Trove of gold coins and jewellery 'hidden from the invading Nazis' is found buried in mountainside

found 2025 › Apr › 29 (Tue) @ 09:55 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Hikers came across the 15.4lb (7kg) hoard worth over £250,000 after taking a short cut on the wooded slopes of the Czech Republic's northeastern Podkrkonosí Mountains.

Preserving English eccentricity: 20 years of the World Marmalade Awards

found 2025 › Apr › 26 (Sat) @ 15:25 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

The contest now draws in more than 3,200 entries from as far afield as the Czech Republic and South Korea

Oranges are not the only fruit: Cumbrian marmalade awards offer blend of fruits

What could unit…

Prague’s Vietnamese food revolution

found 2025 › Apr › 10 (Thu) @ 06:35 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

A wave of immigration during the communist years has seen a slow burn for Vietnamese food – from beef noodles to green rice ice-cream – in the Czech Republic’s capital

An older Asian woman is hunched …

Ukrainians who fled war fear deportation under Trump: ‘I am young, I want to live’

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 13:15 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Trump’s moves have pushed hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians into a state of insecurity after they were welcomed to a safe haven

Not long after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, Danyil packed everythin…

US’s Rubio shrugs off market falls at Nato press conference – Europe live

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 12:40 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

US secretary of state says ‘markets will adjust’ during press conference following Nato summit in Brussels

Asked further about Ukraine, Rutte lists a number of projects by Nato member states, includin…

Mark Rutte says US tariffs do not violate Nato commitments on ‘eliminating conflict in international economic policies’ – Europe live

found 2025 › Apr › 04 (Fri) @ 11:20 UTC

a story from The Guardian › International

Nato secretary general says ‘we have seen many examples of fights over tariffs in the past’ when pressed on US tariffs

Asked further about Ukraine, Rutte lists a number of projects by Nato member stat…

EU subsidy fraud ring worth €160 million uncovered in Czech Republic with 22 arrested

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 16:30 UTC

a story from Euronews › Euronews

A core group of 16 suspects have been charged with corruption, subsidy fraud, damaging the financial interests of the EU and money laundering.

I was raped and tortured by pervert 'who chained up and tortured woman for three months' - he made me wear a dog mask and bark for him and used electric shock collar to punish me

found 2025 › Feb › 25 (Tue) @ 07:15 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The 22-year-old woman said she was raped, beaten and had her nipples forcibly pierced by Karel N., 40, in the cellar of a house in Kryry, Louny, in the northwest of the Czech Republic in 2021.

Three-month rape horror of woman 'abducted, chained to bed, beaten, abused and made to drink from dog bowl': Victim escapes Fritzl-like hell and wakes neighbours begging for help at 3am

found 2025 › Feb › 24 (Mon) @ 18:42 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

The 27-year-old was allegedly tortured by truck driver Karel N., 40, in the basement of a dilapidated house in the village of Sirem, Louny region, in the northwest of the Czech Republic.

Two women are stabbed to death in shopping centre knife attack before 16-year-old is arrested

found 2025 › Feb › 20 (Thu) @ 19:35 UTC

a story from The Daily Mail › The Daily Mail

Police say they detained a teenage suspect in connection with the stabbings in a store in the city of Hradec Kralove, some 100km east of Prague, Czech Republic.