Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 17:58:03 +0200Czech Republic breaks EU ranks on proposed boycott of end-of-war celebrations in Chinahttps://english.radio.cz/czech-republic-breaks-eu-ranks-proposed-boycott-end-war-celebrations-china-8252255© 2026 Radio Prague International President Zeman‘s plans to attend commemorative events in China marking the end of WWII in the Pacific has made the Czech Republic the only country to break EU ranks on a proposed boycott of the celebrations. EU leaders are reportedly staying away from the events due to tensions between China and Japan, and according to Tuesday’s Hospodářské noviny which carried the story, the fact that the Czech Republic threw a spanner in the works of a coordinated EU position because of its president has not been well-received. I asked Jakub Janda of the European Values think tank about the possible impact of this decision. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/zeman_milos5_0.jpg?timestamp=1590759214 Czech Republic breaks EU ranks on proposed boycott of end-of-war celebrations in China https://english.radio.cz/czech-republic-breaks-eu-ranks-proposed-boycott-end-war-celebrations-china-8252255 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9