Czech
Train retraces East German route to freedom
A historic train left Prague for Germany on Thursday to retrace a trip taken by thousands of freedom-hungry East Germans who fled their communist country just before the Berlin Wall fell in 1989.
German neo-Nazis march in Czech town
Nearly 500 far-right militants from the Czech Republic and Germany rallied late Saturday to mark the 64th anniversary of punishing Allied air raids on the Czech city of Usti nad Labem, near the German border.
Berlin hopes Czech woes won’t kill EU deal
Germany said on Wednesday that it remained confident the EU reform treaty would be passed despite political turmoil in the Czech Republic, which currently holds the European Union’s rotating presidency.
Czech shoppers head across the border to Germany for bargains
Czechs have turned old economic clichés around and are flooding into Bavaria – to go on cheap shopping sprees.
Westerwelle: Berlin must oppose US missile defence
Guido Westerwelle, the head of German opposition Free Democrats, on Thursday urged the German government to oppose the US missile defence system to be built in neightbouring Poland and the Czech Republic.
HSV's Jarolim handed ban for 'genital squeeze' foul
Czech international David Jarolim has been slapped with a four-match ban by Bundesliga disciplinary chiefs after he was ruled to have squeezed an opponent's genitals.
Crime rises after end of eastern German border controls
A hundred days after the European Union ended border checks along Germany's eastern borders, residents on both sides are complaining of increased crime, according to Berlin daily <i>Der Tagespiegel</i>.