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Jiří Vlk, the largest official sponsor of the ruling Czech Motorists party, has landed at the centre of several investigations at once. According to a media investigation, on his plot on the southern edge of Prague, in the Kunratice distric

The head of the office of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Tünde Barta, made 16 foreign work trips to 15 countries between January and the end of July 2025. According to the government office, the total cost of this journey across Europe

In a district near Prague, two young men in masks jumped onto a moving train and rode on the coupling between the carriages — a dangerous stunt that was spotted and photographed by a woman waiting on the platform. The incident took place on

Radioactive caesium-137, released into the atmosphere after the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster, can still be detected in Czech forest ecosystems nearly forty years later. That's according to the Research Institute for Landscape, whose expe

The widely predicted summer energy blackout never actually hit Europe this year, even though temperatures in some countries soared past 45°C, with Sardinia recording a scorching 48.4°C. According to an energy expert, grid stability has been

In the Šternberk courtyard at the foot of Zelená Hora castle near the town of Nepomuk, a private Museum of the Czechoslovak People's Army opened in 2025, dedicated to the army's history from 1949 to 1989. The exhibition is based on the pers

Czech President Petr Pavel has said that the money saved by the company Sev.en on the recultivation of the ČSA coal quarry should be distributed among all municipalities in the region through the Ministry of the Environment, rather than lef

A group of more than thirty Czech companies and industry organisations has sent an open letter to Deputy Červený asking him not to support a proposed amendment to the packaging law. The signatories fear that the changes would cement the dom

Around Mont Blanc, on the border between France and Italy, scientists and locals are reporting a sharp rise in rockfalls as melting glaciers and thawing permafrost destabilise the mountain slopes. According to Stéphane Bozon, deputy mayor o

A marble statue titled "The Orphans," created by Italian sculptor Antonio Tantardini, has gone on display at the Löw-Beer Villa in Brno after being missing for more than a decade. The sculpture originally stood in August Löw-Beer's villa on

Yemen's Houthi rebel movement has released a video that reportedly shows the destruction of a fighter jet, along with the charred wreckage of a Saudi Air Force F-15. The incident took place over Yemen's Marib province.Houthi military spokes

Rangers forward John Nadery could earn a place in the first Czech national squad to be named by the team's new Spanish coach, Santi Denia, this coming Friday. The arrival of a new striker is especially timely after Patrick Schick, long rega