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A scandal has erupted in Paris over the Eiffel Tower: management closed the famous landmark on Monday after staff protested being forced to hide from a 100-strong Hindu delegation over the weekend.According to SETE, the company that operate

In the town of Mníšek pod Brdy in the Central Bohemian Region and its surroundings, there will be a shortage of 700 places for children in primary schools in the coming years. This is a typical growing area near Prague, where young families

Zdeněk Zajíček, President of the Czech Chamber of Commerce, has warned that tightening the conditions under which Ukrainian refugees can stay in the country could harm Czech companies, which have been struggling with labour shortages for ye

Russian military command has once again pushed back the deadline for seizing Donetsk region — the fifteenth such postponement so far, according to Pavlo Palisa, adviser to the head of Ukraine's presidential office. He said the Kremlin origi

Europe, which recorded scorching temperatures this week, is set for an abrupt weather shift in the coming days: meteorologists report that a cold front moving in from the west will bring temperatures down by 10-15 degrees. In Spain, the mer

A Czech court has ruled on a traffic violation case featuring an unusual twist: a video recorded by a police officer on her personal phone was deemed inadmissible evidence, yet this did not stop the court from finding the driver guilty.Acco

The village of Jevany near Prague, popular among wealthy residents and cultural figures, has carried out a land swap with billionaire Zdeněk Toman, brother of a former Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) agriculture minister. According to

A four-year study by researchers from Masaryk University and the Water Management Research Institute has found that ponds are not the best way to hold water in the landscape. Scientists examined life in ponds and in the streams below them,

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