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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that if Europe were to attack the Russian Federation, the resulting war would be "completely different" and "very short." He made the remark on Wednesday during a panel discussion at the Internati

Czech police have filed charges against Geosan Group — one of the country's largest construction companies — as part of the corruption case surrounding Prague's Motol Hospital. According to investigators, company managers intended to hand o

Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Office of the President of Ukraine, is suspected of organizing a money-laundering scheme, according to Ukrainian media citing a leaked indictment text against his former deputy, Iryna Mudrova. At issue is the lau

A group of Slovak schoolchildren was on its way home from a trip to the United Kingdom when the tour leader left six boys and two girls behind in the French town of Forbach, near the German border. According to the Slovak news site tnlive.s

The STAN movement leads the poll of voter potential ahead of Prague's municipal elections, set for October 9–10. According to a survey by the NMS agency, 46.2% of voters say they are currently willing to vote for the Mayors and Independents

The fire department of the Japanese city of Kanazawa has made an unusual request to residents: please don't tidy up the shoes rescuers take off before entering a home. According to firefighters, the polite Japanese custom of neatly lining u

A security camera in a Slovak village captured the moment a young bear dashed through the settlement, sending residents into a panic. The footage shows a man first running away from the animal, then spotting children nearby and rushing over

Four years after the explosion that ripped through the Nord Stream pipeline in the Baltic Sea, American journalist Bojan Pancevski of The Wall Street Journal has published a book based on interviews with people directly involved in the sabo

The American leg of Ed Sheeran's tour has become embroiled in controversy: rapper Macklemore was dropped as an opening act after making pro-Palestinian statements on stage, and four other musicians have since quit the tour in solidarity. Th

A major fire broke out on Wednesday in the Slovak town of Snina, on the grounds of the former Vihorlat plant, which now houses production facilities of the arms manufacturer ZVS Holding. The first smoke was spotted shortly after noon, and s

In Slovakia, a bear attacked a shepherd, leaving the man with severe injuries. He was hospitalized in the town of Martin. Details about his condition have not yet been released.A special Fatra brown bear response team was dispatched to the

In recent weeks, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has been bombarding his own government with a stream of spontaneous initiatives that are coordinated neither with coalition partners nor with his own ministers, nor with ANO's election prog