The Pigeon Express
People across the western half of the Czech Republic have been advised by the fire brigade to keep their windows closed as they fight a big forest fire. Parts of the Bohemian Switzerland national park, which sits on the German border, have been burning since Sunday. Amid record temperatures and dry conditions, strong winds have […]
Lawmakers in the Czech Republic are looking to strip President Miloš Zeman of his powers, after his hospitalization left the country in limbo. Zeman is “very unlikely” to return to work in the coming weeks, Czech Senate President Milos Vystrcil said on Monday. The president was admitted into intensive care more than a week ago […]
Three people died and eight others were seriously injured on Wednesday when a Munich-to-Prague express train ran through a stop signal and collided with a local commuter train in the Czech Republic, authorities said. Several passengers were taken by helicopters to hospitals from the crash site near the western Czech village of Milavce, the regional […]
A fire in at a block an apartment building killed 11 people including three children in Czech Republic. The fire on Saturday in the north-eastern town of Bohumin, has been described as the worst fire in the country’s history. Six people died in the fire, while five people died after jumping from the 11th floor […]
The Polish military has admitted it accidentally invaded the Czech Republic last month, but it insists its brief occupation of a small part of the country was simply a “misunderstanding.” Polish soldiers mistakenly crossed the country’s border with Czech Republic in late May before setting up there, the Czech foreign ministry said. The soldiers, who […]