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A boat accident has occurred off the coast of Norway, with four Czech citizens on board. According to the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs, one person has died, while the fate of the remaining three is still unknown."So far, the search ope

In the run-up to and aftermath of the State Duma elections, some Russians are once again leaving the country, fearing the announcement of a new wave of mobilization. Independent Russian outlets report this, citing sources close to the Kreml

The European Commission has unveiled a draft law called the KIDS Act, introducing strict new rules to protect children online. Children under 13 will be banned from having their own social media accounts, teenagers aged 13–14 will only be a

A woman cyclist has died on the road between the villages of Bítov and Chvalatice in the Znojmo region. According to police, she lost control while making a turn, crashed and fell unconscious, later dying from her injuries.Police spokeswoma

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the judiciary and law enforcement bodies are "not infallible" and that criticism directed at them is entirely legitimate. He was responding to a statement issued Friday by the Union of Judges, which de

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said the country is facing a hybrid war waged by Russia. Jan Padourek, a former senior official of Czech foreign intelligence and now a security expert, explained in an interview which targets in Czechi

British singer Ed Sheeran addressed the situation in the Gaza Strip during a concert in the US, calling what's happening there "catastrophic and unforgivable." By the end of the show, he was fighting back tears in front of a 50,000-strong s

Germany holds elections in two federal states on Sunday — Berlin and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The vote comes just two weeks after the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) scored a decisive win in Saxony-Anhalt, and pre-election pol

Czech actor Antonio Šoposki, speaking on the Kulturák podcast (Seznam Zprávy), discussed his lead role in the new series Filter — a coming-of-age story about the relationship between two queer teenagers. According to the actor, he never exp

Installation of new wooden benches is underway along the Vltava embankment in Prague, near Vyšehrad and at the site of the former farmers' markets — 25 sets in total, costing 5 million crowns. Soon after installation, however, visible crack

In the early hours of Sunday, Ukrainian drones carried out what Moscow Mayor Sergei Sobyanin called the largest attack on the Russian capital since the start of the war. According to him, 151 drones were shot down over Moscow, with no casua

At a primary school in Prague's Hostivař district, a sixth-grader attacked a teaching assistant and threatened his classmates. The family subsequently moved house, and the boy transferred to another school — which, by law, was obliged to ac