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Police in Prague have detained a 34-year-old prisoner who escaped on Friday afternoon from an unguarded work site in the town of Čerčany in the Benešov district. The man fled still wearing his prison clothing, but was found in the Czech cap

In the town of Orlová in the Moravian-Silesian Region, an electric scooter caught fire inside an apartment in a residential building. Firefighters were alerted at 1:22 p.m., and the scene was attended not only by professional crews from Orl

In Prague's Vinohrady district, a two-story building on Francouzská Street caught fire in the evening — firefighters began rescuing people through windows using ladder trucks, said Prague fire department spokesman Vojtěch Rotschedl. Police

At the Serial Killer TV series festival in Prague on Saturday, the first two episodes of the new Czech series "Kamarád" (Buddy) were screened — the story of a teacher who manipulates a child for years while those around him fail to notice t

Vodní ráj, the largest water park in the Vysočina region, located in Jihlava, has opened an expanded "world of saunas" featuring a new ceremonial sauna for up to 60 people, where ritual and other themed events can be held. At the same time,

Who topped the rankingThis year's annual ranking of Hungarian towns by how often people search for the word "sex" is topped by Nemesrádó, a village of just 305 people in western Hungary. The ranking has been compiled since 2015 for the dati

Czech mixed martial artist Karlos Vémola, nicknamed the Terminator, scored a commanding technical knockout victory over unbeaten German fighter Frederick Vosgröne at OKTAGON 94 in Frankfurt. According to organizers, the 41-year-old Czech la

In the town of Odolena Voda near Prague, a morning water sample from the upper reservoir showed lead levels four times above the norm — 1.4 µg/l. An afternoon sample came in lower, at 1.1 µg/l, but still exceeded the limit, prompting the wa

In Ostrava, 44-year-old Milan Baroš played his last match in a football shirt — a farewell exhibition game at a packed City Stadium in Ostrava-Vítkovice. The Champions League winner with Liverpool, Euro 2004 top scorer and the Czech nationa

In 2024, eight people were killed in road accidents on the streets of Brno; last year the toll was two, while almost fifty more suffered serious injuries. Despite these figures, city hall spent years refusing to install fixed speed cameras,

On Wednesday, September 30, at 11:59 a protest action by security-service unions will begin outside the police headquarters in Prague: not only police officers but also firefighters, prison guards, customs officers and municipal police will

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, speaking at UN headquarters in New York, said that Europe is doing everything possible to sabotage the Ukraine peace talks that the Trump administration is interested in pursuing. He also accused West