In the Karlovy Vary region, veterinarians have found a wild boar infected with the dangerous trichinella parasite: the animal arrived at a local game-processing point for inspection along with other carcasses. The discovery was made during
Czech universities may admit significantly fewer first-year students starting next year: according to Milan Pospíšil, chairman of the Czech Conference of Rectors, the reason is an acute shortage of money in the 2027 state budget. While univ
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Near Voronezh, a Russian Su-35 fighter jet mistakenly shot down its own Mi-8 helicopter, mistaking it for a Ukrainian drone. The crash happened on Thursday, and according to Russian media, all three crew members were killed.News of the lost
US President Donald Trump said on his social media platform that European countries have agreed to release part of their diesel fuel reserves in order to bring down global fuel prices. The US administration had earlier urged Germany and Fra
Czech President Petr Pavel will not take part in the municipal elections on 9 and 10 October in his home village of Černouček, as he will be abroad on a private trip during those days. The Castle's communications department announced this o
Early release of prisoners began in Britain on Thursday as authorities try to relieve overcrowded jails. In the first stage, 700 convicts serving sentences of up to 19 months left prison, and in the coming months around 4,500 more people ar
The STEM institute has found that 76 percent of Czechs rate the presidency of Václav Havel, the country’s first president after the 1989 Velvet Revolution, positively — the poll was carried out ahead of the 90th anniversary of the politicia
The European Commission has pushed back against the Trump administration's threat to ban diesel fuel exports, saying such a move would benefit no one and would undermine trust in the United States as a reliable partner. A European Commissio
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and President Petr Pavel met this week to discuss Czechia's possible response if Russia were to attack one of the Baltic states. The issue will be taken up at the next meeting of the State Security Council
A call before she disappearedPolice in the Moravian-Silesian Region have released new details about the death of a woman who had been considered missing since September 3, after her body was found in a forest near the town of Frýdek-Místek.
FlyDubai flight FZ1073 from Dubai to Tel Aviv turned into a bloody drama on Wednesday at an altitude of around 10,000 meters: the co-pilot, from Oman, stabbed the Indian captain with a knife while trying to seize the controls and send the p
An execution failed to go ahead as planned in the US state of Tennessee: on Wednesday evening, fifty-year-old Krista Pike, convicted of brutally murdering a school friend more than 30 years ago, was given a lethal injection twice, yet survi