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Germany officially accused Russia this week of a hybrid attack on Leipzig Airport, after an airport worker discovered a drone near a Ukrainian Antonov aircraft on August 4. It later emerged that the drone was carrying explosives, though the

The Czech government will most likely fail to scrap television and radio licence fees by 1 January 2027 — that's according to Deputy Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Patrik Nacher, whose comments were effectively backed up by Chamber Spea

Russia's Foreign Ministry has claimed that Czechia, along with Poland, ranks among the countries with a "tense situation" regarding neo-Nazism, trailing only the Baltic states and Ukraine by this measure. The statement was reported by the R

In Russia, a gunman on a motorcycle attacked Major General Alexander Varpakhovich, commander of the 2nd Heavy Bomber Aviation Division based at Engels-2. The attacker fired two shots — one to the face and one to the abdomen, according to th

The Czech Ministry of Health has launched an updated version of the mobile app EZKarta, the successor to the pandemic-era Tečka app. The service now shows not only vaccination records but also laboratory test results, information about upco

Police in the Czech town of Cheb have charged two women with stealing nearly 350,000 crowns from a 65-year-old man they had met back in April. Investigators say the pair operated according to a carefully planned scheme: while one woman kept

The Czech opposition Pirate Party has presented its own economic strategy — a hundred-page document on the country's development and modernisation. Party chairman Zdeněk Hřib announced the plan, stressing that it should demonstrate that the

On Thursday, the Czech Foreign Ministry summoned Russian Ambassador Anna Ponomareva for talks over a series of incidents across European Union countries, including a recent case at Leipzig Airport. Under normal protocol, ambassadors are usu

The Czech National Budget Council (NRR) delivered a scathing critique of the government's fiscal policy on Thursday, stating that the plan to reduce the public finance deficit in the coming years lacks credibility. According to the Ministry

The Orlík Dam in the Czech Republic, its water levels dropping due to drought, has exposed several barrels on its bed. Local residents spotted them and, suspecting something sinister, called the police just in case."Over the past two days,

Politician Jan Kuba has published an ideological memorandum for his movement, laying out the principles of a future political programme. The document stresses that the Czech Republic doesn't need new revolutions or endless ideological battl

On the evening of September 1, at around 6 p.m., a seven-year-old boy fell onto the tracks at Muzeum metro station in Prague, just moments before a train was due to arrive. He was pulled to safety with only seconds to spare, thanks to the q