Czechs regard President Petr Pavel — rather than the current leaders of the parliamentary opposition — as the most visible representative of opposition to the government. This is according to a poll by the NMS agency, in which respondents w
Michal Hejcman, a professor at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem who has taken part in excavations of biblical sites in southern Israel, just 30 km from Gaza, is running for the Czech Senate in the Děčín constituency. Alt
The South Bohemian regional branch of the ODS party is gearing up for its first pre-election clash with the "Naše Chechia" (Our Czechia) movement, led by Martin Kuba — the former deputy chairman of ODS and now the region's popular governor.
A Wildberries marketplace warehouse caught fire in Yekaterinburg following an attack by Ukrainian drones. According to TASS, citing Sverdlovsk Region Governor Denis Paslier, debris from three drones fell onto the building's roof, and there
On Saturday, August 8, the Prague Pride parade will make its way through the centre of Prague, causing partial disruptions to car and public transport. The event kicks off at noon from the lower part of Wenceslas Square, according to Prague
After a wavy cold front swept through at the end of the working week, temperatures in Czechia dropped noticeably: while thermometers climbed to nearly 40°C in some places earlier in the week, daily highs over the next couple of days will re
Hidden hostility or distrust toward women shows up everywhere — at work, behind the wheel, within families. Experts discussed this phenomenon, known as internalized misogyny, in a new episode of a podcast on women's issues from the Czech ou
For the first time since 2015, the Czech government will not allocate any money to the regions for the repair and reconstruction of Class II and III roads, which fall under regional administration. This is stated in a letter from Transport
A fraudulent scheme is gaining traction in Russia in which women marry servicemen just days before they are deployed to the front — or shortly before they die of their wounds — in order to claim state compensation after the soldier's death.
Working pensioners in Czechia are entitled to a discount on social insurance contributions equal to 6.5% of their assessment base — essentially their salary or income. The benefit has been in place since January 2025, and anyone who forgot
The CEO of the state-owned company České dráhy (Czech Railways), Michal Krapinec, has voluntarily given up his security clearance at the "Confidential" level — the second-highest of the four classification levels in the Czech Republic. This
The European Union is betting on nuclear power as a replacement for coal generation and a way to reduce dependence on imported energy resources. Under EU plans, the capacity of conventional nuclear power plants is set to grow by nearly nine