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China's Ministry of Finance has announced a massive capital injection into the country's financial sector: three major state banks and five insurers will receive tens of billions of dollars in fresh capital. The plans were reported on Sunda

In the state elections in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt, the right-wing populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party claimed victory, winning 43.8% of the vote. This state is considered one of Germany's poorest and oldest region

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has called it "strange" that the state hands out more than twenty billion crowns a year to private and church schools, even though churches have already received restitution compensation. The statement came

The European Commission has suspended payment of part of the subsidies granted to firms within the Agrofert holding, the Czech State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) has announced. The reason is an unfinished review of compliance with

Lawmakers from the Czech party ODS intend to push for a revision of the new law on the so-called "child certificate" — a register of convictions for serious crimes against children set to take effect in Czechia starting January 2027. The an

AmRest, the company behind KFC, Starbucks, Burger King and Pizza Hut restaurants in Czechia, posted an operating loss of €5.6 million (roughly 135 million crowns) for the first half of 2026. A year earlier, the company had reported a profit

A fresh opinion poll suggests that the ANO movement would win the upcoming elections to Prague's City Assembly. Seven political groupings could make it into the assembly altogether, including the ruling SPD with 5.4% of the vote and the Mot

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has won the state parliament election in Saxony-Anhalt, taking 43.8% of the vote and 39 of 83 seats, but is three seats short of forming a single-party government. The local AfD leader, Ulrich Siegmun

Thousands of people lined up in Belgrade to pay their last respects to former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladić. The convicted war criminal died at the age of 84 while in custody in The Hague.The farewell ceremony drew large crow

Over the weekend, the water level at the Orlík reservoir in southern Bohemia fell to 334.54 metres above sea level — the lowest reading recorded since the dam began operating. Water levels have only been lower once before, during the reserv

The far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) has won the state election in Saxony-Anhalt, taking 43.8% of the vote. That's according to the weekly Die Zeit, citing German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. The chancellor's own Christian Democratic U

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has said his government sees no reason to cap margins at petrol stations, arguing they are already minimal. "The margins overseen by the Ministry of Finance amount to no more than three crowns," Babiš said,