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A grass fire broke out in the Litomyšl-Město area, part of the town of Litomyšl in the Svitavy district. Professional firefighters from the local Litomyšl station were dispatched to the scene, along with the town's volunteer fire brigade.Ac

A forest fire broke out in the Strkov section of the village of Ktětín, in the Chrudim district. Several fire brigades were dispatched to bring the blaze under control.According to the pozary.cz portal, volunteer firefighters from Chrasti,

The Czech Military Police have launched a criminal investigation on suspicion of negligent endangerment following the crash of an army helicopter at the military base in Náměšť nad Oslavou. The disaster occurred two weeks ago on a Thursday

Czech Justice Minister Pavel Blažek... — wait, the minister named in text is Pavel Tejc. Let me keep it: Czech Justice Minister Pavel Tejc has proposed lowering the age of criminal responsibility for violent crimes from 15 to 13, while keep

The Czech Environmental Inspectorate (ČIŽP) is facing a wave of resignations among its senior staff after Pavel Straka — a former parliamentary candidate for the Motorists party with no prior background in environmental affairs — took over

The new American F-35 fighter jets set to replace the Swedish Gripens in the Czech Army will be far more than strike aircraft — they will become a crucial part of the country's air defence system. This was confirmed by the Czech Air Force c

A road accident occurred near the village of Velké Němčice in the Břeclav district, where a car collided with a roe deer that had run out onto the road.Professional firefighters from the central fire station in Židlochovice and the Hustopeč

A road accident involving two cars has occurred in the Czech town of Hrušovany nad Jevišovkou in the Znojmo district. The crash took place on Na Vršku street, according to fire service reports.Firefighters from the professional fire station

A traffic accident involving two cars occurred in the town of Rosice in the Brno-venkov district. The collision took place on Brněnská street.Professional firefighters from the local fire station were dispatched to the scene to deal with th

Brno continues to embrace its new riverside promenade along the Svratka River, built as part of flood-prevention works at a cost of nearly two billion crowns. The city has laid five kilometres of walking paths and another three kilometres o

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

A road accident occurred in the village of Převýšov in the Hradec Králové region, after which a motorcycle caught fire. Firefighters were called to the scene.According to the fire service, a unit of professional firefighters from the Nový B