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In southern Egypt earlier this week, thermometers climbed nearly 10 degrees above the September norm. Aswan set a new national record for the month, edging out the previous mark by two tenths of a degree.The extreme heat also swept through

Oil refineries in the Russian cities of Syzran and Saratov have completely halted crude processing following a series of Ukrainian drone strikes. The news agency Reuters reported this, citing its own sources.Syzran: main processing unit dam

The opening round of the Czech Tipsport Extraliga brought together fierce rivals Pardubice and Hradec Králové — and the match turned into a controversy over officiating, as referees twice waved off home-side goals following video review. In

According to a forecast by public broadcaster SVT, the opposition centre-left parties have at least a 99.9% probability of securing a majority of votes — and thus victory — in Sweden's parliamentary election. However, the final results are

With about three weeks to go before Prague's municipal elections, the question of future coalitions at City Hall is coming up more and more often in the campaign debates. Tomáš Portlík, leader of the ODS list, said the current ruling trio —

Large-scale international military exercises codenamed Ample Strike have kicked off in southern Czechia, bringing together 760 servicemen from 17 countries, roughly 150 of them foreign nationals. The news was announced by exercise commander

Czech President Petr Pavel launched a series of regional visits by touring the Triangle industrial zone near Žatec, built on the site of a former military airfield. The zone is home to 16 companies and employs more than five thousand people

A traffic scandal involving several politicians has erupted in Prague ahead of the local elections. After Adam Scheinherr, a candidate for the Prague Sobě movement, was caught illegally parking his campaign bus, his team retaliated by expos

A new sociological survey shows that 77% of Ukrainians believe the country should continue armed resistance against Russia even if Russian forces strike energy infrastructure this winter, leaving people without electricity, heating and sewa

Used electric cars are rapidly gaining popularity in Czechia: in the first eight months of 2025, 16,148 units were sold — 92% more than in the same period last year. That's according to Petr Vaněček, director of Aures Holdings, which operat

In the German town of Bad Kissingen, Bavaria, a 52-year-old farmer took matters into his own hands after concertgoers set up camp on his private meadow next to the venue where pop singer Vincent Weiss was performing. The incident occurred o

Czech President Petr Pavel has said that money saved through changes to the reclamation plan for the ČSA coal quarry should be distributed by the Ministry of the Environment among all municipalities in the region — not just those chosen by