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On September 24, Czech President Petr Pavel visited the town of Wilber in the U.S. state of Nebraska — the so-called Czech Capital of the USA, a title the town has held unofficially since 1987 by decision of President Ronald Reagan. Despite

On Saturday afternoon in Czechia, a quad bike accident occurred on a forest road near the village of Jince, involving a boy born in 2012 who was behind the wheel. He could not be saved and died at the scene. Emergency services received the

In mid-October, Czechia will lose the country's tallest structure: two steel radio transmitter masts in the village of Liblice near Český Brod will be brought down in a controlled explosion. This pair of 355-metre towers has loomed over the

The European Union is preparing to tighten controls on platforms such as Temu, Shein, AliExpress and TikTok Shop after independent laboratories found dangerous levels of toxic substances in products sold there — ranging from "forever chemic

On Saturday afternoon, a 44-year-old woman died on a second-class road in the Plzeň Region while riding a Honda motorcycle from Raželov to Starý Smolivec. According to police, for reasons not yet established she veered off the road to the r

This spring, dozens of swans that Praguers had grown used to seeing along certain stretches of the Vltava suddenly began vanishing. Some claimed the birds were being caught and sold, or even eaten, until a video surfaced online in January s

Jakub Zieba, a 27-year-old council member for Plzeň's first municipal district who has become known as the "darling of Russian state propaganda," will not run for re-election to the city council. He currently lives in Russia and, according

Well-known Czech actor Saša Rašilov (54) has admitted that he once struggled with alcohol dependency, which became his way of escaping problems during his marriage to actress Vanda Hybnerová (57). He spoke about this difficult period of his

The Association of Social Services Providers of the Czech Republic has proposed that residents of care homes should cover the full cost of food and accommodation themselves, with state money used to fund only the actual care. The initiative

Starting next year, Hungary will introduce a wealth tax on people with assets exceeding 67 million forints — a measure that was one of the election promises of the Tisza party, which won a decisive victory in April's parliamentary elections

In September 2026, the palm greenhouse at Valeč Castle returned to its historic spot — one of the estate's most striking structures. Its iron framework, topped with a dome, weighs around 15 tonnes, and the dome itself stands roughly 15 metr

A new culinary studio, GastroMach Lab, has opened in the village of Zdiby just outside Prague, combining professional gastronomic equipment with hands-on cooking classes. The venue houses a showroom and a test kitchen, hosting courses, work