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Three-time Olympic champion in alpine skiing and snowboarding Ester Ledecká has switched equipment brands — after four years with Kästle, owned by Czech billionaire Tomáš Němec, she has moved to Head. The 31-year-old Czech athlete announced

The Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade has launched the project "Czech Road to Space" (Česká cesta do vesmíru), inviting anyone to propose an object or symbol that will travel into space with future Czech astronaut Aleš Svoboda. Submissio

In the Chomutov region of Czechia, a car crossed into the oncoming lane and collided with a bus. All three occupants of the car died in the crash, according to Patrik Kristián Cmorej, spokesperson for the Ústí nad Labem region's emergency m

Overnight on Saturday, a fire broke out at a building belonging to Milrem Robotics in Tallinn's Lasnamäe district. The company manufactures unmanned ground military vehicles, some of which are supplied to Ukraine. Estonian Prime Minister Kr

SpaceX engineers are heading to Australia's Christmas Island, where a large piece of debris from a Starship rocket that fell into the Indian Ocean has been towed. The company announced the development, with further details reported by The G

Iran is gradually losing control over the Strait of Hormuz, a waterway it has long claimed as its own territory. The Islamic Republic has attacked dozens of vessels attempting to pass through the strait, yet many ship captains — banking on

Czech Finance Minister Alena Schillerová is drafting the state budget behind closed doors, repeating the very practice she fiercely criticized the previous government for while in opposition. The June version of the budget is still unavaila

Petr Macinka, leader of the Motorists (Motoristé sobě) party and the Czech government's commissioner for deregulation, has mocked the drought crisis gripping the country, which is drying up rivers, streams, fields and wells. Speaking on the

Apple has sent an emergency warning to a select group of iPhone users about attempts to infect their devices with commercial spyware. According to publicly available data, the current wave of attacks has affected users in 110 countries, inc

A tax inspection scandal has erupted in the Slovak town of Humenné, where café patrons on the main square rushed to defend a stallholder when financial administration inspectors showed up to check his till. The incident took place on August

Prague police are searching for a 10-year-old boy named Martin, who went missing on Wednesday. According to police, the search has been underway since 2:00 PM Wednesday.Police spokesman Jan Danek said the boy is fascinated by public transpo

The District Court in Olomouc has issued a payment order requiring the Czech Ministry of Justice to pay former head of President Miloš Zeman's office Vratislav Mynář 1,470,422 crowns. The ministry's press office confirmed the ruling.Mynář h