Dogs can distinguish between languages, Hungarian study finds
Budapest, Hungary – Dogs are able to differentiate languages, a team of researchers in Hungary have found. Led by postdoctoralContinue Reading
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Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko to be showcased in HBO show on Covid vaccine race
Budapest, Hungary – The key role played by Katalin Kariko, the Hungarian biochemist whose work has proved essential for theContinue Reading
Czech Republic softens regulations on medical cannabis
Prague, Czech Republic – A new Czech law relaxes rules surrounding the prescription of medical cannabis and the regulations onContinue Reading
Czech scientist starts petition for mandatory Covid vaccination
Prague, Czech Republic – A few days after Austria became the first country in Europe to back mandatory vaccination againstContinue Reading
More Czechs believe in aliens than in God, survey shows
Prague, Czech Republic – Most Czechs believe in alien life, a new study has found, while only a small minorityContinue Reading
First “brain bank” in Central Europe opens in Prague
Prague, Czech Republic – The first brain bank in Central and Eastern Europe recently opened in Prague, local media reported.Continue Reading
Hungarian-born Katalin Karikó wins Remarkable Achievement Award for work on mRNA
Budapest, Hungary – Hungarian-born Katalin Karikó has been recognised as part of Emerging Europe’s latest awards programme for her workContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1939: Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein urged the US to develop the Bomb
On August 2, 1939, Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein sent a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. RooseveltContinue Reading
Futuristic “portal” connects citizens of Lublin and Vilnius in real-time
Warsaw, Poland – Futuristic mirror-like “portals” built in Lublin, eastern Poland, and Lithuania’s capital of Vilnius were unveiled late lastContinue Reading
Super Slovaks: Eugene Cernan, the last man to walk on the Moon
Bratislava, Slovakia – Joe Biden and Donald Trump agreed on few issues. However, one of President Biden’s first acts wasContinue Reading
Poland wants to buy Marie Sklodowska Curie’s holiday house near Paris
Warsaw, Poland – Poland will try to buy the vacation house of Nobel laureate Marie Sklodowska Curie and her husbandContinue Reading
Scientists discover world’s first pregnant mummy in Poland
Warsaw, Poland – Scientists from Warsaw University last week discovered the Egyptian mummy of a young pregnant woman, the world’sContinue Reading
Czech Republic hit by hypothetical asteroid in NASA simulation
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic was the epicenter of an asteroid hitting Earth in a simulation led byContinue Reading
Czech Republic rejects liberalization of cannabis use
Prague, Czech Republic – The lower house of Parliament rejected earlier this week a proposal to liberalize cannabis production andContinue Reading
Consumption of medical cannabis skyrockets in the Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic – The consumption of cannabis for medical purposes has skyrocketed in 2020, with data from the StateContinue Reading
What is the 5G Readiness Index, and what can 5G do for Central and Eastern European industries?
Warsaw, Poland – When it comes to recent technological innovations, one of the most exciting has to be 5G, the nextContinue Reading
Katalin Karikó, the Hungarian biochemist behind the COVID vaccines
BUDAPEST, HUNGARY – Hungarian-born Katalin Karikó’s decades of research have helped pave way for Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna’s successful work behindContinue Reading
Czech hospitals under strain as COVID numbers become “catastrophic”
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech hospitals and healthcare system are edging closer to saturation as the number of newContinue Reading
Lublin to launch VR exhibition as European Days of Artistic Creativity moves online
LUBLIN, POLAND – Alongside this year’s Cross-Border Cooperation Congress, the Polish city of Lublin is launching a new virtual exhibition usingContinue Reading
Majority of Czechs would refuse COVID-19 vaccine, study shows
Prague, Czech Republic- A majority of Czechs would refuse to receive a vaccine against COVID-19, according to a September pollContinue Reading