Eight Die As Fire Hits Czech Disabled Home
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PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Authorities in the Czech...
Six Killed in Czech Hospital Shooting
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BUDAPEST/PRAGUE (BosNewsLife)-- The government of the Czech Republic has confirmed that a...
Czechs Welcome Home Late Cardinal Who Fought Communism
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The Czech Republic has welcomed home the human remains of Cardinal Josef Beran, seen as a symbol of defiance of the former Communist government which forced him into exile in the Vatican. The cardinal, who died 49 years ago, always wanted to be buried in his homeland.
Czech Republic Mourns Former Clandestine Priest Miloslav Vlk
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The mortal remains of Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, a devoted believer who washed windows and ministered underground during communism, were placed in a tomb at St Vitus’ Cathedral in Prague Saturday, March 25, following a funeral service.
Sudan Frees Christian Czech Missionary After International Pressure
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The Czech Republic's Foreign Ministry says a Czech Christian who was sentenced to a stiff prison term in Sudan last month has been released and returned home late Sunday, February 26, with the Czech Foreign minister. The release of Petr Jašek followed international pressure.
Prague Furious As Sudan Sentences Czech Christian To 20 Years
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE/KHARTOUM (BosNewsLife)-- The Czech Republic has condemned a Sudanese court's ruling that sentenced a Czech missionary and film maker to 20 years imprisonment, while a local pastor and a Christian activist reportedly received a 12 years jail term.
Iraq Christians In Czech Republic Amid EU Tensions Over Refugees
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- Officials say the first of a total of more 153 Iraqi Christians who have been offered asylum in the Czech Republic have arrived in the capital Prague, after neighboring Slovakia also agreed to host Christians. It comes amid European Union concerns however that it is being overwhelmed by migrants fleeing war and poverty, most of them Muslims.
NEWS WATCH: Czech Republic In Shock After Restaurant Massacre Kills 9
By BosNewsLife News Center with reporting by BosNewsLife's Stefan J. Bos
PRAGUE/BUDAPEST (BosNewsLife)-- The Czech Republic is in shock after nine people, including the gunman, died in a shooting at a restaurant in the town of Uhersky Brod, 300 kilometers south west of Prague, though the government denied it was a terrorist attack.
NEWS WATCH: Palestinian Ambassador Dies In Prague Explosion
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PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (BosNewsLife)-- The Palestinian Foreign Ministry says it will send a delegation to Prague to help investigate the circumstances surrounding the death of the Palestinian ambassador to the Czech Republic, who died Wednesday, January 1, in an explosion.
NEWS WATCH: Angry Czechs Vote Amid Expected Return Of Communists
By Stefan J. Bos, Chief International Correspondent BosNewsLife
PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC (BosNewsLife)-- Czechs have voted in early parliamentary elections, punishing the center-right government following massive corruption and spying scandals. The Communists are expected to play a key role in national politics, for the first time since the collapse of Communism in 1989.