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Germany will shut its borders with Austria and the Czech Republic from Sunday in a bid to keep out the more infectious mutated UK variant of Covid-19. The country’s southern state of Bavaria, which borders with Austria and the Czech Republic, has already detected variants of the virus in more than 10 percent of confirmed … Read more
A travel blogger who weathered the pandemic in some of the world’s swankiest hotels has sparked outrage with a series of ‘tone deaf’ videos of her lavish adventures. Barbora Ondrackova rang in the New Year by uploading a montage of the nine luxury locations she visited in 2020 – a year most spent confined to … Read more
Czech spy ‘targeted Royal Family by meeting Queen’s brother-in-law Lord Snowdon twice in 1970s’ Communist spies allegedly tried to infiltrate the Royal Family during Cold War Czech agent ‘Krupsky’ posed as embassy official to meet Lord Snowdon Suggested he discussed Royal trip to Soviet Union and possible photo exhibition with Princess Margaret’s husband By William Cole … Read more
Priceless Christian relics have been discovered in a secret chamber of a monastery that allegedly includes a nail used in the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Archaeologists working in the Milevsko monastery in the Czech Republic found a six-inch long piece of nail inside a box adorned with a 21-karat gold cross. The box was built … Read more
The deer hunter: Stag turns the tables by charging a deerstalker, snagging his rifle in its antlers and running off with it in the Czech Republic Man was taking part in hunt in a forested area near Horní Planá, Czech Republic A dog spooked beast and it ran towards a hunter, ripping his sleeve with antler … Read more
A Czech migrant who terrified dog walkers by shooting at birds with an air rifle while he crouched in bushes at a public park has avoided jail after saying its a harmless hobby in his home country. Armed police swooped on Springwater Park in Radcliffe, near Bury, after a dogwalker spotted Pavel Jakes shooting at … Read more
The Czech Republic is facing a ‘catastrophic’ Covid-19 outbreak and needs a ‘miracle’ to avoid new restrictions, its prime minister said last night with its infection rate now the highest of any major country in the world. Andrej Babis said the current lockdown measures ‘are not working yet’ after the country’s coronavirus deaths doubled in … Read more
The Czech Republic’s health minister is facing the sack after he was caught breaking his own coronavirus rules as the country faces the highest infection rate in Europe. The Blesk tabloid daily said Health Minister Minister Roman Prymula was pictured leaving a restaurant without a mandatory mask covering his face on Wednesday night – just … Read more
Czech hospitals are three weeks away from being overwhelmed by coronavirus cases, the government has said as Germany announced a new high of more than 11,000 infections today and Rome imposed a curfew to fight off the second wave. The Czech Republic is seeing Europe’s biggest surge in infections with a new one-day record of … Read more
The Czech Republic is facing a medical ‘collapse’ with the army rigging up field hospitals as the country suffers the worst infection rate in Europe. After escaping the first wave relatively lightly, the Eastern European country has been battered by a resurgence in recent weeks which has infected more than 4,000 hospital workers and forced … Read more