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Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to escalate the war against Ukraine in the near future, The Economist reports, citing sources close to the Kremlin. According to the magazine, the decision to intensify the conflict has already

On Sunday, during the Prague derby in which Sparta fell 0:3 to Slavia on home turf, a black flag reading "RIP General" alongside a Serbian flag briefly appeared behind the goal among the club's most devoted supporters near the end of the ma

Volkswagen's management is planning to cut roughly another 50,000 jobs in Germany over the coming years, on top of the 50,000 already announced — and according to some reports, the total number of job losses could reach as high as 90,000. T

If the right-wing party Alternative for Germany (AfD) were to form the country's next government, 22% of Germans say they would leave the country. That's according to a poll commissioned by Bild am Sonntag.The survey found that 60% of respo

Southern Europe could see temperatures more than 10 degrees above the seasonal norm this week, as hot air from North Africa — where temperatures topped nearly 50°C last week — gradually pushes onto the continent. The heat will first hit the

Czech Defense Minister Jiří Zuna is preparing to attend a conference in China, and as a result will miss the parliamentary defense committee meeting for the second time in a row. This was reported by committee chairman Jan Flek."We were sup

Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the war against Ukraine to nature's "food chain" during a meeting with students and faculty at Moscow State Pedagogical University on August 29. The conversation began with a chat about Dmitry Balan

The Czech Ministry of Education will receive 292 billion crowns in 2027 — less than the 300 billion previously promised. Education Minister Marian Plaga explained the discrepancy in an interview, saying the final figure includes European fu

A brutal attack took place near Berlin this morning: an unknown man attacked a woman with a knife right on Leo-Hendrik-Baekeland-Straße. The incident occurred at around 6:30 am, and the woman died at the scene despite attempts to resuscitat

At the railway station in Zadní Třebaň near Beroun, a family decided to take a shortcut to the platform by dashing across the tracks right in front of an approaching train. One of the small children stumbled and fell onto the rails — the mo

The High Court in Prague has rejected Jana Nagyová's appeal, upholding the suspended sentence handed down to her in May over fraud involving an EU subsidy for the "Stork's Nest" farm. The announcement was made by Eva Brázdilová, chair of th

The Czech government, following a cabinet meeting, has unveiled the first details of the draft state budget for 2027. The deficit will amount to 389 billion crowns — the second-largest figure in the country's history, surpassed only by the