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Overnight into Saturday, Russian forces launched a massive strike on Kyiv — explosions rocked the Ukrainian capital around 1:30 a.m. local time, with a second wave of attacks following roughly half an hour later and a final one around 3:30

Norwegian striker Jonatan Braut Brunes, whom Sparta Prague signed from Poland's Raków Częstochowa for a club-record €5 million, scored on his very first appearance for the club — in a Czech league clash against Zlín played at the Letná stad

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has announced that the organisation is abandoning its plan to sell a 20% stake in the commercial rights to football World Cups — men's, women's, youth and club competitions — to private investors for $4.2 bil

The new political movement led by South Bohemian governor Martin Kuba exists almost entirely thanks to large donations from businessmen, while ordinary supporters are virtually absent among its sponsors — this is what the organization's tra

The Alternative for Germany (AfD) has, for the first time in its history, taken the lead in pre-election polling in Berlin, overtaking both Chancellor Friedrich Merz's conservative CDU and the Social Democrats (SPD), who have dominated the

The Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs is drafting amendments that would make running unregistered care homes for the elderly a criminal offence. Ministry spokesman Jakub Slavík confirmed the plans to Seznam Zprávy.According to him

In Kolín, a 17-year-old medical college student named Pavel Rudolf came to the aid of an elderly bus passenger who fell ill mid-journey: the woman felt dizzy, collapsed and injured her face. The teenager, who was on his way to school, kept

Stromovka Park in České Budějovice is currently ablaze with colour thanks to so-called flower strips — specially created patches of meadow wildflowers that, since mid-July, have transformed into a vibrant tapestry of dozens of grass and flo

The Czech Ministry of Finance has changed the rules governing supplementary pension savings, under which roughly 200,000 pensioners previously lost their state contributions when they terminated their savings contracts early. Some of these

The Kudy z nudy portal has compiled a list of routes and memorial sites in Central Bohemia connected to the lives and work of the region's greatest Czech composers and musicians — from Antonín Dvořák to Bedřich Smetana.According to the port

In autumn 2025, Prague's Artinbox Gallery celebrated its 15th anniversary. The gallery occupies the cellar of the heritage-protected Functionalist house "V Kysně" at Perlová 3, in the Old Town — a district once notorious for its nighttime "

Sparta Prague beat Zlín 2:1 at home thanks to a debut goal from Norwegian striker Jonatan Braut Bruns, who had signed with the club just a week earlier. The match drew an impressive crowd of nearly 18,000 spectators.A week before, Sparta ha