On Wednesday around 4 p.m., a police patrol in České Budějovice picked up a tortoise that was calmly strolling along a busy street. According to police, the report came in from a passerby who spotted the animal on the main road — 5. května
The state castle of Bečov nad Teplou in the Karlovy Vary Region regularly finds itself at the center of a wave of negative comments over the yellow-and-blue flags decorating the building. According to castle warden Tomáš Vízovský, visitors
The reference laboratory at Berlin's Robert Koch Institute has confirmed negative test results for particularly dangerous infections, including Ebola, in a patient being monitored by doctors at Prague's Bulovka Hospital. The news was announ
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Czech Agriculture Minister Martin Šebestyán has said that the country's current conflict-of-interest law is poorly and "confusingly" drafted, and that the scandal surrounding subsidy payments to the Agrofert holding from Prime Minister Andr
Czech households are collectively losing more than 1.3 billion crowns a year by overpaying for electricity because they're on the wrong distribution tariff. That's according to an analysis by bezDodavatele, which looked at 1,132 household c
A deception scheme is gaining momentum in Czechia in which men win women's trust with lies about non-existent wealth, promises of marriage and a shared future — only to leave their victims saddled with debts running into hundreds of thousan
Czechia is currently grappling with several investment scandals at once, with bondholders and holders of other investment instruments at risk of losing not just their expected returns but their entire principal. According to reports, one ca
The spa village of Karlova Studánka, tucked away in the Jeseníky Mountains of northern Moravia, left a strong impression on visitors thanks to its remarkably well-preserved historical architecture. This is the same resort where former Czech
Investigators from the Air Accidents Investigation Institute (ÚZPLN) have released a preliminary report on the plane crash at the Točná airfield near Prague, which killed both pilots from Liberec. According to the report, the crew was flyin
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the conservative broadcaster Real America's Voice that Washington's rare earth minerals agreement with Ukraine gives it access to virtually any Ukrainian natural resources it wants. The de
Well-known court bailiff Igor Ivanko is once again facing bankruptcy: a new petition has been filed with the insolvency register seeking his financial collapse, with debts running into tens of millions of crowns. Ivanko's activities have be
US President Donald Trump has announced that Washington and Israel have postponed planned "harsh strikes" on Iran, saying the request came from Tehran itself and other Middle Eastern countries after the basic framework of an agreement had b