Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comPRAGUE, April 25 (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman said on Sunday the idea that Russian spies caused a 2014 ammunition dump explosion in the central European country was just one of two theories and the possibility it was an accident should not be ruled out.Zeman's statement came just over a week after the government sparked a row with Moscow by saying it suspected that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were also behind the Czech 2014 explosion that killed two people. Moscow has denied any role...…Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comPRAGUE, April 25 (Reuters) - Czech President Milos Zeman said on Sunday the idea that Russian spies caused a 2014 ammunition dump explosion in the central European country was just one of two theories and the possibility it was an accident should not be ruled out.Zeman's statement came just over a week after the government sparked a row with Moscow by saying it suspected that two Russian spies accused of a nerve agent poisoning in Britain in 2018 were also behind the Czech 2014 explosion that killed two people. Moscow has denied any role...WW…

A national flag of Russia flies on the Russian embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comPRAGUE, April 17 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions that Russian intelligence services were involved in an ammunition depot explosion in 2014, its government said on Saturday. The central European country is a NATO and EU member state, and the expulsions and allegations have triggered its biggest row with Russia since the end of the communist era in 1989. Its...…A national flag of Russia flies on the Russian embassy in Prague, Czech Republic, March 26, 2018. REUTERS/David W Cerny/File PhotoRegister now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.comPRAGUE, April 17 (Reuters) - The Czech Republic is expelling 18 Russian diplomats over suspicions that Russian intelligence services were involved in an ammunition depot explosion in 2014, its government said on Saturday. The central European country is a NATO and EU member state, and the expulsions and allegations have triggered its biggest row with Russia since the end of the communist era in 1989. Its...WW…

By , PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia’s drug watchdog said it has not received sufficient information from the maker of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to be able to decide on its benefits and risks for people.The surprise purchase of 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine last month, even though the European Union’s medicines agency has not approved it for use, forced the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovic.But not one dose has been administered while Slovak authorities continue to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the shot.National drug agency SUKL said it had examined...…By , PRAGUE (Reuters) - Slovakia’s drug watchdog said it has not received sufficient information from the maker of Russia’s Sputnik V coronavirus vaccine to be able to decide on its benefits and risks for people.The surprise purchase of 200,000 doses of the Sputnik V vaccine last month, even though the European Union’s medicines agency has not approved it for use, forced the resignation of Prime Minister Igor Matovic.But not one dose has been administered while Slovak authorities continue to evaluate the efficacy and safety of the shot.National drug agency SUKL said it had examined...WW…

By , PRAGUE (Reuters) -Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man and founder of investment group PPF, was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip in Alaska.Kellner, 56, was among the five, including the pilot, killed on Saturday in the crash near Knik Glacier northeast of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.One survivor was taken to hospital, they said, adding the group had been on a heli-ski tour.Kellner, who avoided public attention, was featured in one PPF annual report on a snowboard.A spokeswoman for the exclusive Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, where the crash victims were...…By , PRAGUE (Reuters) -Petr Kellner, the Czech Republic’s richest man and founder of investment group PPF, was killed in a helicopter crash on a skiing trip in Alaska.Kellner, 56, was among the five, including the pilot, killed on Saturday in the crash near Knik Glacier northeast of Anchorage, Alaska State Troopers said.One survivor was taken to hospital, they said, adding the group had been on a heli-ski tour.Kellner, who avoided public attention, was featured in one PPF annual report on a snowboard.A spokeswoman for the exclusive Tordrillo Mountain Lodge, where the crash victims were...WW…

By , PARIS/PRAGUE (Reuters) - France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools, cancelling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.With new cases hitting about 100,000 daily, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than 51,000 COVID-19 infections are reported on average every day.As cases in France climbed rapidly, President Emmanuel Macron announced night curfews for four weeks from Saturday in Paris and other major cities, affecting...…By , PARIS/PRAGUE (Reuters) - France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools, cancelling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.With new cases hitting about 100,000 daily, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than 51,000 COVID-19 infections are reported on average every day.As cases in France climbed rapidly, President Emmanuel Macron announced night curfews for four weeks from Saturday in Paris and other major cities, affecting...WW…

By , PARIS/PRAGUE (Reuters) - France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools, cancelling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.With new cases hitting about 100,000 daily, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than 51,000 COVID-19 infections are reported on average every day.As cases in France climbed rapidly, President Emmanuel Macron announced night curfews for four weeks from Saturday in Paris and other major cities, affecting...…By , PARIS/PRAGUE (Reuters) - France imposed curfews while other European nations are closing schools, cancelling surgeries and enlisting student medics as overwhelmed authorities face the nightmare scenario of a COVID-19 resurgence at the onset of winter.With new cases hitting about 100,000 daily, Europe has by a wide margin overtaken the United States, where more than 51,000 COVID-19 infections are reported on average every day.As cases in France climbed rapidly, President Emmanuel Macron announced night curfews for four weeks from Saturday in Paris and other major cities, affecting...WW…