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Czechia is facing an acute shortage of general practitioners for children — the current gap already runs into dozens of specialists, and as today's pediatricians retire, the country will need roughly a thousand new doctors in the coming yea

A car caught fire on the D55 motorway near the town of Moravský Písek. Professional firefighters from the Uherské Hradiště unit responded to the scene, along with volunteer fire brigades from Nedakonice and Polešovice.According to the fire

The state carrier Czech Railways is testing HVO eco-fuel — hydrogenated vegetable oil capable of replacing regular diesel — on its diesel trains. The trials are taking place on the Rakovník–Beroun and Beroun–Rudná u Prahy–Prague lines.Accor

Researchers from Mendel University (MENDELU) have raised the alarm over the spread of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, a dangerous parasite that infects salmonid fish in Czech rivers. The team surveyed 59 sites along 42 waterways across the c

ČEZ Prodej has opened the Czech Republic's first specialised energy advisory centre in Olomouc. Here, experts offer free consultations to individuals and business owners looking to make sense of modern energy solutions for their home, flat

Legendary rock band Kiss have recorded a new song, even though they officially wrapped up live touring several years ago. The news was revealed by the band's guitarist Tommy Thayer in an interview with GuitarWorld."We recorded a great new s

A Lidl store in the Czech town of Kladno caught fire in the early hours of Thursday. The blaze was reported around five minutes past midnight, according to fire brigade spokesman Tomáš Bakalář.He said firefighters declared the third, highes

In the town of Himarë in southern Albania, a fire that raged on Friday destroyed six houses — but one home was left untouched, thanks to its owners' long-standing habit of regularly clearing dry grass and vegetation around the property. The

Thirty-year-old Czech tennis player Barbora Siniaková continues her pursuit of another Grand Slam women's doubles title — her twelfth in the discipline and thirteenth overall. In the third round of the US Open, she and American partner Tayl

At the IFA tech fair in Berlin, an unusual gadget for cat owners made its debut — the PawSwing Neo, a cat house that brushes your pet automatically, mimicking the action of a cat's tongue. A representative of the manufacturer explained how

British King Charles III has formally notified government officials that his younger son, Prince Harry, and his wife Meghan remain inactive members of the royal family following their return to the United Kingdom. The news comes from the BB

A major upset rocked the US Open in New York as former world No. 1 and 2022 champion Iga Świątek, seeded eighth, crashed out in the fourth round, losing to world No. 121 Zheng Qinwen of China 5-7, 3-6.Zheng pulled off an astonishing comebac