A group of prominent Czech economists — including former Czech National Bank governors Jiří Rusnok and Zdeněk Tůma, National Budget Council chairman Mojmír Hampl, and former members of the government's National Economic Council Helena Horsk
Richard Svoboda (formerly Muradyan), the man behind a high-profile contract killing in Prague, has appealed to the justice minister to seek a review of his 28-year prison sentence. According to the High Court's ruling, he ordered the murder
Czech meteorologists have issued a warning for extreme heat and heat stress, which comes into effect on Wednesday. It will initially affect parts of Central Bohemia and Moravia, but by the end of the week the heatwave is expected to spread
Police have closed their inquiry into MEP Filip Turek over racist statements he made on social media, as criminal prosecution is no longer possible due to the expiry of the statute of limitations. This was announced by Jan Vychyta, head of
Police in the Přerov region have uncovered yet another investment fraud case: a local woman, lured by promises of easy investment profits, ended up handing over a total of 700,000 crowns to fraudsters. A courier who came to collect the thir
Repairs at the intersection near Vysočanská street in Prague have dragged on for a remarkably long time, even though actual work was carried out on only a handful of days — the rest of the time, the fenced-off construction site sat empty wi
A Ukrainian soldier from the Azov Regiment, who defended Mariupol and the Azovstal steel plant, spent two and a half years in Russian captivity. After a prisoner exchange, he recovered physically and, five months later, voluntarily returned
Czech opposition parties have failed to field joint candidates in all 27 districts of the upcoming Senate elections, managing to agree on common contenders in only about half of them. In the remaining districts, opposition representatives w
The Supreme Court of the Czech Republic has ruled that the immediate dismissal of a public prosecutor's office employee was lawful. The woman was fired in the summer of 2024 for creating a hostile work environment and bullying her colleague
The Czech state budget deficit for next year should be noticeably below 400 billion crowns, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said ahead of talks with ministers on the budget's parameters.According to the prime minister, the government has alread
Posing as relatives searching for a place for an 85-year-old grandfather, journalists visited four unregistered, illegal care homes in Moravia — in Hovorany, Mutěnice, Ratíškovice and Svitavy. It turns out dozens of such facilities operate
Czech President Petr Pavel has refused to sign a sweeping amendment to the fiscal responsibility law championed by Andrej Babiš's government. The move came as a surprise, since the president has never before intervened in the fundamental pi