Czech Republic

A raid was conducted on the headquarters of the state TV station Česká Televize (ČT) on the evening of March 11 by around 10 armed and masked members of the military police, who searched the offices of investigative journalist Karel Rozanek and two colleagues for several hours and left with computers, notebooks, CD-ROMs, diaries and other personal items. “We are deeply shocked by both the purpose...

Prague- Czech courts will probably deal with the alleged discrimination against some employees of the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) seated in Prague, the daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes, referring to the case of Armenian reporter Anna Karapetian who complaints against her dismissal from the radio after 12 years.Karapetian claims that the notice is invalid and wants the...