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In a fifth-round Czech Extraliga hockey match between Prague’s Sparta and Karlovy Vary, home captain Chlapík deliberately tripped visiting forward Bambula, but the officials handed out no penalty for the play. The decision infuriated Karlov

Russian President Vladimir Putin has placed the Russian assets of German wholesaler Metro under the temporary management of a local firm, UK Torg Rus. That's according to AFP and Reuters, which cite a published decree. Metro's largest share

In the Klatovy region, a volunteer firefighter driving a quad bike hit a 37-year-old man and his 8-year-old son. The accident happened around midday between the villages of Hradek and Kašovice, as firefighters from Sušice were responding to

The town hall of Ostrava’s Hošťálkovice district has refused to renew the lease on land beneath a cottage colony by the Opava river and has ordered the owners of several dozen cabins to vacate their plots within a week. According to the own

The Czech charity Neposeda and researchers from Charles University have found that the state spends an average of around 200,000 crowns a year on a single homeless person — and that the most expensive option for the budget is to do nothing

The European Commission has not yet made a formal decision to suspend or exclude payments to Agrofert, the holding linked to Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Czech Agriculture Minister Šebestyán said. According to him, this is only an inf

On Monday, September 28 — Czech Statehood Day — the Million Moments movement held a large march on Prague's Old Town Square. Participants in the roughly ninety-minute event demanded that the ruling parties be denied a majority in the Senate

A Russian drone struck the building of Ukraine's National Academy of Sciences in central Kyiv — a powerful fire broke out in the city's Shevchenkivskyi district. Kyiv Mayor Vitali Klitschko reported the strike on the non-residential buildin

The SPD party is demanding that the Czech Republic secure an exception within the European Union and resume purchasing Russian oil and gas — a statement made by party leader Tomio Okamura. Industry analysts interviewed for this article cons

A mass protest against the government of Andrej Babiš took place on Prague's Old Town Square. Even before the rally's official start at 4 p.m., several hundred people had already gathered on the square, according to rough estimates, with mo

International rating agency S&P Global Ratings has raised its outlook on Czechia's long-term rating from "stable" to "positive," while affirming the foreign-currency rating at AA- and the local-currency rating at AA. The agency expects the

On Sunday, September 28, crews are setting up a stage and two LED screens on Prague's Old Town Square, where the civic movement Milion chvilek is holding an election-themed rally starting at 4 p.m.According to event producer Robin Suchánek,