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At Kavárna Kolibri today's news is set down beside the cup and tested against ordinary human sense. Mr Radim asks the questions, Josef does not trust labels and Denisa watches for where fact ends and excuse begins.

The stories and illustrated spreads are free to read. (Stories in Czech.)

NEWEST STORY · NUMBER 019

Kasa pod sklem

An emergency exit from the budget can save the house. Without a visible handle on the outside, though, it easily turns into a back door into the state treasury.

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VERIFIED AS OF 8 AUGUST 2026

Mrs Marie brings her family money box, kept under security glass, into the café. It soon turns out that an emergency is not only a question of speed — but also of who opens the account afterwards.

“The question is not whether the state may reach into the reserve when there is danger. The question is who must see the hand.”

Factual boundary: The story covers the presidential veto. The vote in the Chamber of Deputies planned for 25 August 2026 had not yet taken place at the time of going to press.

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NEW SPREADS FROM KAVÁRNA KOLIBRI

When the news sits down at the table

Every instalment brings together a verified basis, an original story and a watercolour scene. The humour aims at power, at the system and at the human need to look as though someone else is paying the bill.

The spread Ministerská pračka na bitcoiny

018 · AS OF 3 AUGUST 2026

Ministerská pračka na bitcoiny

The state appliance has the programmes Gift, Auction and I Didn't Know. Only a court, however, can tell an indictment apart from a verdict.

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The spread Pátý dodatek a spoutaný ďábel

017 · AS OF 2 AUGUST 2026

Pátý dodatek a spoutaný ďábel

When a hearing opens with a finished picture of the culprit, are the questions still looking for the truth — or only for a caption under the photograph?

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The spread Pravda na devadesát

016 · AS OF 2 AUGUST 2026

Pravda na devadesát

History collides, the numbers are pulled out and responsibility runs its colours. What should a citizen expect from politicians who get it wrong?

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THIS IS NOT TELEVISION COMMENTARY

Facts first. Then the story. And at the end a question for us.

  1. 1
    A verified basis

    We separate what happened, what someone claims and what has not been decided yet.

  2. 2
    The café test

    We translate great mechanisms into a money box, a washing machine or a loyalty card.

  3. 3
    A citizen's point

    Mr Radim does not dictate an opinion. He asks a question the reader can take away with them.

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