The world agency and foreign media inform about the demonstrations in Prague
Update: 09/03/2022 20:05
Issued by: 03/09/2022, 19:55
Prague – The world’s leading news agencies AP, Reuters, AFP, DPA and Bloomberg also reported on today’s anti-government demonstration on Wenceslas Square in Prague, where, according to the police’s estimate, 70,000 people gathered, and other foreign media took over extensive coverage. All began their report on the number of participants, and many of them quoted Prime Minister Petr Fiala and his words that the demonstrations were called by forces that profess a pro-Russian orientation, are close to extreme positions and are against the interests of the Czech Republic.
“About 70,000 people protested in the historic center of Prague on Saturday against the Czech government, which they accuse of paying more attention to war-torn Ukraine than to its own citizens,” the AFP agency wrote at the beginning of its report. Fiala told journalists that the rally was organized by “pro-Russian people close to extremist positions”, the main interests of which are in conflict with the interests of the Czech Republic, continued the French press agency, from which the Spanish daily took over, for example El Mundo or Belgian television RTBF.
Fial’s words that the organizers of the demonstration are “pro-Russian”, are close to “extremist attitudes” and are against the interests of the Czech Republic were quoted, for example, by an Argentine news server Infobae.
The news about today’s demonstration also reached the Arab world, for example the Syrian agency reported on it SANA. “Over 70,000 Czechs demonstrated in the center of the Czech metropolis of Prague and demanded freedom from dependence on NATO and the EU,” the Syrian agency wrote at the head of the report. “About 70,000 people protested in Prague on Saturday against the Czech government. They called on the government coalition to do more to stop the sharp rise in energy prices, and to oppose the EU and NATO,” wrote the Saudi Arabian television Al-Arabiya, which, like for example the Indian daily The The Times of India picked up on the Reuters report.
The agency also drew attention to transparently criticizing membership in the EU and NATO Bloomberg, from which he took the message from, for example, the Albanian Daily News server. Bloomberg, as well as, for example, the German agency DPA, also cited ČTK information.
“Tens of thousands of protesters from the extreme right and extreme left demonstrated in the capital on Saturday against the pro-Western Czech government,” wrote the AP agency. “Protesters are demanding the resignation of the current coalition government of conservative Prime Minister Petr Fialy, criticizing it for a number of things, including its pro-Western policies. Fiala said that everyone has the right to demonstrate, but that these protesters are expressing pro-Russian views that are not in the interests of the Czech Republic and its citizens. ” wrote AP, which was quoted by, for example, The Washington Post.
One of the most widely read Argentine newspapers Clarin added information about today’s demonstration in Prague to the online news about the war in Ukraine with the headline Thousands of Czechs protest that they (the government) pay attention to them rather than Ukraine. “About 70,000 people demonstrated on Saturday in the Czech Republic against the government, which they accuse of paying more attention to war-torn Ukraine than to its own citizens,” Clarín wrote. He also mentioned that on one transparent it was written “The best for Ukraine and two worlds for us”.