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1 month agoBelgium to strengthen air security centre and consider anti-drone measures in response to airspace disruptions Europe live
Belgium will strengthen the Beauvechain National Air Security Centre and adopt counter-drone measures, including shooting down drones disrupting Belgian airspace when possible.
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1 month agoWhen populists win in Prague, that's nothing peculiarly east European'. It's the new normal of the western world | Timothy Garton Ash
Czechia is outwardly normal and tourist-friendly but politically shifting toward anti-liberal, nationalist and Eurosceptic trends aligned with rising rightwing populism in Europe.
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2 months agoCzechs vote in elections that could usher in populist billionaire
Self-described Trumpist' Andrej Babis has campaigned on pledges of welfare and halting military aid to Ukraine. Czechs are casting their ballots in a two-day general election, in which the party of populist billionaire Andrej Babis is expected to garner the most votes but not secure a majority, raising concerns that Ukraine ally the Czech Republic may draw closer to pro-Russian European Union countries Hungary and Slovakia.
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2 months agoCzech Republic: Who is Babis, the man who hopes to be PM? DW 10/03/2025
Andrej Babis has been dressing down for this election campaign trail, opting for jeans and sneakers instead of tailored suits and handmade shoes. He sometimes appears at these events wearing a wool sweater, sometimes in a black hoodie featuring his initials, AB, and sometimes in a T-shirt emblazoned with the words "Czechia, everything for you" or "Czechia against the green madness."
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2 months agoEast or west? Czechs split over where possible return of Trumpist' could lead
After four years in opposition, 71-year-old Andrej Babis, the Czech Republic's seventh richest man with a net worth estimated by Forbes at $3.9bn (2.9bn), is eyeing a triumphant comeback, his party 10 points clear in the polls, its prospective vote share topping 30%. I want to restore the management of the state to normal, Babis, a polarising leader whose previous premiership from 2017 to 2021 drew mass protests, said recently.
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