Half a year after the start of sales, Octavia is expanding its range of drives. Natural gas and, for the first time in history, a plug-in hybrid drive are added to petrol and diesel. Together with the Golf and Renault Mégane, the Octavia is one of the pioneers of this arrangement in the premium lower … Read more
Tucson is the most popular Hyundai SUV not only on the Czech but also worldwide. In total, over seven million units of all his generations have been sold. The new successor to the line is thus an extremely important model for the Korean carmaker. This corresponds not only to a completely different external appearance, but … Read more
You can dive to a depth of up to 75 meters in a lake near Most in the Ústí nad Labem region. The beautiful water area with cleaner water than in Orlík was created by flooding the former Ležáky locality, where brown coal was mined for less than a century. Quarry impregnation began in 2008 … Read more
The junta, which took control of Mali in August, agreed to a one-and-a-half-year transition period in talks on the country’s next organization. On August 18, a group of officers overthrew President Ibrahim Boubacar Keit and took power. In Bamako, to date, about 100 representatives of the army, political parties and civil society have discussed the … Read more
Cuba will soon devalue the exchange rate of the domestic peso against the US dollar. It will do so for the first time since the 1959 revolution. Reuters reported, citing three informed sources. The reforms are to be introduced by the end of the year. As part of the reforms, the authorities will also unify … Read more
The United States has imposed sanctions on three Russian citizens and a Ukrainian MP, described as a “Russian agent.” According to the US Treasury Department, this is a sanction for interfering in the US election and a “clear warning to Moscow” about the November election of the US president, the AFP agency reported. The sanctions … Read more
Zdeněk Fránek’s houses are among the best architecture of the 21st century. The native of Boskovice, who says that his work was influenced by German expressionists and organic shapes from Hungary, won the prestigious Architect of the Year award for his life’s work. He is the author of, for example, Trails in the Clouds in … Read more
Half past five in the morning on September 4, 1890. The flooded ruins grip the pillars of Charles Bridge in Prague so powerfully that the Gothic gem cannot withstand the pressure. Two arches collapse. Four hours later, another crashes. At that moment, several people end up in the predatory waters of the flooded Vltava. They … Read more