The air is clean and crisp at 2,800 meters (9,100 feet), if a...
Czech government survives no-confidence vote in Parliament sought by populist ex-prime minister
PRAGUE (AP) — The Czech coalition government survived a parliamentary no-confidence vote on Thursday over opposition claims that it is mishandling the economy and immigration. Only 85 opposition lawmakers in the 200-seat lower house of Parliament voted to dismiss the five-party...
