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Northern Slovakia saw two bear attacks on people over the past weekend. On Saturday, in the Valčianska valley near the town of Martin, a 55-year-old cyclist was injured. On Sunday, near the village of Sučany, a female bear seriously injured

A Smartwings aircraft was forced to return to Prague Airport shortly after takeoff due to an engine malfunction. This was confirmed by Smartwings spokesperson Vladimíra Dufková."Shortly after takeoff, the crew detected a fault in engine No.

On Monday morning, Ukrainian drones carried out a massive strike on the city of Nizhnekamsk in Russia's Tatarstan region — one of the country's largest industrial and petrochemical hubs. Both industrial facilities and civilian targets were

In this autumn's Czech Senate elections, several candidates running for seats in the upper house have spent years publicly campaigning against the very existence of the institution. Their argument: the only way to get rid of the Senate is t

At the Farnborough Airshow in late July, America's Boeing outsold Europe's Airbus in new orders — 173 aircraft to 154. It was a striking sign that the balance of power in global aviation manufacturing is shifting for the first time in sever

In several Moravian towns — Olomouc, Prostějov, Brno, Zlín, Přerov and Otrokovice — street vending machines branded Still Chill were selling synthetic marijuana containing the banned substance MDMB-PINACA, a drug whose danger has been compa

A new Czech comedy, "6 Grams," directed by Miroslav Ondruš and starring Ondřej Vetchý, Jiří Mádl, David Novotný, Martin Pechlát, Lenka Vlasáková and Klára Issová, is heading for Czech cinemas. Despite the star-studded cast, critics say the

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's government has come out swinging against the practice of passing laws without proper professional review — even as it actively relies on that very method to push bills through parliament. That's according to Ju

Off the coast of Sicily, roughly five kilometres from the town of Mazara del Vallo, archaeologists have discovered a shipwreck more than two thousand years old, lying at a depth of 46 metres. Experts from Palermo believe the vessel dates ba

The Czech Ministry of the Environment has closed a years-long investigation into the alleged illegal dumping of construction waste at the Heřmanice coal spoil heap in Ostrava, clearing the main suspect — the firm Ridera Bohemia — of any wro

A traffic accident occurred in the town of Valašské Meziříčí in the Vsetín district, where a passenger car crashed into a fence on Kolaříkova Street. The incident was reported by the town's central fire station.Professional firefighters fro

Giant catfish are turning up in Czech rivers more and more often — just recently, young angler Matyáš Prokopius pulled two fish measuring nearly 2.5 metres each out of the Orlík reservoir, with each fight lasting about 25 minutes. Scientist