In the Czech village of Chožov in the north of the country, 30 people have been registered as permanent residents at a single address ahead of municipal elections — a derelict manor house with no water, windows or part of its roof. The relo
On Friday and Saturday, the ski town of Rokytnice nad Jizerou in the Krkonoše Mountains is electing a new town council, and one of the four lists on the ballot is a new movement called Rokytnice v rozjezdu (“Rokytnice Gets Going”) — almost
Czech MP Turek posted on Facebook an apology to the environmental organization Hnutí DUHA – Friends of the Earth, which a court had ordered him to make, but in the same post he once again attacked the organization with accusations. The cour
Czech first lady Eva Pavlová has come to the defense of her husband, President Petr Pavel, who is facing criticism for missing this weekend's municipal elections because of a private trip abroad. According to her, the state fixed the electi
The State Agricultural Intervention Fund (SZIF) has denied companies belonging to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's Agrofert holding subsidies worth around 68 million crowns. According to the fund, all eight applications from the group's compan
Former US President Bill Clinton recorded a video message for Czech Radio in which he remembered his friend, former Czech President Vaclav Havel. Havel would have turned 90 on 5 October 2026, and Clinton called him one of the most inspiring
Pavel Fischer, the ANO movement's candidate for mayor of Prague's Libuš district, only became eligible to run in the local election because two months ago he registered permanent residence at a workers' hostel — that is where the 55-year-ol
At a pre-election debate between Prague mayoral candidates held on Monday at the Royal theatre in Vinohrady, ANO candidate Hušbauer accused Tomáš Portlík, leader of the Prague Civic Democrats (ODS), of spreading disinformation about a possi
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian said talks with the United States are meaningless, since Tehran has come under military attack after every attempt at dialogue. He made the remarks at a meeting with Armenian Foreign Minister Ararat Mirzo
On Monday, an emergency meeting of representatives from Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and Turkey was held in Riyadh, where the parties agreed on joint military defence of the kingdom against possible attacks and on preparing for the rapid deployme
Germany risks being drawn into an armed conflict with Russia — that warning was sounded at a public hearing of the parliamentary committee overseeing Germany's intelligence services. It came from Jäger, head of Germany's Federal Intelligenc
Czech President Petr Pavel failed to show up for the recent election, even though he had previously publicly urged citizens to make sure they went to the polls. His decision to skip the vote in the small municipality where he is registered