Tag: czech republic
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Andrej Babiš wins most votes but falls short of absolute majority in Czech elections
Billionaire Andrej Babiš and his populist party ANO won most of the votes in parliamentary elections but fell shot of winning an absolute majority preliminary results shows. The populist billionaire ran on an anti-inflation ticket, tax cuts and pensions increases. He is against Ukraine joining the European Union. He is also against Czechia sending weapons…
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72-year-old motorcyclist seriously injured in Burmarrad collision
On Friday afternoon at around 1:30 pm, police were alerted to a traffic accident on Triq Burmarrad in St. Paul’s Bay. Upon arriving at the scene, police conducted preliminary investigations which revealed that the accident involved a collision between a Mazda Demio driven by a 31-year-old woman from the Czech Republic, currently residing in Mosta,…
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Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs Gabrielius Landsbergis says European policy on Russia has been a strategic disaster comparable to Neville Chamberlain’s appeasement to Hitler
Following Donald Trump’s victory of the US presidential election, the Lithuanian Minister of Foreign Affairs published a statement condemning Europe’s policy on Russia which he compares with Neville Chamberlain’s policy of appeasement to Adolf Hitler. Hitler was allowed to annex the Sudetenland of the Czech Republic by the Allies with the treaty of Munich signed…
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Robert Abela doesn’t need to be bribed by Moscow to take a pro-Russian stand because he is already compromised
Earlier this week, the Czech authorities dismantled a Russian media entity that was bribing European politicians to take pro-Russian stands. Malta was not mentioned in the list of countries where politicians received Russian funds, but Robert Abela and the Labour Party have been strongly echoing Russian talking points on European defense as part of the…
