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The Czech State Agricultural Intervention Fund has already paid out subsidies to the Agrofert holding, but the European Commission has suspended their reimbursement from the EU budget. At stake is €3.18 million, or CZK 76.9 million, from th

Former Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek has revealed that the pancreatic cancer he was diagnosed with in October 2025 has now metastasised to his lungs. The politician made the announcement on Wednesday in an interview with a Studio N p

The Slovak National Theatre (SND) in Bratislava has cancelled the premiere of an unconventional staging of "Hamlet" directed by Czech director Michal P. Haržížek. The production was designed to unite two of the theatre's stages — the main d

Czech police have urged users of the Bakaláři school information system to urgently check the security of their accounts. The warning follows an incident on Tuesday, when an unknown attacker hacked into a student's account and used it to se

At the Sanford Underground Research Facility in South Dakota, the LUX-ZEPLIN (LZ) experiment has recorded a single unusual particle collision that scientists cannot yet explain through ordinary physical processes. The new analysis of the da

The anonymous profile of Tomáš Pauknera, which publishes material on alleged scandals surrounding Czech opposition parties, recently moved from Facebook to its own website, Deník P. According to the Czech domain registry administrator CZ.NI

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Finance Minister Alena Schillerová were adamant just a short while ago that taxes would not go up. Yet after the draft budget for next year was published, their rhetoric shifted noticeably — both politi

On Monday, at around 4:30 pm, a violent mass brawl broke out on Hlávkův Bridge in Prague, bringing traffic on one of the city's busiest routes to a complete standstill. According to police, the incident was caught on camera by passersby — t

A court in Italy has ordered a courier company to reinstate a delivery driver who was fired for letting a female acquaintance ride in his company van for just 15 minutes. According to the newspaper Il Giorno, the incident took place back in

Prague's Sparta have announced the return of Danish fitness specialist Christian Klærup. The 43-year-old coach previously worked at the club from summer 2022 alongside head coach Brian Priske, and is now rejoining the team.The decision to b

Czech President Petr Pavel will meet with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the President's Office has announced. According to the office, the talks will focus on coordinating foreign policy — including the head of state's participation in the U

The High Court in Olomouc has rejected the appeal of a man named Cigoš, convicted of murdering his second girlfriend, and upheld the regional court's sentence of 27.5 years in prison. Combined with the remaining time from his first murder c