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Czech Republic's Prime Minister Petr Fiala delivers a speech at the Parliament in Prague, Czech Republic, on June 15, 2022. On Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2023, the Czech coalition government faces a parliamentary no-confidence vote over opposition claims that it is not competent to rule. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek/File)

Czech government faces no-confidence vote in Parliament sought by populist ex-prime minister

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FILE - Presidential candidate and former Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, gestures as he speaks to members of the media, in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023. Prague’s High Court cancelled a lower court ruling that acquitted former Prime Minister Andrej Babis of fraud charges in a $2 million case involving European Union subsidies. (AP Photo/Marko Drobnjakovic, File)

Czech court cancels lower court ruling that acquitted former PM Babis of fraud charges

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Presidential candidate and retired army Gen. Petr Pavel leaves the polling station after casting his vote during presidential election runoff in Cernoucek, Czech Republic, Friday, Jan. 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Retired Czech army general Petr Pavel wins presidential election

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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is shown ahead of a meeting at the EU Charlemagne building in Brussels, in this Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019, file photo. Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been stashing away their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter century, according to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 different firms located around the world. The report released Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021, by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists involved 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair is one of 330 current and former politicians identified as beneficiaries of the secret accounts. (Stephanie Lecocq/Pool via AP, File)

Leaked ‘Pandora’ records show how the powerful shield assets

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Police officers check cars on a road between the towns, Ceske Budejovice and Cesky Krumlov, near Kosov, Czech Republic, Monday, March 1, 2021. Limits for free movement of people are set in place in the Czech Republic. Travelling to other counties unless they go to work or have to take care about relatives is prohibited.(Vaclav Pancer/CTK via AP)

Czechs send 30,000 police, soldiers to enforce travel limits

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

People wearing face masks walk across the medieval Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The Czech government is barring the citizens and residents from travelling to the countries hit by highly contagious coronavirus variants and is tightening the rules for face coverings. Starting on Thursday, the Czechs are required to wear better masks in places where large numbers gather, including stores, hospitals and public transportation. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs impose the tightest lockdown amid UK variant surge

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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, centre, reviews the honor guard during a welcome ceremony with his Serbian counterpart Ana Brnabic, right, before their official talks at the Serbia Palace in Belgrade, Serbia, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021. Babis is on a one-day official visit to Serbia. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)

Czech PM views Serbia’s mass vaccination campaign

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Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, and his Czech counterpart Andrej Babis shake hands prior to their press conference in Orban's office in Budapest, Hungary, Friday, Feb. 2021. (Szilard Koszticsak/MTI via AP)

Czech PM in Hungary to discuss Russian, Chinese vaccines

By JUSTIN SPIKE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 15, 2020 file photo, Deputy Minister of Health Roman Prymula addresses a press conference after the government talks on new measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Prague, Czech Republic. Prymula will be the new Czech Health Minister, replacing Adam Vojtech (for ANO), who announced his resignation on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo via CTK/Ondrej Deml)

Czech health minister breaks virus rules, asked to resign

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

A woman wearing a face mask walks in Prague, Czech Republic, Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020. Facing a record surge of coronavirus infections, the Czech Republic returns to a recipe that was believed to work well to contain the pandemic in the spring. Starting Wednesday, face masks will be again mandatory outdoors. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs impose more restrictions as virus cases surge

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 15, 2020 file photo, Deputy Minister of Health Roman Prymula addresses a press conference after the government talks on new measures to prevent the spread of coronavirus in Prague, Czech Republic. Prymula will be the new Czech Health Minister, replacing Adam Vojtech (for ANO), who announced his resignation on Monday, Sept. 21, 2020. (AP Photo via CTK/Ondrej Deml)

Czechs replace health minister amid record infection surge

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 26, 2018 file photo Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis waits in front of his residency in Prague, Czech Republic. On Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019. Two Czech nationals sentenced in Turkey to stiff prison terms three years ago on terror charges have been released and were heading home, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Friday July 24, 2020. Babis said that Miroslav Farkas and Marketa Vselichova were flying onboard of a Czech government plane and will be treated by doctors on arrival. Turkey accused the two of belonging to YPG, a Kurdish group that has been battling Islamic State militants with the aid of U.S. airstrikes. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

Turkey frees 2 Czechs jailed on terror charges

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Prime Ministers of Slovakia Igor Matovic, left, Poland Mateusz Morawiecki, 2nd left, Czech Republic Andrej Babis, 2nd right, and Hungary Viktor Orban, right, hold a press conference after the V4 summit at the Lednice Chateau in Lednice, Czech Republic, Thursday, June 11, 2020. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

EU lawmakers seek probe of fund misuse on summit day

By LORNE COOK - Associated Press

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis arrives for an EU summit at the European Council building in Brussels, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. After almost two years of sparring, the EU will be discussing the bloc's budget to work out Europe's spending plans for the next seven years. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Conflict of interest fears cast shadow over EU budget talks

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Thousands march to demand Czech prime minister’s resignation

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Tens of thousands of Czechs call on prime minister to resign

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People take part in a large anti-government protest in Prague, Czech Republic, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czechs use anniversary of Velvet Revolution to pressure PM

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Czech prosecutors drop fraud charges against Czech PM

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis addresses lawmakers during a parliament session in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The Czech coalition government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis is facing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over European Union subsidies paid to his former business empire. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czech Cabinet survives no-confidence vote over PM’s scandal

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Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis looks up during a parliament session in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The Czech coalition government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babis is facing a parliamentary no-confidence vote over European Union subsidies paid to his former business empire. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Czech government faces no-confidence vote over PM’s scandal

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