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In Hungary, a sharp drop in the Danube's water level near the Paks Nuclear Power Plant has forced authorities to sink two 80-metre barges in an effort to raise the river's level and keep the plant's reactors running. The news was announced

Police in South Bohemia are searching for a con artist who swindled a man during a high-end watch exchange. The victim's losses amounted to nearly half a million crowns, according to South Bohemian police spokesman Jiří Macner.According to

Ukrainian forces struck the Savasleyka military air base in Russia overnight on Saturday, targeting the site where MiG-31K fighter jets — carriers of Russia's hypersonic Kinzhal missiles — are stationed. The strike was first reported by the

In the Polish village of Konotopa, a giant statue of the Virgin Mary standing 55.6 metres tall was consecrated on Saturday — according to the AP news agency, it is now the tallest monument of its kind in Europe. Construction was funded by o

Using a thermal imaging camera, researchers in Prague compared just how hot tram interiors get in summer weather, with and without air conditioning. The experiment was carried out last week, when the air temperature in the shade climbed to

Drought conditions are intensifying across Czechia: a ban on surface water abstraction has been introduced on the Klenice river near Mladá Boleslav, while Orlík, the country's largest reservoir on the Vltava, has seen no water release at al

ANO leader Andrej Babiš, together with a group of allies, scaled the 1,324-metre peak of Lysá Hora in the Moravian-Silesian Region. The hike began near the Sepetná hotel above Ostravice and covered roughly six kilometres.Before setting off,

Markéta Vaňková (ODS) has led Brno, the Czech Republic's second-largest city, since 2018 and has served two terms as mayor. Under her leadership, the city finally began long-awaited construction of the Janáček Cultural Centre and launched a

The crew of the American aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln has been unable to make a single port call for more than six months due to ongoing combat operations, and is now facing shortages of food and hygiene supplies, as well as breakdo

On Prague's eastern edge, near the Central Bohemian town of Říčany, sits the municipal district of Nedvězí — the smallest in Prague, with just 307 registered residents. It has its own mayor and a five-member council, though at the last elec

A worrying incident took place in Brno this summer, when a car locked itself with a one-year-old child inside during a spell of hot weather. Police only released details of the incident, which actually happened back in August, this week.Acc

A large wildfire has broken out on the Croatian island of Dugi Otok, spreading through hard-to-reach terrain covered in dense scrub. According to Matej Rudić, head of the fire service in the city of Zadar, the flames are threatening residen