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A traffic accident occurred on Panova Street in Hodonín, where a car collided with a cyclist. According to the fire service, rescuers from Hodonín’s central fire station were dispatched to the scene.As a result of the collision, the cyclist

Pavel Straka, director of the Czech Environmental Inspectorate (ČIŽP), has been accused of possible involvement in his family's drug business. According to media reports, Straka's brother Luděk was previously convicted of drug trafficking,

The Dutch central bank (De Nederlandsche Bank, DNB) has relocated a significant portion of the country's gold reserves from vaults in the United States to London. According to DNB President Olaf Sleijpen, the move is aimed at boosting the c

Czech and Kazakh researchers have found evidence that Steplag, a Stalin-era special-regime camp near the Kazakh town of Zhezkazgan, close to the village of Terekty, remained in operation far longer than official historiography suggests. Acc

The Czech Ministry of Health has unveiled an updated version of the EZKarta electronic health record — the same data is now also available via the eZdraví portal. The service shows patients which examinations they have already undergone, wh

Volkswagen's supervisory board has approved the next stage of the group's sweeping restructuring: over the coming years, the company will cut a further 50,000 jobs. Back in 2023, unions had already agreed to eliminate the same number of pos

While public attention has been fixed on Ukraine's successes — drone strikes on Moscow and its outskirts, explosions at oil refineries thousands of kilometres from the border, and fuel shortages in some Russian regions — the losses Ukraine

A fatal road accident occurred in the village of Malý Bor on a road near Horažďovice (Klatovy district). A 72-year-old cyclist died on the spot after colliding with a van driven by a 20-year-old woman.According to police spokesman Ondřej Ho

Police in the German city of Nuremberg have detained several suspects in connection with the rape of a 14-year-old girl. The attack took place on Monday, and by Thursday it emerged that five more men had been arrested over similar incidents

A pre-season friendly between Kometa Brno and Oceláři Třinec ended prematurely after the first period, when the visitors refused to continue play following a brutal hit that left one of their players with a concussion. The score at the time

The Volkswagen Group is reportedly weighing the possible closure of its Seat brand and increasingly leaning on Chinese technology — to the point that cars and platforms developed in China could eventually be shipped back to Europe. That's a

In Prague, a fire broke out on the facade of the new oncology centre building at Na Homolce Hospital, on Rentgenova Street. According to the Prague Fire and Rescue Service, crews used aerial platforms to fight the blaze, the building was ev