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Six women from Brno traveling through Japan have found themselves stranded on the island of Okinawa after powerful Typhoon Dolphin slammed into the southern Japanese prefecture on Saturday. According to local authorities, the storm injured
At 8:10 a.m., a drone entered Bulgarian airspace from the north and exploded roughly 100 meters from the border, already inside Bulgarian territory. The news was reported by the Bulgarian news agency BTA.The incident took place near the for
Hungarian billionaire Lőrinc Mészáros, a close associate of former Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, has been forced to return 2.3 billion forints (roughly 150 million Czech crowns) to the state. The repayment came after Hungary's new government
For the past 72 years, a five-metre bronze statue of a Soviet soldier with his rifle pointed towards Vienna has stood on a roundabout in the central Mariánské Square in the Czech town of Znojmo. Locals call it "Ivan" — officially, it's the
Most Czechs fear an escalation of the war in Ukraine, but among SPD voters, those who see no such threat are in the majority. This is according to an exclusive poll cited by the news outlet Novinky.Fear of escalation runs highest among supp
In the Czech city of Zlín, a young man under the influence of drugs smashed the display window of a car dealership on T. Bati Street and attempted to steal a vehicle worth over two million crowns. The incident ended with the man being hospi
Elon Musk has refused to provide Ukraine with access to the Starlink satellite system for strikes on Russian territory. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has repeatedly raised the issue with various parties, hoping to use satellite con
On Thursday morning, a group of minors together with their group leader lit a campfire under a rock overhang near the Cave of the Bohemian Brethren, not far from the famous Pravčická brána arch in Bohemian Switzerland National Park. Before
Following a change of government in Hungary, authorities have begun reviewing state subsidies handed out during the premiership of Viktor Orban. Particular scrutiny has fallen on two companies with Czech ties: a Hungarian firm belonging to
Police in the Polish city of Łódź were called to a beach after a bystander reported a woman swimming with two snakes draped around her neck. The incident took place on Wednesday, August 5, at around 5 p.m., according to the Piotrków Trybuna
The US Department of Defense has released a new batch of 41 documents related to sightings of unidentified flying objects. They include testimonies from military and civilian pilots, photographs, video footage and archival cables spanning t
Radim Ječný, chairman of the board of the state-owned rail freight company ČD Cargo since his appointment in February, has retained ownership stakes in private firms operating in the same field — rail freight transport. This is revealed by