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A tourist was bitten by a venomous scorpion that had been hiding undetected in her jacket for the entire journey at Düsseldorf Airport in Germany. The incident happened on Friday as the woman was returning from a Mediterranean holiday, Germ

Radka Třeštíková, one of the best-selling Czech authors of the post-revolutionary era, has announced that she will publish future books under a new pen name — Velikovski. The news was confirmed by Martina Vydrová, spokesperson for the Motto

In a Chance Liga match between Prague rivals Slavia and Bohemians at the Eden Stadium, visiting midfielder Václav Pilař suffered a serious head injury and needed ten stitches after the final whistle. The incident occurred in the second minu

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has said that holding elections in the country during wartime is impossible and dangerous, warning that it could risk splitting the state. According to him, elections could only take place if specific

The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has extended its ban on the Russian national team for the upcoming season, but that won't stop Russian hockey players from taking to the ice in January at the Winter Universiade in China — a to

Authorities in Leipzig, Germany, are sounding the alarm over a Syrian family whose patriarch, married to three women under Islamic law, has at least 32 children and 25 grandchildren. According to Saxony's Interior Ministry, cited by the Ger

Břetislav Červenka, head coach of Czech football club Zlín, delivered an emotional tirade at a press conference following the team's latest disappointing match — a rant the club later posted on its YouTube channel. The outburst came after Z

A Czech couple, Vanda and Vlasta, ran into a wall of bureaucracy when local authorities refused to let them build a house on their own land — all because they lacked official approval for a driveway connection to the road, even though the p

Former Czech national football team coach Karel Jarolím has celebrated his 70th birthday, and in a candid interview explained why he never returned to the national team as an assistant to current head coach Miroslav Koubek. He also revisite

Real revenues of the Czech state budget have shrunk by more than CZK 100 billion since 2019 — driven mainly by the abolition of the "super-gross wage" calculation, the lack of excise tax indexation, and shrinking EU transfers. Meanwhile, re

At a private kindergarten and elementary school on Okružní Street in České Budějovice, harsh child-rearing methods were reportedly used for years — ranging from shouting and ear-pulling to banning children from talking to their parents. For

The Czech government is preparing an amendment to the Labour Code that would give employees the right to find out the average salary for their position within a company and to demand an explanation if their own pay turns out to be lower. Th