Ukraine war briefing: Second night of Moscow drone raids, Kursk substation hit

found 2025 › May › 06 (Tue) @ 01:05 UTC

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Ukrainian forces reportedly smash back across border into Kursk, where Syrski says offensive has achieved most of its goals. What we know on day 1,168

Ukraine has launched drones at Moscow for the sec…

Ukraine war briefing: Three million shells coming from our allies, says Zelenskyy

found 2025 › May › 05 (Mon) @ 01:20 UTC

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Ukrainian attack over border largely destroys Russian electrical equipment plant; mayor reports drones headed for Moscow. What we know on day 1,167

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

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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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.