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Czech politicians are enjoying their summer break. Taťána Malá (44) kicked off the holidays with a stylish poolside photo, Eva Decroix (44) shared a snapshot from a mountain vacation, and Alena Schillerová (62) showed how she cools off during the tropical heat. All three politicians posted swimsuit photos on social media and showed off their relaxed summer mood.

Lela Vémola (37) has definitively ended her relationship with Karlos Vémola (40). As proof of a new chapter, she dyed her hair brown and said goodbye to her platinum blonde look once and for all. What did everyone else have to say?

Don’t expect a grand show in Prague. Opera singer Štefan Margita celebrated his milestone 70th birthday far from the Czech media spotlight. He chose Málaga, Spain, where he traveled with his family and closest friends. The place holds an exceptionally powerful personal meaning for him, as it is inextricably linked to his late wife, Hana Zagorová (†75).

Dominik Turza (43), known as DJ Roxtar, announced in June that he and his wife, Simona Bobková, would soon become happy parents. Now they have shared pregnancy photos, and Roxtar revealed that an only eleven-year-old girl was behind the camera.

Prague’s only gay choir, Doodles, is celebrating its 15th anniversary this year. Doodles will perform for Czech audiences on August 7 with a traditional concert as part of Prague Pride, in the unique setting of Prague’s Bethlehem Chapel. Another highlight of the anniversary concert season was the choir’s June performance at the Various Voices International LGBTQ+ Choir Festival in Brussels.

Commentary – Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc has arguably launched one of the hottest debates of the year. He proposes that children as young as 13 could be held criminally liable for the most serious violent crimes. Supporters of the proposal call it a necessary response to the growing brutality of juvenile offenders, while critics warn of a dangerous experiment.

To the outside world, she appeared to be an ordinary expectant mother looking forward to her baby. But Taylor Parker, 33, systematically lied to those around her for months—and that spiral of lies culminated in one of the most horrifying crimes in recent memory. The Netflix documentary Mateřský instinkt revisits the case, which ended in the brutal murder of a pregnant friend and her unborn child.

Chef Radek Kašpárek (44) has turned another page in his life following his divorce. He has publicly shown his new partner on social media for the first time, making it clear through romantic photos that he is happy again. While he speaks openly about the new chapter, his chosen partner remains reserved toward the media.

Summer, water and relaxation. Czech politicians have taken to social media to show how they are spending this year’s summer. Politician Eva Decroix (47) appeared in a swimsuit, revealing that she does not have a gram of fat on her body. Andrej Babiš (71), meanwhile, went fishing, Karel Havlíček (56) is spending the holidays alongside his four-legged Betyna, and Alena Schillerová (62) is having fu…

She was one of the Czech Republic’s best-selling authors, and hundreds of thousands of women read her novels. Yet few people suspected that her stories about complicated relationships were also drawn from her own painful experience. Simona Monyová (†44) died at the hands of her husband, Boris Ingr, on August 3, 2011. To this day, the case remains one of the most shocking domestic violence crimes …