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Czech MP Turek posted on Facebook an apology to the environmental organization Hnutí DUHA – Friends of the Earth, which a court had ordered him to make, but in the same post he once again attacked the organization with accusations. The cour

A large oil tanker caught fire near the Russian city of Sochi: according to witnesses, flames quickly engulfed the vessel — apparently because flammable substances had leaked not only onto the deck but also onto the sea surface around the s

Czech first lady Eva Pavlová has come to the defense of her husband, President Petr Pavel, who is facing criticism for missing this weekend's municipal elections because of a private trip abroad. According to her, the state fixed the electi

France carried out a test launch of its newest-generation M51 sea-based ballistic missile: the missile, without a nuclear warhead, was launched from the country's territorial waters and flew about 4,000 kilometers over the Atlantic Ocean. T

According to a survey by the Kyiv International Institute of Sociology (KIIS), 75% of Ukrainians support holding negotiations with Russia to end the war. 21% of respondents were opposed, and 4% could not decide. The survey was conducted in

At the gala opening of the 78th Frankfurt Book Fair in Frankfurt am Main on Tuesday, novelist Radka Denemarková said that two former officers of the communist-era StB secret police are now sitting in the Czech government. Among the guests a

Part of the Chonhar road bridge, which connects the Kherson region with Crimea, has collapsed after a series of strikes on the crossing. The monitoring Telegram channel Dnipro OSINT reported the news, calling the bridge one of the key land

Long queues formed on a highway in China's Anhui province during the holidays, as a surge of drivers rushed to charge their electric cars. Mobile charging road trains — essentially giant power banks on wheels — came to the rescue, the Assoc

Mass protests swept France on Tuesday. According to the lycée students’ union, around 450,000 people took part in the demonstrations, including 100,000 in Paris, while the Interior Ministry put the nationwide figure at 256,000, with 56,000

According to the British newspaper The Sun, Russian President Vladimir Putin is considering putting General Sergei Surovikin back in command of forces in Ukraine. Western military figures call him “General Armageddon” for the brutal reputat

Czech Public Television (ČT) officially confirmed on Tuesday, October 6, that it will not broadcast next year's Eurovision Song Contest. The 2027 contest, to be held in Burgas, Bulgaria, will go ahead without Czech participation — a decisio

In the Czech city of Brno, a woman wearing headphones failed to hear the siren of an approaching ambulance and ran straight out in front of a moving car. The incident happened last week at a pedestrian crossing on Kolištĕ street near Moravs