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The governing ANO movement is preparing a plan that could strip the Czech Republic's four largest cities — Prague, Brno, Ostrava and Plzeň — of a significant share of their budgets. According to sources within the movement, their share of t

A new portal for rural greenery careCzechia has launched the Venkovská zeleň website, which offers mayors, planners and villagers free guidelines, maps and recommendations for caring for green spaces. The resource helps with planning new pl

Reform of emissions quotasItaly and Czechia have drawn up a joint list of topics for October’s European Union summit, including a reform of the ETS 1 industrial emissions trading system and a review of the EU’s multiannual budget. That is a

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni visited Czechia on Tuesday for the first time in three and a half years. She was received by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš at the Straka Academy, where the two discussed the European Union's competitivene

Police in the Vysocina region are investigating the killing of a white-tailed eagle found dead in the Trebic district. According to forensic experts, the bird of prey died of a gunshot wound — although poisoning was suspected at first.The d

Hungarian Prime Minister Peter Magyar rode through the streets of Rome on a legendary Vespa scooter with his twelve-year-old son Miklos, right after an audience with the pope, to whom he had introduced two of his three sons.Magyar posted a

From 30 October to 14 November 2026, Prague will host the 34th Alternativa festival of experimental music — one of the city's longest-running showcases of bold, dense sound, running since the early 1990s. The programme is split across two w

Starý Týn is a picturesque village in the hilly landscape of the Czech Central Uplands, first mentioned as far back as the 11th century. Its prosperity once rested on hop growing, and today it forms part of the town of Úštěk, remaining a po

Aggressive behaviour by fare-dodging passengers has been on the rise in eastern Slovakia, with riders throwing stones, swearing and spitting at train staff. Because of the growing number of physical attacks, private security guards will be

President Donald Trump signed an agreement on artificial intelligence regulation, describing the document as “almost a constitution” bearing the signatures of “the most influential people in the world,” as well as his own. According to him,

Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico looks set to break yet another promise: the transaction tax on businesses, which he publicly vowed in late August to abolish from 1 January 2027, will most likely stay in force. That’s what the details of t

The Czech national football team met England and suffered a defeat, playing more than an hour a man down after Pavel Šulc was sent off in the 25th minute. Every starter was rated on a school-style scale from 1 (best) to 5 (worst) after the