Plzeň
statutory city in Plzeň Reion, Czechia
Photo: Евгений Благодарный, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons, cropped)
- Jul 9
False alarm: Czech earthquake initially reported as magnitude 5.5 turns out to be minor tremor of 1.5–1.8
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake reported in western Czech Republic on Thursday evening was later corrected to a minor tremor of 1.5–1.8, likely caused by quarry blasting, after an automatic detection system error at Germany's GFZ.
- Jul 7
Czech court clears extradition of German neo-Nazi Marla Svenja Liebich after she fought return to face prison sentence
The Prague High Court rejected all complaints from convicted right-wing extremist Marla Svenja Liebich, paving the way for her transfer from Czech custody to a German prison within days.
- Jun 11
Babiš skips conflict-of-interest debate in the Czech parliament, visits Plzeň hospital instead
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš missed an extraordinary session of the Chamber of Deputies called by opposition parties over his conflict of interest and subsidies for his former firm Agrofert. He spent the day in Plzeň attending a hospital ground-breaking and called the debate "nonsensical".
- Jun 1
German neo-Nazi Marla Svenja Liebich to be extradited from Czech Republic after fleeing prison sentence
A court in Pilsen has ruled that convicted far-right extremist Marla Svenja Liebich, who fled Germany to avoid an 18-month prison sentence, must be returned to face justice.