In the forest between the villages of Bory and Vysočany in the Tachov district, local mushroom picker Cudrák found a fungus weighing around fifteen kilograms. He took it for a cauliflower mushroom, a species that occurs quite commonly in th
The deputy chairman of the Czech party Trikolora, Petr Štěpánek, removed a photo from the party's Facebook page showing a campaign event in the city of České Budějovice — it turned out that an AI had added a crowd of supporters to the image
Scientists at Mendel University in Brno studied the Eurasian beaver population in pond country near the town of Pohorelice in southern Moravia and found that long-term monitoring of the animals helps prevent conflicts with farms before they
In the German city of Heilbronn (Baden-Württemberg), on the night from Saturday to Sunday an 18-year-old driver staged a dangerous race around a roundabout just three hours after gaining the right to drive without a supervising adult, and e
For over a year, Czech police have been examining records on defibrillator implantations at Olomouc University Hospital (FNOL): they first looked at patients enrolled in the European clinical trial Profid Ehra, then expanded the review to h
The Czech Ministry of the Environment (MŽP) will receive 20.96 billion crowns in spending for 2027 — about half a billion more than this year — according to the draft state budget.Under the draft, staff salaries at the ministry are set to t
A group of ecologists, farmers and local government representatives in Czechia has put forward a joint initiative, calling on the authorities to pool their efforts in caring for the country's landscape. Among the initiators are David Čip, a
According to a STEM/MARK survey conducted in September 2025 among 502 Czech internet users over the age of 18, 60% of respondents admitted that they try to limit potential sources of microplastics in food. A significant share of those surve
The Czech Republic's largest reservoir, Lipno, is currently only half full: inflow stands at less than two cubic metres per second, while six cubic metres per second are flowing out, Kateřina Štěrbová of the Czech Hydrometeorological Instit
Czech interior minister Lubomír Metnar, following a selection process, has appointed Colonel Martin Legner as the new director general of the Fire and Rescue Service of the Czech Republic (HZS). He will take up the post on 1 October 2026, m
Ahead of celebrations marking 60 years of independence from the United Kingdom, Botswana's government has issued a permit to cull 23 elephants and other wildlife for non-commercial purposes. The decision was made by the country's Ministry o
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Maria Zakharova, official spokeswoman for Russia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, told Reuters that European arms factories producing weapons for Ukraine are potential Russian military targets. The statement came in response to a question abo