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After a noticeable cool spell, summer heat is set to return to Czechia next week. According to meteorologist František Šopko, the peak of the warm-up will come on Thursday, when temperatures are expected to reach 27–32°C. The forecaster say

In August 2026, Marcos Rodríguez Pantoja — known as the "wolf boy" — died in the Spanish town of Rante at the age of 80. As a child, he spent around 12 years living wild in the Sierra Morena mountains of southern Spain, where he was taken i

Russian President Vladimir Putin, speaking at a congress of the ruling United Russia party, claimed that the more difficult the situation becomes for the enemy on the front line, the more "barbaric" its strikes grow. His remarks were aimed

Ukrainian soldiers are deserting en masse during military training in Germany, with hundreds of cases reported. This was revealed by a German weekly magazine, citing data from the Interior Ministry of Saxony-Anhalt and interviews with sever

On the D2 motorway near Brno, police filmed drivers staring at their phone screens instead of watching the road ahead. The stepped-up checks came in response to a string of tragic accidents on this stretch of highway, which, according to po

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said in Saturday's edition of TV Nova's programme "Za pět minut dvanáct" that consolidating public finances will only be possible once the country has "ideal hospitals," a completed transport network, and d

German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul, who arrived in Kyiv by special train, declared that Germany stands by Ukraine and is confident in its victory over Russian aggression. He made the statement shortly after arriving in the Ukrainian ca

Last Sunday, at around three in the morning, a BMW carrying five teenagers aged 15 to 18 was speeding down the wrong side of Ireland's M9 motorway. The young people, their faces covered, collided head-on with a Hyundai — all five died at th

Football club Viktoria Plzeň is likely to announce the appointment of a new head coach in the coming days — the man in line for the job is Martin Kovář. A source close to the Prague-area club shared the news on Friday evening."If nothing ha

The Louisiana Department of Health has reported a case of infection with a rare and almost always fatal microorganism — Naegleria fowleri, commonly known as the “brain-eating amoeba.” According to officials, the infection most likely entere

Since May of this year, Kazakhstan has become the first country in Central Asia to use cloud seeding technology to artificially induce rainfall, AFP reports. Authorities are applying the method in the southern Turkestan region, a major cott

Czech Culture Minister Otto Klempíř has this week effectively admitted that the plan to fully abolish television and radio licence fees from 1 January 2027 will most likely not be met. The initiative is part of Andrej Babiš's government pro