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Czech tycoon promised Gambling Commission two years ago his firm would sever Russia ties before taking over the lucrative contractThe Czech billionaire whose company takes over running the UK national lottery from Thursday is still in business with the Kremlin-owned gas company Gazprom, nearly two years after promising regulators he would sever ties with Russia.The Gambling Commission awarded Allwyn the lucrative 10-year licence to...

This Christmas most people’s thoughts are with the victims of the Prague gunmanJust one day before the Czech Republic was due to begin its Christmas celebrations, it held a national day of mourning for the victims of the worst mass shooting in its history.Flags flew at half mast and a minute’s silence was held at noon for the 14 people killed by a lone...

Czechs will observe minute’s silence two days after student opens fire killing 14 people at Charles University, PragueFlags on public buildingsare being flown at half mast as the Czech Republic holds a day of national mourning for those killed in a shooting at a university in Prague.A 24-year-old student opened fire at the Faculty of Arts at Charles University on Thursday, killing 13 people...

Police say they are working to identify the 14 victims from Thursday’s shooting in PraguePetr Fiala, the Czech prime minister, shared a message with citizens this morning asking for people to show consideration and avoid spreading unverified information.Dear friends, please approach the tragedy that happened yesterday at [Charles University Faculty of Arts] with sensitivity and consideration.Many people have lost loved ones and friends, the...

Police say gunman owned multiple firearms, as allowed by among the most permissive gun laws in the EUA fatal mass shooting in the cloistered environs of Prague might seem a bolt from the blue. In a city historically renowned for defenestrations but less for violent crime, safety and security are taken for granted much more than in most European capitals.The reaction of Prague’s mayor,...

Police chief says ‘premeditated violent attack’ at Charles University appears to have been inspired by massacres abroadA student at Prague’s Charles University shot and killed 14 people and injured 25 others, 10 of them seriously, before being found dead, in what is believed to be the worst mass shooting in the Czech Republic’s modern history.The city’s police chief, Martin Vondrášek, told a press briefing...