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An unusual ban is coming into force in the Dutch city of Rotterdam: between 11 p.m. and 5 a.m., outsiders without a valid reason will be prohibited from being in one of the city's districts, Rotterdam Mayor Carola Schouten announced in an i
The Czech national football team has a new head coach: 52-year-old Spaniard Santiago Denia, who signed a two-year contract with an extension option on Friday. According to unofficial reports, his salary will be around €70,000 a month (rough
Czech police have detained an employee of the Czech National Bank (ČNB) who, according to investigators, spent years circumventing internal rules to siphon money out of the bank. The damage is estimated at tens of millions of koruna, police
Chamber of Deputies Speaker Tomio Okamura (SPD) launched a scathing attack on Czech President Petr Pavel in a recent interview, branding him a "scoundrel" and a "hypocrite." The outburst was triggered by long-running tensions between the he
Editor at Czech public broadcaster ČT24, Mateusz Mate, has announced his departure from the channel — the 42-year-old journalist made the announcement on Friday on the social network X, following years of work as a foreign correspondent in
The Syndicate of Journalists of the Czech Republic has called on newsrooms and media representatives to boycott press conferences held by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs after the ministry barred Deník N reporter Kristýna Pokorná from a bri
The Czech national football team's new Spanish coach, Santi Denia, says he sees no serious problems in Czech football and expressed a desire to bring striker Patrik Schick — who recently announced his retirement from the national side — bac
Around 60,000 migrants have arrived in recent days at Ceuta, Spain's enclave on the North African coast, attempting to cross the border between Morocco and Spanish territory. According to authorities in Madrid, nearly half of them have alre
Chamber of Deputies Speaker and SPD leader Tomio Okamura has said that the government's communication with President Petr Pavel has for a long time now been "unbearable, improper and unserious." The clash was triggered by the president's ve
The Czech Ministry of the Environment has once again denied accreditation to Deník N journalist Zdislava Pokorná, barring her from attending a press conference. According to the newsroom, the accreditation request was submitted well in adva
At the Czech government's latest press conference following a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Minister Dan Juchelka made sharp personal jabs at journalists covering the event. The incident took place live on television and,
At the Paris summit of the "coalition of the willing" on 13 July, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš declared that EU countries should acquire their own missiles and build a European missile shield — at the very moment when just such an anti