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A new sculpture has been unveiled on the famous Fourth Plinth in London's Trafalgar Square — the spot where, for decades, a rotating series of contemporary artworks has been displayed. The latest piece, titled "Lady in Blue", depicts what t

Alice Weidel, co-leader of Germany's Alternative for Germany (AfD) party, said on Austrian broadcaster AUF1 that Germany should halt all financial and military aid to Ukraine, and that Kyiv must repay Berlin "significant sums" of money alre

Fuel prices in Czechia are once again approaching record levels. According to CCS, a company that tracks fuel price trends, a liter of diesel averaged 47.91 crowns on Thursday — nearly matching the price seen this spring following the US an

A Czech court has ordered Environment Minister Petr Turek to publicly apologize to the environmental movement Hnutí DUHA for insulting remarks he posted on Facebook. Czech public television reported the ruling on Monday morning.In late Apri

The Czech government can't agree on how to reduce the state budget deficit, so it turned to the economic community for advice. Twenty leading economists — the same group who, in an open letter back in late July, tried to talk the cabinet ou

Czechs would generally like to see a strong, united Europe — but with plenty of caveats. Most lean toward keeping the current level of European integration as it is, or even scaling it back. That's according to data from the Median polling

Luděk Mikloško, former goalkeeper of the Czechoslovak and Czech national teams and one of the most celebrated Czech footballers in the history of the English Premier League, has passed away. For the past four years he had been battling canc

The head of the Czech Food and Consumer Goods Chamber has spoken about the challenges facing the country's food industry and why the public has such a distorted picture of what food actually costs to produce.According to her, the sector has

Polish Foreign Minister Radosław Sikorski has said that if Russia were to attack, European countries would crush it very quickly thanks to their overwhelming air superiority — even without counting American forces. He made the remark in Kyi

A Czech couple, Alena and Ržihard Krejsa, finally fulfilled a long-held dream this autumn, buying a house in a quiet mountain town in Sicily with views of Mount Etna. According to Alena Krejsová, the property cost roughly the same as an ord

Ukraine's Main Intelligence Directorate (HUR) says Russian generals have asked Vladimir Putin to approve the mobilization of up to 800,000 servicemen. The claim, based on an HUR document, was reported by Britain's The Times, which noted tha

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has effectively admitted that the Russian army is now striking virtually every possible type of target on Ukrainian territory. According to him, Russian forces began acting this way only after the Ukrainian s