Recent policy changes include expanded bereavement leave for expectant parents and a new bypass to alleviate traffic congestion in Nová Paka, Czech Republic. Immigration raids and a manhunt for an online offender are also underway. Read more...

A roundup of recent news including a catamaran sinking in Goiás, a forest fire in the Pelhřimov region, a social media extortion case in Jičín, and Ash Wednesday Mass in Manila. Read more...

Road closures near Bratislava due to highway construction are announced. Separately, police investigate a knife attack in Bratislava possibly motivated by ethnic prejudice. Read more...