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Lisbon, Portugal CNN —Swaths of Europe have been battered by deadly extreme weather, as rivers threaten to burst their banks in central Europe following torrential rainfall, and wildfires tear through Portugal. Seven people have now died in fires in Portugal since Sunday, including three firefighters, whose vehicle burst into flames on Tuesday. At least 17 have been killed in what authorities have called the worst floods to hit central and eastern Europe in decades. The mayor of Nysa in Poland ordered the evacuation of all 44,000 residents as water levels in the city’s river rose and threatened to send more floods through its neighborhoods. Local residents transport sandbags as they attempt to protect the embankment of the Nysa Klodzka river on Monday.

Persons: Grzegorz Grochowski, Nysa, ” Grochowski, “, Mateusz Slodkowski, Daniel Mihailescu, downpours, Octavio Passos, Pedro Nunes, Robert Shackelford Organizations: Portugal CNN, Reuters, Getty, Interior Ministry, Portuguese Civil Protection Agency, CNN, European Organisation, Firefighters Locations: Lisbon, Portugal, Europe, Nysa, Poland, AFP, Romanian, Slobozia, Italy, Czech Republic, Ladek, Jesenik, Czech, Polish, Ostrava, Porto, Almofrela, Canas de Senhorim, Portuguese, CNN Portugal

☆ Central Europe braces for more flooding as death toll rises
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

A man shovels debris in floodwater following heavy rainfall in Jesenik, Czech Republic, on Sept. 15, 2024. In Jesenik, a Czech town across the border that was inundated on Sunday, a clean-up was starting after waters receded to show damaged cars and debris on the streets. Flooded parts of the northeastern Czech city of Ostrava forced the closures of a power plant supplying heat and hot water to the city as well as two chemical plants. State news agency PAP reported five deaths in Poland, and in the Czech Republic one person died, a police official said. Slovakia’s capital Bratislava and the Hungarian capital Budapest were both preparing for possible flooding as the River Danube rose.

Persons: Donald Tusk, Michal Piszko, David W Cerny, ”, Zdenek Kuzilek, Emil Dragomir, Slobozia Conachi, Jacek Sutryk, Sandor Pinter Organizations: European Union, Reuters, “ Telephones, Facebook Locations: Europe, Czech Republic, Poland, Austria, Romania, European, Klodzko, Czech, Jesenik, Polish, Nysa, Slobozia, Romanian, Kozielno, Wroclaw, Silesia, Prague, Ostrava, Austrian, Lower Austria, Vienna, Slovakia’s, Bratislava, Budapest, Hungarian

☆ Storm Boris: 10 killed as a month’s worth of rain pounds central Europe
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Niamh Kennedy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —At least 10 people have been killed in some of the worst floods to hit central Europe in decades as Storm Boris sweeps through the region, dumping well over a month’s worth of rain. Across the border in the Czech Republic, thousands of residents have been left without hot water and electricity after authorities shuttered heating plants. Authorities are also alarmed by the situation in the Czech town of Litovlje, where 80% of buildings are submerged. The town’s mayor, Viktor Kohout, told CNN Prima that the Morava river is expected to crest at 2 p.m. local time (8 a.m. Police have extensively “warned the public about the danger” of walking along the river, a Bratislava Police spokesperson told CNN on Monday.

Persons: Boris, “, Johanna Mikl, Leitner, Jaroslav Ozana, Kacper Pempel, Wladyslaw Kosiniak, Kamysz, Viktor Kohout, Sergei Gapon, Zdenek Kuzilek, Viktor Orban, Orban, ” Orban Organizations: CNN, Veolia, CNN Prima, ” Firefighters, Moravska Ostrava, Reuters, TVN24, Polish, PAP, Authorities, Getty, Danube . Police, Bratislava Police Locations: Europe, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Ostrava, Polish, Lower Austria, ” Lower Austria, Privoz, Nysa Klodzka, Nysa, Reuters Europe, Klodzko, Czech, Litovlje, Jesenik, Rudawa, AFP, Budapest, Slovakian, Bratislava

☆ Rybakina, Swiatek set to renew rivalry in Rome quarter-final
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

[1/3] Mar 17, 2023; Indian Wells, CA, USA; Iga Swiatek (POL) and Elena Rybakina (KAZ) changes sides in the semi final match in the BNP Paribas Open at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. But the Kazakh said French Open champion Swiatek would be a completely different prospect in the Rome quarter-final. Rybakina said she was not dwelling too much on the pair's budding rivalry. Poland's Swiatek, who won her first match with Rybakina in Ostrava two years ago, said she would treat their latest meeting like any other match. "For now I don't have any mindset," defending Rome champion Swiatek said.

☆ Krejcikova back in business with victory over Swiatek
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

Tennis - WTA 500 - Ostrava Open - CEZ Arena, Ostrava, Czech Republic - October 9, 2022 Czech Republic's Barbora Krejcikova celebrates with a trophy after winning the singles final against Poland's Iga Swiatek REUTERS/David W CernyOct 10 (Reuters) - Czech Barbora Krejcikova edged world number one Iga Swiatek in the duel between French Open champions in Ostrava on Sunday to continue her late flourish in an injury-hit season. The 26-year-old climbed to a career-high ranking of two in February before being sidelined for months due to an elbow injury. She failed to make another semi-final until winning two titles in consecutive weeks in Tallinn, Estonia, and at home in Ostrava. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterKrejcikova's 5-7 7-6(4) 6-3 win handed twice French Open winner Swiatek her first defeat in a final since 2019. "It was difficult because I think the beginning of the season was great," Krejcikova told the WTA following her win that took three hours and 16 minutes.

☆ Doi agenţi GRU specializaţi în sabotaje şi asasinate, căutați în Cehia; Unul dintre ei are un paşaport moldovenesc
▼ + stars: | 2021-04-18 | by ( ) www.jurnal.md time to read: +4 min

Sursa foto: BBCDoi agenţi GRU specializaţi în sabotaje şi asasinate, căutați în Cehia; Unul dintre ei are un paşaport moldovenescPoliţia cehă este în căutarea a doi bărbaţi ruşi, suspectaţi a fi agenţi GRU, responsabili de explozia unui depozit de muniţii din Cehia în 2014. Cei doi presupuşi agenţi GRU au folosit mai multe paşapoarte false în misiunile din Europa, inclusiv unul moldovenesc, pe numele „Nicolai Popa”, informează BBC. Agenţiile europene de spionaj consideră că cei doi agenţi fac parte din Unitatea GRU 29155 a armatei ruse, specializată în sabotaje, acţiuni subversive şi asasinate. Ulterior, s-a aflat că unul dintre cei doi agenţi a fost chiar decorat de preşedintele rus, Vladimir Putin. Cei doi presupuşi agenţi GRU nu au mai fost văzuţi din 2018, de când au fost făcute publice fotografiile cu ei în Salisbury.

Persons: suspectaţi, Anunţul, Noviciok, Serghei Skripal, Nicolai Popa, Andrej Babis, Vladimir Jabarov, Nicolae Popa, Ulterior, Vladimir Putin ., Alexander Petrov, Agenţii, Rezervarea Organizations: BBC, GRU, NATO, Agenţii GRU Locations: Cehia, Salisbury, Europa, Praga, Cehiei, UE, Tadjikistan interesaţi, Tadjikistan, Ostrava, Viena, Moscova

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