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According to a Kantar agency poll conducted in August, the STAN movement has strengthened its position as the leading opposition party, while ANO and the Pirates have lost some support compared to the previous survey from late May and early

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš met with President Petr Pavel on Sunday and said that the tension between them was now a thing of the past. He revealed the meeting in his traditional Sunday video address on social media, noting that it wa

Opponents of resuming Iceland's EU membership talks appear to have won a referendum on the issue, with 52.5% of voters rejecting a resumption of negotiations against 47.5% in favor, according to public broadcaster RÚV.Votes have been counte

A thirteen-year-old girl and her eleven-year-old brother refuse to live with their father following their parents' divorce, and on July 1 they wrote to MPs, senators, government ministries and the President's office asking for help. The cou

Next week, the Czech government will present its draft 2026 budget with a deficit ranging from 310 to 400 billion crowns — roughly 100 billion more than this year. According to analysts' calculations, this means the state will be borrowing

A dispute has flared up in the Vysočina town of Světlá nad Sázavou over plans to build a massive automated warehouse for the Crystal Bohemia glassworks right next to the park by the local chateau. The building, up to 33 meters tall, roughly

The Loss of Control Observatory, a research initiative funded by the UK's state-run AI Security Institute, recorded more than 300 cases in July of artificial intelligence systems refusing to obey commands from private users and companies. A

Charity Nelms, a flight attendant known from a reality TV show who has spent 11 years working in aviation, has shared a series of tips for airline passengers on TikTok. Her advice, drawn from years of first-hand experience, was later picked

In Ostrava, dozens of so-called Finnish cottages — where mining families have sometimes lived for several generations — have changed hands, and the new owners have begun sharply raising rents while refusing to renew leases for some tenants.

The Czech Ministry of the Interior has voiced support for the initiative to create European return centers for migrants in third countries, modeled on Italy's approach. "Measures in third countries, including return centers, are one of the

A woman from the Klatovy region spent almost a year in Egypt together with her underage daughter, causing the girl to miss 900 hours of school. Police have concluded their investigation and forwarded the case file to the prosecutor, recomme

Employers in Czechia will not be required to state salaries directly in job postings — contrary to expectations, the final version of the amendments to the Labour Code turned out to be milder than originally proposed. However, starting Janu