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Psychedelic Healing: Czechia Opens Mind to Magic Mushroom Therapy
Balkan Insight
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July 2, 2025
If passed, the Czech bill would see psilocybin regulated in a similar way to medicinal cannabis, which Prague legalised 12 years ago, allowing it to be prescribed by approved doctors. There appears little political risk. A recent survey, carried...
The Saturn Revue: A Cosmic Cabaret Premieres This September in Prague
Prague Morning
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July 2, 2025
Imagine the iconic Cotton Club, but transported into the orbit of Saturn, where burlesque meets space, jazz collides with acrobatics, and fantasy blurs with reality. This is the essence of The Saturn Revue, a cabaret show set to debut on September...
Air Arabia adds Prague to its expanding European network
Zawya
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SHARJAH - Air Arabia has announced the launch of a new non-stop service between Sharjah and Prague, the capital city of the Czech Republic, starting from 20th December 2025. The new route will operate daily between Sharjah International Airport...
Serbia's FM And Czech Envoy Talk EU Integration Steps (PHOTO)
MENAFN
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July 2, 2025
(MENAFN- Trend News Agency) BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 2. Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Serbia Marko Đurić held talks with the Special Envoy of the Czech Republic for the Western Balkans, Edita Hrdá, about the current situation in...
Office for Protection of Competition fines six companies 157 million crowns for railway ‘cartels’
Radio Prague International
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July 2, 2025
The Czech Office for the Protection of Competition has fined six companies a total of 157.7 million crowns for a series of ‘cartel’ agreements in contracts relating to repairs, modifications or modernisation of signaling and security equipment at...
How Trump’s tariffs could reorder global trade—and make Europe a winner
Mint
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July 2, 2025
President Trump’s aggressive trade policy has sparked concerns about a recession and a painful unwinding of the globalization of recent decades that had expanded profit margins and kept prices low. A detailed look at trade flows by McKinsey offers...
Alleged power market rigging sparks legal action
Azzet
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June 30, 2025
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) is suing the operator of a power station for allegedly manipulating the market for electricity futures contracts. ASIC is taking action in the Federal Court of Australia against Delta...
Water for 900 CZK? Overpricing Scams Exposed in Prague
Prague Morning
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July 2, 2025
Visitors to Prague are being warned about extremely high prices in some shops and taxis around the city center. A recent investigation by tvnoviny.sk, a Slovak news website, shows how easily travelers can pay far more than the usual rate for...
OPPORTUNITY OVERSEAS: Former WKU volunteer assistant baseball coach Holmes guided Polish pitchers in Prague event
Bowling Green Daily News - Kentucky State
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July 1, 2025
Published 3:00 pm Tuesday, July 1, 2025 By DAVID DRIVER / Special to the Daily News Former Western Kentucky baseball volunteer assistant coach Tim Holmes is serving as the pitching coach for the Polish national team, which just competed this past...
Global Central Banks Add 20 Tonnes to Gold Reserves in May – WGC
Sada Elbalad
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July 2, 2025
Wed 02 Jul 2025 | 08:00 PM Global official gold reserves saw a net increase of 20 tonnes in May, according to the latest data from the World Gold Council (WGC). While this marks a modest rise compared to April, it remains below the 12-month...
How could the US-China trade rearrangement affect Europe?
Euronews
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Published on 02/07/2025 - 16:59 GMT+2 Since United States President Donald Trump's inauguration, he has announced more than 50 new or revised tariffs, including pauses, backdowns, escalations and de-escalations. As the state of US-China trade...
World's funniest countries, revealed: Czech Republic tops the global league table...while Britain and the US trail behind
Daily Mail
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July 2, 2025
As a nation we're known for our sarcasm and self-deprecating humour. And some of our favourite comedians, including Ricky Gervais and Richard Ayoade, fully embrace this trait. But when it comes to being funny, the UK lags behind other countries,...
EU Unemployment Steady at 5.9% – Czechia and Malta Report Lowest Rates
Prague Morning
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July 2, 2025
The European Union’s unemployment rate remained unchanged in May 2025, holding at 5.9 percent, according to seasonally adjusted data released by Eurostat. This marks no change from April’s figures, though compared to May last year, the rate dipped...
The great trade rearrangement
Hellenic Shipping News
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July 1, 2025
At a glance • Amid pressure on US–China trade, firms may look to rearrange sourcing to alternative suppliers. If they cannot, firms might instead reduce purchases, replace imported products with something similar, or ramp up domestic production....
Skanska invests $76.59m in Czech Republic’s new residential project
World Construction Network
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July 1, 2025
Project development and construction company Skanska has announced a Kč 1.6bn ($76.59m) investment in a new residential project in the Czech Republic. The construction, part of the D.O.K. Radlice project, valued at Kč 1.0bn, is set to be recorded...
Djuric meets with Czech special Western Balkans envoy
Tanjug
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July 1, 2025
BELGRADE - Serbian FM Marko Djuric received Czech special Western Balkans envoy Edita Hrda in Belgrade on Tuesday to discuss the current situation in the region, Serbia’s EU integration process and key issues of mutual interest. Djuric said the...
New Prague spent $575K to start building a new police station. Then officials realized they made a mistake.
Star Tribune - Minnesota
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July 2, 2025
After the hearing, all the council members except Ryan voted to move ahead — again — with funding the police station with capital improvement bonds. Paulson said the residents pushing back against the project have gathered enough signatures on a...
Ian’s Pizza opens first Iowa restaurant in Czech Village
The Gazette - Iowa
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Lion Bridge Brewing Co. is now home to Wisconsin restaurant Ian's Pizza, which opened quietly over the last weekend of June 2025. (Lion Bridge Brewing Co.) Buy Photo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be...
Why the Czech Republic Is About to Extend Its Gripen Fighter Jet Contract
The National Interest - Washington D.C.
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July 1, 2025
The Czech Air Force will continue to operate the Swedish-made Saab JAS 39C/D Gripen multirole fighters for another decade. Prague approved a deal on Thursday that extends the lease on the aircraft until 2035. At that point, the Central European...
WATCH: Roger Waters shares performance of Is This The Life We Really Want? from This Is Not A Drill - Live from Prague
Contactmusic
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Roger Waters has shared a new clip from his upcoming film This Is Not A Drill - Live from Prague The Movie. By Philip Hamilton Tuesday, July 1, 2025 6:00 PM By Philip Hamilton Tuesday, July 1, 2025 6:00 PM Pink Floyd legend Roger Waters has...