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The European Union and roughly fifty countries issued a joint statement at the United Nations calling on Russia to immediately lay down its arms and agree to a ceasefire. The United States did not join the declaration, according to the webs

The Czech national football team has lost yet another player just before the start of the Nations League group stage. Slavia Prague defender David Jurásek has been ruled out with an injury, marking the seventh change to Spanish coach Luis D

Birth rates in Czechia are falling fast: in 2021 the fertility rate stood at 1.83 children per woman — one of the highest in Europe — but last year it dropped to just 1.28. The number of newborns fell by a third to 77,600, the lowest figure

A Royal Air Force T2 Hawk training jet has crashed in Wales after taking off on Wednesday afternoon from RAF Valley, the training base on Anglesey, and going down not far from it. Both pilots managed to eject and suffered only minor injurie

A court in Plzeň is hearing the case of a plastic surgeon named Bouda, who stands accused of causing grievous bodily harm to a patient. According to the prosecution, presented by prosecutor Štefan Oravec, the woman underwent a nose reductio

Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa has described a lighthearted exchange with US President Donald Trump over the Golan Heights that took place during his visit to the White House. The story was reported on Tuesday by the Lebanese outlet L'Ori

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that there are currently no preconditions for moving toward peace talks between Russia and Ukraine. His remarks were reported by the Ukrainian news agency Unian. At the same time, Peskov insisted that th

Czech President Petr Pavel delivered his national address at the UN General Assembly in New York, stating that Russia's aggressive posture poses a direct threat to the security of the whole of Europe, with risks to the continent growing by

Czech President Petr Pavel addressed the UN General Assembly in New York with a speech that took aim at the permanent members of the Security Council, above all Russia and China. International rules, he argued, only mean something if everyo

On Monday, Andrej Babiš's government appointed seven new members to the Czech Government Council for Human Rights. Among them are a lawyer linked to ultraconservative organizations, former "Miss World" Taťána Kuchařová, and a hairdresser wh

Thirteen European Union member states — including Czechia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Poland and Slovakia — have signed an informal document calling for a "thorough clean-up of EU legislation." The news was reported by the Euronews portal.In

The Volkswagen Group has decided to sell its plant in the Slovak city of Martin. According to the Slovak news outlet SME, the buyer is expected to be MAN, which, like Volkswagen itself, belongs to the Volkswagen Group. This means the plant