Populist Peter Pellegrini has been elected president of Slovakia, succeeding the liberal Zuzana Caputova.
Pellegrini, 48, defeated the pro-Western Ivan Korčok, a former diplomat, with 53% of the vote.
A former prime minister, he is an ally of Prime (...)
European travelers can now fall asleep in Brussels and wake up in Prague with the launch of a new sleeper train service.
The first 'Good Night Train' service from the European Sleeper start-up departs Belgium's capital this evening (25 March) bound (...)
The Visegrad Four, an informal coalition of Central European countries, are sharply divided in their views on the Russian war against Ukraine and the approaches to resolving the conflict.
The prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland (...)
India's Supreme Court has said that it will not intervene in the case of an Indian man accused of conspiring to kill a Sikh separatist on US soil.
US prosecutors have charged Nikhil Gupta with trying to hire a hitman to assassinate Gurpatwant Singh (...)
Police in Slovakia say they have arrested a man who had threatened to carry out a massacre similar to Thursday's mass shooting in Prague.
They say a 64-year-old was held in the northern city of Zilina after he called emergency services claiming he (...)
The Czech Republic observed a minute's silence at midday (11:00 GMT) to commemorate those killed in Thursday's mass shooting at a Prague university.
Flags on official buildings were flown at half-mast to mark a day of national mourning.
Fourteen (...)
Czech police are working to uncover the motive behind the country's worst-ever mass shooting, which saw a student open fire at a university in central Prague, killing 14 and wounding 25 others.
Czech President Petr Pavel has appealed for unity and (...)
A mass shooting in downtown Prague has left 13 people dead - including the gunman - and at least 25 injured.
The individual responsible for the shooting is dead, according to Czech police.
He was a 24-year-old student in the faculty of arts at (...)
Czech police say several people have been killed and "dozens" injured in a reported shooting near a university in central Prague.
Police said the gunman had been "eliminated" and that the building was being evacuated.
Reports suggest the incident (...)
Armed police officers wave cars off the motorway going from Poland to Germany.
They're searching for people-smugglers and their desperate cargo.
This is the German government's latest bid to show it is getting a grip on rising levels of irregular (...)
The relatives of Israelis kidnapped by Hamas into Gaza joined a rally in Brussels on Wednesday, asking European leaders to use their political clout to ensure the immediate release of their loved ones.
"Words do not describe this feeling that I do (...)
A populist pro-Moscow party led by former Prime Minister Robert Fico has won Slovakia's parliamentary elections, with almost all votes counted.
The Smer-SSD party had a clear lead with almost 24% of the vote despite exit polls suggesting victory by (...)
استحوذ فيلم الرعب السينمائي السعودي «تشيللو» للمُستشار تركي آل الشيخ؛ الذي دخل أسبوعه الثاني من العرض في صالات السينما، على إعجاب النُقّاد الفنيين والسينمائيين، وبات عنواناً ثابتاً للعديد من الصحف العالمية المُهتمة بصناعة السينما.
وعلّق المُخرج (...)
استحوذ فيلم الرعب السينمائي السعودي «تشيللو» للمُستشار تركي آل الشيخ؛ الذي دخل أسبوعه الثاني من العرض في صالات السينما، على إعجاب النُقّاد الفنيين والسينمائيين، وبات عنواناً ثابتاً للعديد من الصحف العالمية المُهتمة بصناعة السينما.
وعلّق المُخرج (...)
PRAGUE — Saudi Arabia's embassy in the Czech Republic said that 10 Saudis were injured in a bus accident and their condition is stable.
"Four of the citizens are in hospital and their condition is stable while the remaining six Saudis were (...)
A heatwave is sweeping across parts of southern Europe and northwest Africa, with potential record-breaking temperatures in the coming days.
Temperatures are expected to surpass 40C (104F) in parts of Spain, France, Greece, Croatia and Turkey.
In (...)
flynas, the Saudi air carrier, and leading low-cost airline in the Middle East, has announced adding 10 new destinations and routes in Asia and Europe during the 2023 summer season as of next June, boosting its ever-growing flight network.
Four new (...)
Czech President-elect Petr Pavel has told the BBC that Ukraine should be allowed to join Nato "as soon as the war is over".
Pavel, a retired Nato general, said Ukraine would be "morally and practically ready" to join the Western alliance once the (...)
Whilst hate speech is nothing new, it has arguably been super-charged by the Internet, which has allowed lies, conspiracies, and threats to instantly spread around the world.
In a short series of features, based on the new UN Podcasts series, (...)
Ex-Gen.Petr Pavel has won another gritty campaign — this time at the ballot box.
The bearded 61-year-old, a decorated veteran who took part in a high-stakes peacekeeping mission in the Balkans and represented his country as a top-tier NATO general, (...)
Billionaire ex-prime minister and Czech presidential candidate Andrej Babiš caused a stir by saying in a live debate on Sunday night he would refuse to send troops to defend NATO allies Poland and the Baltics in case they were attacked.
"I want (...)
Retired army Gen. Petr Pavel narrowly defeated populist billionaire Andrej Babis in the first round of the Czech presidential election to set up a runoff vote between the political newcomer and the former prime minister.
Pavel and Babis advanced to (...)
JEDDAH — Saudi Arabia will honor late legendary musician and composer Talal Maddah in a majestic night as part of Riyadh Season 2022 with the participation of tens of artists from the Middle East.
Turki Al-Sheikh, chairman of the Board of Directors (...)
Croatia, Bulgaria and Romania are "ready" to join the passport-free Schengen Area after having "strongly proven" they meet all the necessary criteria, the European Commission has said.
Schengen enables cross-border travel without the need to carry a (...)
Across Europe, soaring inflation is behind a wave of protests and strikes that underscores growing discontent with the spiraling cost of living and threatens to unleash political turmoil.
In Romania, protesters blew horns and banged drums to voice (...)