In Czechia, August and September mark the blooming season for gentians and their smaller relatives, gentianellas — rare, legally protected plants found mainly in the country's limestone regions. The Czech Union for Nature Conservation has d
On Saturday evening, a large bonfire was lit on Freedom Square in the centre of Brno, drawing crowds of locals who grilled sausages, listened to live music and danced. The unusual event was part of the Maraton hudby music festival, which tr
Czechia's shadow sex industry, built on the vulnerability of women, continues to grow — that's the conclusion of the National Organized Crime Agency in its annual report. Last year alone, police uncovered several organized groups that earne
Czechia continues to see a rise in the number of children affected by abuse, with both the number of recorded cases and the severity of the violence increasing. This was reported by clinical psychologist Zora Dušková, deputy director of the
The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic has ruled in favour of a mother of three who was required to travel 1,200 kilometres every week — roughly the distance from Brno to Paris — just to pick up her children for the weekend and brin
Since January 2026, the rules for paying for dental fillings in Czechia have changed: insurance companies now fully cover the basic single-layer white filling, whereas previously patients who opted for white composite over amalgam had to pa
In Zlín on Saturday, the central section of a fire-damaged high-rise — once a shoe warehouse — collapsed during planned demolition work. No one was injured, and neither neighbouring buildings nor demolition equipment were damaged.According
On Saturday, downtown Prague hosted the traditional Prague Pride parade, the culmination of the annual festival dedicated to LGBT rights. Organizers estimate that around 50,000 people took part in the march, which wound its way from Wencesl
On Saturday, several dozen pro-Palestinian activists gathered on Wenceslas Square in Prague, near Havířská Street. They unfurled two banners reading "Freedom for the Queer Community, Borders for Capital" and "Stop the Israeli Genocide," whi
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
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
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