3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (349+ words) For several days in a row, Europe has been sitting under a powerful high-pressure system that created a so-called heat dome: sinking air warmed up more and more, while the stable weather pattern prevented the hot air mass from moving…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (223+ words) A Ukrainian drone has struck the Novy Urengoy gas condensate stabilisation plant in Russia's Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrug, reportedly covering a record more than 3,300 kilometres from the Ukrainian border, according to the drone's manufacturer. The strike hit one of the region's…...

4+ day, 8+ hour ago   (263+ words) In the area of the former military zone of Dobrá Voda in Šumava, near the village of Prášily, police and firefighters have cordoned off a site roughly the size of two football pitches, where they discovered 200 barrels of hazardous chemicals…...

5+ day, 3+ hour ago   (215+ words) German police have detained 48-year-old Daniel W., suspected of orchestrating a series of attacks on electrical substations in North Rhine-Westphalia, Saxony and Brandenburg. The man was spotted and stopped during a vehicle check near the Weisweiler power plant close to Aachen,…...

5+ day, 4+ hour ago   (199+ words) The Czech Army's new Chief of the General Staff, Miroslav Hlaváč, will not be traveling to Ukraine after all — a trip that would have been his first since taking office. He had planned to attend the international YES conference in…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (256+ words) Researchers from Mendel University (MENDELU) have raised the alarm over the spread of Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae, a dangerous parasite that infects salmonid fish in Czech rivers. The team surveyed 59 sites along 42 waterways across the country and found the pathogen's DNA in…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (266+ words) Finland has finished building a border barrier stretching roughly 200 kilometers along its frontier with Russia, the country's Interior Minister Mari Rantanen announced. Finland and Russia share a 1,344-kilometer land border, and construction of the barrier began in April 2023. Finnish authorities…...

1+ week, 13+ hour ago   (265+ words) Around Prague Canoeist Josef Dostal ties the knot: bride arrives at the wedding by boat Gifts for kindergarten teachers at the start of the school year: Czech parents debate where good manners end and excess begins "Almost No Men Are…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (350+ words) On Saturday, tens of thousands of people took to the streets of Zagreb, the capital of Croatia, demanding the immediate removal of an illegal waste dump in the Lika region — one of the country's most valuable natural areas. According to…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (196+ words) An American delegation led by special envoy Steve Witkoff and Donald Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner will hold peace talks in two capitals — Moscow and Kyiv — this weekend, US broadcaster CNN reports. This will be Witkoff's first trip to Kyiv — until…...