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Patrik Banga, a Czech journalist and writer, captivated the German audience at the Frankfurt Book Fair with his humor and straightforwardness when he introduced the German translation of his book The Real Way Out. #PatrikBanga #romskáliteratura #Frankfurtskýknížníveletrh (translated)

Tomas Kapler rejected the claim that Europe cannot compete with Starlink because it cannot build rockets and satellites and does not have the money for it. He stated that SpaceX completed 165 Falcon 9 flights in 2025, while Amazon reserved 24 launches of the European Ariane 6, which has already launched 100 of its satellites. He also mentioned the German startup Isar Aerospace, the prototype of a reusable rocket in Sweden, and more than 900 million euros that the European Space Agency invested in a new generation of rockets. For comparison, he noted approximately 400 million dollars from NASA for the development of Falcon 9 and the Dragon capsule. Kapler cited examples of European space technologies, including the Galileo navigation system, which he said is used by over 4.5 billion devices, the Finnish company ICEYE and its radar satellites, and the share of Thales Alenia Space in the living space of the International Space Station. He also wrote that Airbus, Thales Aerospace, and Leonardo are merging their space divisions into a company with 25,000 employees, while the EU network IRIS², with 348 satellites, moves towards full deployment. He challenged the claim of a lack of European capital by estimating that European households hold 12 trillion euros in cash and accounts, and Europeans own American stocks and bonds worth 8 trillion dollars. According to him, 300 billion euros in savings flow out of Europe each year. As a sign of change, he mentioned the creation of a single market for savings and investments and Danish pension funds, which he said began to divest from American government bonds. In the field of research and technology, Kapler reminded that three out of the last four Nobel Prize laureates in Physics were born in Europe and stated that the number of applications from scientists working in the USA addressed to the European Research Council has more than doubled. He also mentioned Italian designer Federico Faggin, the London origins of DeepMind, and co-founders of OpenAI born in Poland and Slovakia, and the Dutch company ASML, whose machines are essential for producing the most advanced chips for artificial intelligence. As further examples of European contributions to American space programs, he cited the NASA spacecraft module, which he said was assembled in Bremen, and the launch of the James Webb Space Telescope by an Ariane 5 rocket. Kapler concluded that Europe has been repeatedly written off and reminded that Airbus has been delivering more aircraft than Boeing every year since 2019. According to him, Europe has gradually approached greater self-sufficiency in rockets, satellites, capital, and technologies. #Evropa #technologie #vesmír (translated)

Tomas Kapler in the series #WomenInScience wrote that lead balls hitting soft clay left a fourfold imprint at double the speed. He stated that the secretary of the Academy of Sciences wrote to her that she was mistaken, but her commented translation of Newton's Principles remained, according to him, the only standard French version for decades. He asked readers to share the series if they want it to continue. #Věda #Fyzika #ŽenyVeVědě (translated)

Kamil Krilov wrote that a port and oil terminal were on fire in St. Petersburg, as well as a logistics center warehouse of the Russian online marketplace Ozon and a data center of the company VKontakte. He identified the likely cause as a strike by Ukrainian ballistic weapons. He congratulated the Ukrainian army and wished failure for Russia and a person from the White House, whom he insultingly associated with the role of a Russian agent and labeled as senile. #Ukrajina #Válka #Drony (translated)

A gift for Putin wrote that at night there were hits on an oil warehouse, an oil transshipment center, a warehouse of the Ozon company, a data center of VKontakte, and a substation in Russian St. Petersburg. He described the events as sanctions that, in his opinion, really work. https://t.co/cIs8Tefcdr #Petrohrad #Rusko #sankce (translated)

Zdeněk Šarapatka stated that he was pleased with the election results and perceived them as a rejection of Andrej Babiš and his allies in power. He described the outcome as a promising beginning of a political story that could end with Babiš's downfall, labeling Babiš as a criminal. According to Šarapatka, voters may have been disillusioned by unfulfilled promises and empty wallets. He also mentioned seniors who, in his view, watched a video of Filip Turek with astonishment, in which Turek allegedly stubbed out a cigar on a fresh wind turbine. Šarapatka expressed pride in TOP 09. He claimed that the results challenged the opinions suggesting the party is insignificant and should merge with another. He reminded of the senatorial victories of party colleagues Třetina and Grulich, as well as the strengthening of the party in municipal and city councils. In Prague, according to him, despite an initial agreement, people around Marek Benda posed obstacles. He described TOP 09 as a party connected to the legacy of Karel Schwarzenberg, which he believes was not formed merely on slogans but has its own ideas. He therefore rejected the merger of the party. He praised the chairman Matěj Ondřej Havel for his energy, education, rhetorical skills, and frequent media appearances, although he stated that Havel does not appear convincing in streams. He urged the election winners to defend democracy. #volby #demokracie #politika (translated)

Janusz Konieczny stated that the government was preparing a new grant program worth 200 million crowns, from which only businesses with billion-crown revenues or at least 250 employees could benefit. According to him, the conditions would favor Agrofert and other large holdings. He wrote that he began preparing a letter to the European Commission, which was to be sent the following day. He also reminded that at the beginning of the year, the government renewed a program worth 250 million crowns intended for large concerns and that Agrofert would receive the most from it, according to him. Konieczny claimed that representatives of the European Commission told him several years ago that the program for crop and livestock insurance is not intended for large businesses in other EU countries, with the exception of Poland. He explained to the European Commission the differences in farm sizes: the average in the EU was 17 hectares, in Poland 10 to 15 hectares, in Spain 30 hectares, and in the Czech Republic up to 130 hectares. He associated this situation with supporting the largest agricultural holdings. He recalled that eight years ago, he and Michal Bláha, the founder of Hlídač státu, investigated whether Agrofert was receiving subsidies intended for small and medium-sized enterprises. He stated that after two press conferences, Agrofert and other holdings had to return the subsidies and that the courts and the European Commission became involved in resolving the issue. Konieczny thanked Ivan Bartoš and the Association of Private Agriculture, especially its chairman Šebek, for their involvement in this matter. #dotace #zemědělství #EvropskáKomise (translated)

David Grudl criticized the labeling and placement of the pickup box, which he claimed looked like a Balíkovna, even though it was an OX Point device. He stated that the box bore the logos of Balíkovna, Basileus, One by Allegro, and OX Point, with the most prominent one belonging to a service that, according to him, did not deliver packages. He asked readers who picked up a package from Basileus in the box to explain which service it was. Grudl described that his SMS only mentioned Balíkovna, and therefore the box rejected his code. According to him, it was explained in small print on the device that packages could only be picked up if the customer received a message with the designation "OX Balíkovna." He added that the package then, in his experience, waited at the postal counter. He identified another issue, noting that the box was inside a branch of Česká pošta, which locked up in the evening and on weekends. According to Grudl, thus, the device was accessible when the customer could use the counter, but they could not get to it outside of opening hours. He identified the clearest instruction in the room as a green sign with a figure escaping from the door. #Balíkovna #zásilka #pošta (translated)

Andrej Fiskovec wrote that Trump's comment explained his claims about ending eight wars, repeated defeats of Iran, friendship with Kim, hostility towards Canada, and the U.S. territorial claim on Greenland. He sent a message to Trump that he should support his confident statements with actions and noted that he believes he cannot do that. He added that there are three weeks left. #Trump #politika #války (translated)

For me, the most valuable thing was that I learned things that they didn't teach us in school," summarizes Tučková about her work on the novel "The Expulsion of Gerta Schnirch," whose German translation the presenter describes as a literary event and suggests it be included in the required reading list. #ČeskáLiteratura #KulturaVOhrožení #KateřinaTučková (translated)

Vladimír Votápek labeled Donald Trump's effort to reach an agreement with Vladimir Putin as a fundamental mistake. He considered the main risk to be that Trump would pressure Kyiv to stop attacks on Russian refineries. According to Votápek, these represented the strongest leverage that Volodymyr Zelensky had to compel Putin to engage in serious talks about ending the fighting. Votápek stated that if Ukraine does not give up its effective weapon, Trump could significantly limit American aid, including the sharing of intelligence, which Europe, in his view, is currently unable to replace. He linked Trump's effort to negotiate with Russia to the impacts of the attack on Iran on oil and petroleum product prices and to concerns about Republican results in the midterms. He argued that any pressure on Ukraine could prolong the war and increase losses for the Ukrainian army and suffering for civilians. He also shared a headline suggesting that Russia was supposed to supply the USA and the world with nearly five million tons of diesel. https://t.co/QQSWEJQMjE #Trump #Putin #Ukrajina (translated)

The author of the article stated that President Petr Pavel should lead by example, because he represented not only a citizen but also an institution and a symbol chosen by millions of people. He wrote that admitting a mistake is difficult for politicians and that it is also important to correct it. He urged others to follow Pavel's example and attached a link. https://t.co/y02vvUB3la #politika #překlady #leadership #CZ (translated)

This year, the Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded to Canadian poet Anne Carson, which expert Mariana Machová considers surprising given that the award usually does not go to poetry, and she emphasizes the importance of its translation and cultural impact. #NobelovaCenazaLiteraturu #AnneCarsonová #ČeskéBudějovice (translated)

Some of her observations, sentences, and words are so precise that you have the feeling that you suddenly put on glasses and see the world for the first time as it should be," said writer Marek Torčík, who edited the Czech translation, to Seznam Zprávy. #AnneCarson #NobelovaCena #světováPoezie (translated)

ČT24 reported that Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has requested the European Union Intellectual Property Office (EUIPO) to register her voice as a trademark to protect herself from clones and deepfakes created by artificial intelligence. The request reportedly included a four-second recording in which Meloni repeated the title of her autobiography "Io sono Giorgia Meloni." ČT24 reminded that Meloni highlighted in May the fake images created by artificial intelligence that depicted her in underwear. According to the station, the trademark, as noted by Politico, would not give the Prime Minister control over all imitations of her voice nor would it make deepfakes a criminal offense. However, it could provide her with additional legal grounds to challenge unauthorized commercial use of the protected recording, depending on the goods and services listed in the application. #GiorgiaMeloni #duševnívlastnictví #uměláinteligence (translated)

Fráňa Šrámek shared a Czech translation of a post that he claims was published on Facebook by "Hungarian." Its author urged Ukrainians not to believe promises of a quick ceasefire and peace and to rely on rational analysis. He stated that Putin is not seeking peace and wants to destroy Ukraine. He referred to the current period as an opportunity for rocket and drone attacks on the rear, which he claimed the enemy is exploiting due to minimal successes on the front line throughout the year 2026. He added that efforts to influence public opinion correspond to statements from Valdai. The author mentioned that the Defense Forces will conclude this period with countermeasures, including rearmament, which will take time. According to him, its duration will be influenced by several factors he did not want to comment on yet. He described the front as difficult and stated that the enemy is advancing but is increasingly being neutralized. He also called for trust in one's own strength and mutual support, which he believes will help preserve Ukrainian statehood. He deemed the proposed solution under a white flag as unacceptable and claimed it would be destroyed. The post concluded with the words that Ukraine will endure and Moscow will fall. #Ukrajina #vojna #mírovéúsilí (translated)

Na tiskovku s @GiorgiaMeloni jsem se těšila... pro její výmluvný "xicht" 😈 Jen je nutné brát v úvahu čssový posun v překladu... aneb kámoš Trump 🙄 #jentak #lol #babišjezlo https://t.co/8lpcNYfUQO #politika #humor #Trump

Bože, ať je to pravda!!! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 Překlad, via fb Bairak Oleh: "Maďar" oznámil, že Ukrajina konečně začala sestřelovat proudové "Šáhedy," které už celý měsíc, den co den, terorizují Kyjev a další města. "Okno se zavírá. Našli jsme řešení." Dej Bůh, aby tomu tak opravdu bylo. https://t.co/JfCdLj5DEl #Ukrajina #Kyjev #Šáhedy

Bývalý ukrajinský politik a současný Putinův důvěrník Viktor Medvedčuk varuje, že se Česko a Slovensko "vtahují" do konfliktu na Ukrajině kvůli firmám dodávajícím zbraně. Volný překlad: kdo pomáhá Ukrajině, riskuje, že se stane cílem. Klasická ruská rétorika, tentokrát je ale výhružka mířená konkrétně. https://t.co/F9GtXPpGQq #Ukrajina #politika #konflikt