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Multiple deaths, including the shooter, in a mass shooting in the Czech Republic. AP correspondent Mike Hempen reports. (watch for dating)

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Gunman opens fire in a Prague university, killing 14 people in Czech Republic's worst mass shooting
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Thu,12/21/23-8:55AM , 146 Reads
PRAGUE (AP) — A student opened fire Thursday at a university in Prague, killing at least 14 people, officials said, and injuring more than 20 in the Czech Republic’s worst mass shooting.
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Chairman of SMER-Social Democracy party Robert Fico arrives at his party's headquarters day after an early parliamentary election in Bratislava, Slovakia, Sunday, Oct. 1, 2023. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

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A populist ex-premier who opposes support for Ukraine leads his leftist party to victory in Slovakia
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Sat,09/30/23-10:41PM , 299 Reads
PRAGUE (AP) — A populist former prime minister and his leftist party have won early parliamentary elections in Slovakia, staging a political comeback after campaigning on a pro-Russian and anti-American message, according to complete results
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Former Slovak Prime Minister and head of leftist SMER - Social Democracy party Robert Fico looks up during an interview with The Associated Press prior his election rally in Michalovce, Slovakia, Wednesday, Sept. 6, 2023. Fico, who led Slovakia from 2006 to 2010 and again from 2012 to 2018, might reclaim the prime minister's office after the Sept. 30 election. He and his left-wing Direction ("Smer")-Social Democracy party have campaigned on a clear pro-Russian and anti-American message. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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As Slovakia's trust in democracy fades, its election frontrunner campaigns against aid to Ukraine
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Mon,09/18/23-12:12AM , 308 Reads
MICHALOVCE, Slovakia (AP) — A populist former prime minister whose party is favored to win Slovakia’s early parliamentary election plans to reverse the country’s military and political support for neighboring
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A view of a MiG-29 aircraft at Sliac Air Base, in Sliac, Slovakia, Feb. 29, 2008. Slovakia’s government has approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets. Prime Minister Eduard Heger announced the unanimous decision of his government on Friday, March 17, 2023. (Jozef Durník/TASR via AP, File)

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Slovakia, after Poland, agrees to give Ukraine Soviet jets
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Fri,03/17/23-4:38AM , 130 Reads
PRAGUE (AP) — Slovakia’s government on Friday approved a plan to give Ukraine its fleet of 13 Soviet-era MiG-29 fighter jets, becoming the second NATO member country to heed the Ukrainian government's pleas for warplanes to help defend a
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