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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,

Whenever the idea of banning social media for young people comes up, one thing tends to get overlooked: it's not only teenagers who end up "dumbed down" by it. A fresh and rather telling example is Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, who a

A major overhaul of street furniture has begun along Prague's Vltava embankments: 25 new oak structures worth roughly 5 million crowns in total will replace worn-out wooden benches. The news was announced by Marta Pražáková, deputy chair of

Voting has begun for the state parliament in the eastern German state of Saxony-Anhalt. According to the latest pre-election poll, the far-right Alternative for Germany (AfD) could win as much as 41% of the vote, putting it far ahead of its

Jiří Weimelka, chief economist at Komerční banka, has warned that the record investment spending built into the Czech government's draft budget for next year risks fueling price growth and pushing some companies to postpone construction and

US special envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner held talks in the Kremlin with Russian President Vladimir Putin, during which they discussed substantial plans for further steps that will be announced in the coming weeks. The White House r

A new bullying scandal has erupted in the quarantine department of Prague Zoo: three keepers complained about systematic pressure from their direct supervisor, yet the zoo's new director, Lenka Poláková, decided not to renew the contracts o

Czechia's youngest mayor, 21-year-old Jaroslav Rajskub, has decided not to seek re-election as head of the village of Heřmaň in the Písek district. After a year and a half at the helm of the municipality, he says he's grown disillusioned wi