On Horní Chaloupky street in Prague 10, soot caught fire in a chimney. Prague’s professional firefighters and other emergency services responded to the reported fire.
The Chicago Bears beat the New England Patriots 30-24 at Soldier Field on Thursday, Oct. 22, in a prime-time game that pitted the top two quarterbacks from the 2024 draft against each other. Chicago i
President Donald Trump signed a multipart executive order on Oct. 22 that directs federal agencies to lower some costs of buying a home, from mortgage insurance to title insurance, and to promote manu
A tanker loaded with Russian diesel set sail for the United States on Friday, the first shipment since President Donald Trump agreed to a deal with Russian President Vladimir Putin to release more fue
A New Jersey mayor is facing a municipal court complaint after video showed him rushing at a resident during a township council meeting, according to Fox News. Pemberton Township Mayor Matthew Bianchi
Major U.S. banks are telling customers not to hand their passwords to AI agents, as the industry draws up plans for the "day after" a large-scale AI-related disaster, according to Axios. Banks have se
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared New Hampshire to fully bar student IDs as identification when voters request a ballot in the midterm elections. NBC News reported that the justices granted an eme
In the Prague district of Prague-Řeporyje, Novotný will become deputy mayor and his sister will become mayor. He announced the outcome of the coalition talks on X: ODS will get the post of mayor, the second deputy mayor and three seats on t
The organisers of the 17 November celebration on Prague’s Národní třída will not receive a Culture Ministry subsidy this year. Under the terms of the grant round, support is given for anniversaries that are multiples of ten years, and 37 ye
The runner who rescued two police officers from a car that fell into the Vltava in Prague on the morning of 10 October has received the police’s thanks. He is entrepreneur Kryštof Topinka, whom the police initially called “Mr Runner” becaus
On the evening of Wednesday, 21 October, at around 10 p.m., drinking water will be shut off in several districts in the north of Prague: several tens of thousands of customers will be left without it. The cause is an emergency on a main wat
In Prague, the funicular on Petřín Hill came to a halt: because of a power outage, full cars stopped in the middle of the route, not far from the Nebozízek station. No one was hurt, and service resumed at 2:30 pm, said Andrea Řehková, a spo
An intercity bus carrying 50 children got stuck under a railway bridge on Jandova street in Prague 9 this morning. None of the children were hurt. Police received the report of the incident shortly after seven o’clock, Prague police said.Th
A new city coalition is taking shape in Prague: after a second round of negotiations, the election-winning STAN movement is handing out concrete offers to potential partners. “We, that is the Mayors and I personally, prefer a three-party co
Prague's likely new mayor Petr Hlaváček (STAN) wants to double the fee for residents' parking in the blue zones and raise the price of public transport passes by a third. A week after the election, the makeup of Prague's coalition is still
On Sunday afternoon in Prague’s Dejvice district, a girl of about ten ran onto the tracks in front of an approaching train. The train threw her aside; the child stayed conscious and her life is not in danger.The girl was waiting for the tra
Petr Hlaváček, leader of the STAN movement that won the election in Prague and the candidate for mayor, has admitted that unpopular steps lie ahead for the capital: higher prices for the annual transit pass and resident parking, and the int
An exhibition on the Vltava Philharmonic, the future concert hall for symphonic music in the capital, is under way at the Municipal House on Republic Square in Prague. It can be seen in the centre of the city: on Thursday, 8 October, visito
A truck carrying a drilling rig, travelling along Vídeňská street in Prague at around 9:30 p.m. on Wednesday, got stuck not under the railway bridge but under the neighbouring bridge that carries a metro spur. According to experts, neither
