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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has called on US President Donald Trump to immediately impose tough sanctions against Russia. He made the statement in Kyiv at the Yalta European Strategy forum, according to AFP."Sanctions need to be

The stadium in Budapest, which hosted the World Championships three years ago, has launched a new and ambitious athletics event — featuring black running tracks, an emphasis on visual spectacle, and generous prize money that drew nearly all

The Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies, Tomio Okamura, has received Iran's Ambassador, Seyed Majid Ghafeleh Bashi. According to Okamura himself, the meeting was held at Iran's request, with talks focusing on the situation in the Strai

New benches are gradually being installed along both banks of the Vltava in Prague — 27 sets in total. Locals and visitors will be able to sit on them, host picnics, or simply relax by the water. Some of the massive oak structures, each wei

The Hungarian government has decided to support diesel car owners as fuel prices climb on world markets. The measure will remain in effect until the end of this year: owners of diesel vehicles with up to 150 horsepower will receive a total

Police in South Bohemia tracked down and detained a man who was flying a drone near České Budějovice Airport at an altitude exceeding legal limits. The incident took place at around six in the evening near Stecher's Mill — right at the time

A scandal has broken out at Prague's Nová síň gallery over an exhibition by sculptor Kryštof Hošek titled "Omne Animal": the Ursuline order of nuns, which owns the building, demanded that a promotional poster featuring nude sculptures be re

Former heads of the Czech Ministry of the Environment have publicly pushed back against claims by the current minister, Petr Hladík (KDU-ČSL), that they ignored toxic contamination at Šumava National Park. The dispute erupted after the mini

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said that if Lithuania deploys nuclear weapons on its territory, the country would become a target for retaliatory strikes by Russian nuclear forces. He made the comment while addressing plans by the Lithuani

The price of the most widely used version of the fifth-generation F-35A fighter jet — the same model ordered by Czechia — has climbed to $92 million per aircraft (roughly 1.9 billion crowns), an increase of 11.5% over the $82.5 million pric

The head of Britain's domestic security service MI5, Ken McCallum, has said that the United Kingdom today faces more serious threats to its national security than it did in the immediate aftermath of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks

The 2025 PISA international assessment has shown that Czech fifteen-year-olds performed worse in both mathematics and reading compared to 2022. Even so, Czech students' results remain above the average for countries in the Organisation for