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Slovak Air Force MiG-29 goes through a water gate during an airshow in Malacky, Slovakia, Saturday, Aug. 27, 2022. Former Soviet satellite Slovakia has been a NATO member since 2004, but the reality of belonging to the world’s biggest military alliance really kicked in after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago. The small central European country now hosts thousands of NATO troops while allied aircraft patrol its skies. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek,File)

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Slovakia basks under NATO umbrella, sends Ukraine old arms
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Wed,03/01/23-2:52AM , 173 Reads
LEST, Slovakia (AP) — Former Soviet satellite Slovakia has been a NATO member since 2004, but the reality of belonging to the world’s biggest military alliance really kicked in after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine a year ago.
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Smoke rises form chimneys of a steel plant in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Friday, Nov. 11, 2022. High energy prices linked to Russia's war in Ukraine have paved the way for coal’s comeback, endangering climate goals and threatening health from increased pollution. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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High energy prices lead to coal revival in Czech Republic
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Fri,11/18/22-1:21AM , 129 Reads
OSTRAVA, Czech Republic (AP) — In this part of northeastern Czech Republic, huge piles of coal are stacked up ready to sell to eager buyers and smoke belches from coal-fired plants that are ramping up instead of winding down.
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A Ukrainian worker sorts newly produced body armor at a leatherwork shop in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 21, 2022. A Czech leatherwork company that makes a wide variety of handmade products — travel bags, wallets and belts — never intended to add personal protective gear that would save lives in a war to its offerings. But the Russian invasion of Ukraine has changed all that. After Russian troops launched their assault, Tlusty & Co. has hired 15 Ukrainian refugees to help it manufacture body armor for Ukraine's volunteer defenders. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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To save a life: Refugees make protective vests for Ukraine
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Sat,04/23/22-1:38AM , 144 Reads
PRAGUE (AP) — A Czech leatherwork company that makes a wide variety of handmade products — travel bags, messenger totes, wallets and belts — never planned to add personal protective gear that would save lives in a war to its offerings.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has changed that.
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Instructors train Ukrainian national at a shooting range in Brno, Czech Republic, Sunday April 10, 2022. Since Russia launched its brutal attack against Ukraine, Ukrainians living across Czech Republic have been arriving in the second largest Czech city of Brno. They have come for courses designed to teach them skills to safely handle lethal rifles while being able to inflict damage on their enemy. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

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Czechs provide free shooting training for local Ukrainians
By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press
Tue,04/12/22-2:43AM , 199 Reads
BRNO, Czech Republic (AP) — Of the first four shots Olha Dembitska fired from an AK-47 assault rifle in her life, one hit the target.

“It’s pretty difficult the first time,” the 22-year-old Ukrainian woman acknowledged.
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