A schoolgirl in Slovakia has died after being stabbed by a thirteen-year-old classmate. The girl, named Nelka, was airlifted by helicopter in critical condition to a hospital in the city of Martin, but doctors could not save her despite sev
Jana Hoňková, a candidate for the municipal council in Libežnice (Central Bohemian Region), has withdrawn her candidacy for ODS after police suspected her and her husband, Petr Hoňek, a former top manager at the General Health Insurance Com
Carmaker Škoda Auto this week scaled back electric car production at the M13 workshop of its Mladá Boleslav plant — employees have stopped working night shifts. The reason, according to reports, is a shortage of cable components made in Ukr
On Wednesday, the new head of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate (ČIŽP), Pavel Straka, introduced himself to the relevant parliamentary committee for the first time — and the closed-door session, which ran late into the night, turned into
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A further 22,000 Ukrainian refugees in Czechia received the special long-term residence permit in 2025 — it guarantees at least five years of legal stay in the country and the right to apply for permanent residence. According to the Interio
Christa Pike, a woman sentenced to death in the US, survived two injections of pentobarbital administered to her on Thursday at a prison in Nashville, in the American state of Tennessee. The execution was due to take place 30 years after Pi
A wave of student protests in France, sparked by poor conditions in secondary schools and the government’s plans to cut the 2027 budget, has spiralled into violence and anarchy. Teachers are being beaten, police are attacked with firecracke
The Council of the European Union has given final approval to a new regulation on returning migrants who have no legal right to remain in the EU. The document allows EU member states, for the first time, to set up special centres in countri
In central Prague, the review of a July car crash involving MP Filip Turek and the driver of a hospital vehicle has concluded: according to Prague police, no signs of a crime were found, and the case has been referred for consideration as a
Czechia has the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union, according to figures calculated by the European statistics agency Eurostat. Second place is shared by Slovenia and Malta, where unemployment stands at 3.4 percent in both count
The SPD movement, which entered the Czech government for the first time last year, is hoping to establish itself in Prague politics too: the party's list for the capital's municipal elections is headed by architect and urban planner Milan U
Czech automaker Škoda Auto reportedly cut electric-vehicle production this week at its main plant in Mladá Boleslav: according to local employees, night shifts have disappeared and pay has been cut to four-fifths of normal. The cause cited