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EDF Complaint Blocks Czech-Korean Nuclear Deal

A Czech court said Tuesday it blocked a multi-billion-dollar deal between Prague and South Korea's KHNP on the construction of two nuclear units following a complaint by France's EDF. KHNP won the contract last July after beating EDF in the tender, but the French giant filed an appeal with the…

International Business Times · May 6, 2025

Zelensky Says Does 'Not Believe' Russian Truce Promises

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday that he did "not believe" Russia would adhere to a coming three-day truce to coincide with Moscow's Victory Day celebrations.

International Business Times · May 4, 2025

Oskar Fischer: the forgotten pioneer of Alzheimer’s disease research

Ever heard of Fischer’s disease? No? Maybe that is not surprising, because it doesn’t exist. But it could have. In fact, the disease we now know as Alzheimer’s disease might just as easily have been called Fischer’s disease or Alzheimer-Fischer disease.

The Conversation · Apr 28, 2025

FKA Twigs blames team for 'paperwork' error as she postpones US Eusexua tour dates

The singer has postponed her US Eusexua tour after a paperwork error prevented her from obtaining the necessary visa for her scheduled performances

Evening Standard · Mar 26, 2025

Ex-North Dakota lawmaker to be sentenced for traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minors

An 81-year-old former North Dakota lawmaker is scheduled to be sentenced in federal court after pleading guilty last year to traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with minors

The Independent UK · Mar 26, 2025

LIVE: Watch the Fujifilm X-Summit 2025 along with us as GFX100RF is announced!

Fujifilm's first X-Summit of 2025 live from Prague

Digital Camera World · Mar 19, 2025

I was a cold war courier – the British leftists who smuggled books into the eastern bloc

Letters: In response to an article about a CIA operation, Carl Gardner on tense days travelling to Prague, and David Parker on his father posting letters inserted into the Guardian

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

Chess: England over-65s lead all the way to world senior team gold at Prague

The over-65s have been world champions three times in four years, but the over-50s finished out of the medals as USA claimed another title

The Guardian - UK · Feb 28, 2025

Prague Symphony Orchestra /Brauner/Montero review – tragic mood painting, emphatic force and disarming improvisation

A welcome return for this orchestra and their conductor saw a beautifully spooky Dvořák and a blazing Shostakovich, while soloist Montero imposed herself on Prokofiev and riffed on Beethoven

The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2025

Dan Brown’s next thriller ‘The Secret of Secrets’ gets release date

Brown’s new novel begins with Langdon, the Harvard symbologist, in Prague

The Independent UK · Jan 29, 2025