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Populist billionaire Andrej Babiš has won the Czech Republic parliamentary elections, preliminary results show, but fallen short of the overall majority.

Czechs have begun voting in an election likely to oust their centre-right government, with polls favouring the populist billionaire Andrej Babiš to return to power on pledges to raise wages and improve growth while reducing aid for Ukraine.

A Czech company and its manager have been convicted of defrauding the European Union of about €220,000 ($258,336) in subsidies for a dust-reduction project, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) said.

A joint operation between several central European countries has identified an alleged Belarusian spy ring that reportedly included a former deputy head of Moldovan intelligence.

A Czech court has convicted three people and three companies of subsidy fraud and money laundering in a €5.5 million ($6.42 million) scheme involving fabricated nanobot research projects, the European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) in Prague said Wednesday.

Czech Prime Minister Fiala defends the government after a scandal forces the justice minister’s resignation and fuels opposition revolt.

A state of emergency has been declared in Olomouc due to a train accident involving benzene. Approximately 350 tons of the toxic substance leaked into the groundwater, marking the largest pollution of its kind in the world.

If the European Parliament removes Petr Bystron’s immunity, he could be investigated for allegedly sharing Nazi imagery online and alleged connections to a Russian propaganda network. He denies all accusations.

Czech officials expose alleged multimillion-dollar fraud scheme at leading hospital, arresting 22 in EU funds investigation.

Mother nature has proven itself faster and more efficient than a European government in the race to construct a £900,000 dam.

Six people died when a propane-butane cylinder exploded at a restaurant in the northwest Czech city of Most, setting the building on fire, emergency services said on Sunday.

The deal has been cleared on national security grounds, taking the Royal Mail a step closer to falling into foreign ownership.

King Charles has told how he has been left shocked and saddened by the news of severe flooding across central Europe in countries including Austria and Poland, which has left 23 people dead

Nikhil Gupta accused of plotting to kill US resident who advocated for sovereign Sikh state in northern India

The company’s parent firm said its branding and UK headquarters would remain in place as part of the deal, along with its universal service obligation to "one-price-goes-anywhere" first class post six days a week.

Under the new offer, Royal Mail shares are 73% more valuable than before news of a possible takeover broke.

Joop Sparkes, 29, from Galashiels, about 35 miles southeast of Edinburgh, dove into the Vltava River on Sunday, April 27. His body was recovered a week later following an agonising search by Czech authorities

The body of a missing Scottish tourist has been recovered from a river in Prague, police in the Czech Republic have confirmed.

GRU Unit 29155, Russia’s assassination and sabotage squad, blew up ammunition warehouses in Czechia. It had help from Elena and Nikolai Šapošnikov, a family of deep-cover spies working as arms dealers.

Doctors blamed the fact the patient was a foreigner which might have caused misunderstandings

Siobhan McNally Czechs into Bond movie spa town Karlovy Vary and the capital Prague for a minibreak filled full of relaxation, beer and some UNESCO world heritage sights

The shooter, named in local media as David Kozak, 24, was suspected of being behind the random attack on a 32-year-old father and his two-month-old daughter last week

Lone gunman David Kozak went on a rampage at Charles University in Prague, in the Czech Republic, in which he massacred 14 people and left 25 with serious injuries, many of them fighting for their lives in hospital today

David Kozak, who killed 14 people and injured 25 during a rampage in which he targeted students at Charles University in downtown Prague, had also murdered his father

David Kozak was named by local media this evening as the gunman who killed 14 people and injured 25 with 10 of those suffering from serious injuries