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The Czech Police are changing the way they communicate with journalists and the public: officers must now avoid disclosing specific psychiatric diagnoses of people who come to their attention, unless doing so is critical to the case. A meth

The Crimean peninsula, annexed by Russia in 2014, is facing an acute shortage of fuel, water and electricity in the summer of 2025, amid a partial blockade of supplies from Ukraine. According to a report by the independent Russian outlet Be

Atlético Madrid defender and former Sparta Prague player David Hancko has voiced concerns about the future of the Slovak national team once its experienced generation of players — led by Milan Škriniar and Stanislav Lobotka — eventually mov

Courts in Pardubice have rejected years of complaints from local businessman Holeček over noise from a multi-purpose sports ground in Na Špici park. According to the city hall, the final ruling was issued by the regional appellate court, an

Former Czech parliament member Jiří Foldyna has filed an appeal against a court ruling that bars him from approaching his own house. He confirmed this himself to Radiožurnál, declining to comment further.The request for the restraining orde

A laboratory analysis of ten samples of špekáčky (Czech grilling sausages) from various shops and butchers found that their meat content ranges from 50% to 89% — and a higher price by no means guarantees a better recipe. The test measured t

On Wednesday evening in the village of Strančice in the Prague-East district, two masked men broke into a private property and violently attacked a 57-year-old man. According to police, paramedics took the injured victim to hospital.As poli

British professor Jason Arday, previously exposed as a plagiarist and serial fabricator, is preparing to release a memoir titled Great and Unfortunate Things. The book is set to be published on August 11 by major publisher Simon & Schuster,

An explosion followed by a major fire has struck the Slovnaft oil refinery in Bratislava. The incident occurred around midday when, according to the company, one of the storage tanks holding petroleum products was damaged, causing its conte

Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists party) has removed Jitka Panek Jurková from her post as director of the Czech Centres network — just three years into the job and only seven weeks after she gave birth. The minister did not dis

Former Czech MP for the ANO movement Lenka Balaštíková tried to twist the facts of an old scandal—her order to have a dog shot dead—in an interview with moderator Luboš Xaver Veselý. The case, which first erupted a year ago, is back in the

Carola S., a teacher at a German school who works with children with learning and developmental difficulties, has told Bild about the chaos engulfing her workplace. According to her, police are called to the school several times a week, whi