A laboratory analysis of ten samples of špekáčky (Czech grilling sausages) from various shops and butchers found that their meat content ranges from 50% to 89% — and a higher price by no means guarantees a better recipe. The test measured t
On Wednesday evening in the village of Strančice in the Prague-East district, two masked men broke into a private property and violently attacked a 57-year-old man. According to police, paramedics took the injured victim to hospital.As poli
British professor Jason Arday, previously exposed as a plagiarist and serial fabricator, is preparing to release a memoir titled Great and Unfortunate Things. The book is set to be published on August 11 by major publisher Simon & Schuster,
An explosion followed by a major fire has struck the Slovnaft oil refinery in Bratislava. The incident occurred around midday when, according to the company, one of the storage tanks holding petroleum products was damaged, causing its conte
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists party) has removed Jitka Panek Jurková from her post as director of the Czech Centres network — just three years into the job and only seven weeks after she gave birth. The minister did not dis
Former Czech MP for the ANO movement Lenka Balaštíková tried to twist the facts of an old scandal—her order to have a dog shot dead—in an interview with moderator Luboš Xaver Veselý. The case, which first erupted a year ago, is back in the
Carola S., a teacher at a German school who works with children with learning and developmental difficulties, has told Bild about the chaos engulfing her workplace. According to her, police are called to the school several times a week, whi
Czech police have charged Jiří Svoboda, the long-serving former director of the state railway authority (Správa železnic). This was reported by two reliable sources and confirmed by police themselves, though without naming names or disclosi
Sparta Prague captain Ľubomír Haraslín is in talks to join Saudi club Al-Fateh. The two clubs are already discussing a transfer fee, and the Slovak winger himself has made no secret of his interest in a new challenge.According to Transferma
On Friday, a farewell ceremony for the renowned Czech artist and sculptor Milan Knížák was held in the Large Ceremonial Hall of the crematorium in Prague's Strašnice district. Among those who came to pay their last respects were Culture Min
A dangerous incident occurred at the Háj u Duchcova stop near Teplice, when a train travelling from Děčín to Litvínov closed its doors on a baby stroller just as the mother had stepped onto the platform — with the stroller and child still p
Last week the Czech Army graduated nearly a thousand new reservists — 982 successful graduates completed a month-long voluntary military course for adult school leavers. This marks the third intake of the programme so far, and it's shatteri