A sharp conflict has erupted within the US Democratic Party between its moderate and progressive wings over Israel's war in the Gaza Strip. According to the Pew Research Center, younger and more radical Democrats side with Palestine, while
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
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists party) has removed Jitka Panek Jurková from her post as director of the Czech Centres network — just three years into the job and only seven weeks after she gave birth. The minister did not dis
Former Czech MP for the ANO movement Lenka Balaštíková tried to twist the facts of an old scandal—her order to have a dog shot dead—in an interview with moderator Luboš Xaver Veselý. The case, which first erupted a year ago, is back in the
Czechs regard President Petr Pavel — rather than the current leaders of the parliamentary opposition — as the most visible representative of opposition to the government. This is according to a poll by the NMS agency, in which respondents w
Michal Hejcman, a professor at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústí nad Labem who has taken part in excavations of biblical sites in southern Israel, just 30 km from Gaza, is running for the Czech Senate in the Děčín constituency. Alt
The South Bohemian regional branch of the ODS party is gearing up for its first pre-election clash with the "Naše Chechia" (Our Czechia) movement, led by Martin Kuba — the former deputy chairman of ODS and now the region's popular governor.
For the first time since 2015, the Czech government will not allocate any money to the regions for the repair and reconstruction of Class II and III roads, which fall under regional administration. This is stated in a letter from Transport
The head of Lithuanian intelligence, Kaunas, has said that Russia is considering unconventional strikes on critical infrastructure in the Baltic Sea, using drones of Ukrainian origin to carry them out. According to him, Moscow could deploy
Prague police have determined that MP Filip Turek (Motorists for Themselves party) is indeed the author of dozens of hateful Facebook posts that he previously tried to pass off as fake or the result of a hacking attack. According to a polic
At the closing ceremony of the nationwide "Big Changes" competition in Krasnoyarsk, held on Monday, Russian President Vladimir Putin briefly kicked a ball around with participants. Footage of the moment quickly spread across social media, a
Andrej Babiš's government is preparing a significant state budget deficit for next year, but is doing its best to avoid drawing voters' attention to it. According to experts, the cabinet plans to scrap the budgetary rules altogether, while