Travel

New high-speed rail network to take you from Vienna to Berlin in four hours

Germany, the Czech Republic and Austria have agreed to work together to upgrade train routes and create high speed lines to improve connections between Vienna, Prague and Berlin.

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Outrage grows over Hitler masks on sale in Prague

Investigations were underway Wednesday into a shop in the Czech capital that sold rubber face masks of Nazi Germany leader Adolf Hitler, police said.

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Germany urges European unity 30 years after 'Prague exodus'

Germany's Foreign Minister on Monday called for European unity 30 years after thousands of East Germans escaped communism via the West German embassy in Prague.

History

The window plunge that led to the death of a third of all Germans

400 years ago on Wednesday, three men were thrown out of a window in Prague and only escaped with their lives after landing on a muck heap. But the attempted murder would go on to claim the lives of millions of people in the 30 Years' War.

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Czech police detain driver for harassing Merkel's motorcade

Czech police arrested a man on Thursday for attempting to drive into the motorcade of visiting German Chancellor Angela Merkel in Prague, they said.

European Union

Merkel: no rush for EU fiscal pact Czech signing

The Czech Republic is under no pressure to sign the European Union's fiscal discipline pact, which it along with Britain, has refused to join, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.