* **October 13, 2025:** Nicolas Sarkozy will begin serving his five-year prison sentence at La Santé prison. *PARIS – The Paris court today informed former French President Nicolas Sarkozy that he will begin his prison sentence on October 21 and will serve it at the La Santé prison in Paris. According to a source close to the case, this was reported by the AFP news agency and the RTL radio station.* **More details [here](https://www.gnews.cz/cs_cz/tema/nicolas-sarkozy-nastoupi-petilety-trest-odneti-svobody-ve-veznici-la-sante/).** * **October 14, 2025:** Daily economic summary in the Czech Republic: SoftBank, Hang Seng Bank, Grant Thornton US, and Allwyn (October 14, 2025). *The Czech economy entered the second half of October with positive signals from both the energy sector and financial markets. The company ČEZ announced a reduction in the prices of fixed electricity and gas supplies by hundreds of crowns per megawatt-hour (MWh), and also confirmed plans for further price reductions from January 2026 for customers with contracts for an indefinite period. The energy giant also reported an earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA) of 73.9 billion Czech crowns this year, in part thanks to the acquisition of GasNet, which manages the gas infrastructure in the Czech Republic. More details [here](https://www.gnews.cz/cs_cz/neprehlednete/denni-shrnuti-ekonomiky-v-cr-softbank-hang-seng-bank-grant-thornton-us-a-allwyn-14-rijna-2025/).* * **October 15, 2025:** Royal Mail in the UK receives a record fine of 21 million pounds. *LONDON – Royal Mail, the British postal service owned by the EP Group of Czech businessman Daniel Křetínský, has been fined 21 million pounds (approximately 585 million Czech crowns) by the British regulatory authority Ofcom for failing to meet targets for timely delivery of parcels. Ofcom announced this in a press release today. The agency stated that this is the largest fine ever imposed on the company. More details [here](https://www.gnews.cz/cs_cz/tema/posta-ve-velke-britanii-dostala-rekordni-pokutu-21-milonu-liber/).* * **October 16, 2025:** An article by Xi Jinping on supporting the implementation of global initiatives will be published in the Qiushi journal. *BEIJING – An important article by Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, President of China, Chairman of the Central Military Commission, entitled "Supporting the Implementation of the Global Development Initiative, the Global Security Initiative, the Global Civilization Initiative, and the Global Governance Initiative," will be published in Qiushi No. 20, which will be released on October 16. More details [here](https://www.gnews.cz/cs_cz/tema/clanek-od-xi-jinpinga-o-podpore-implementace-globalnich-iniciativ-bude-publikovan-v-casopise-qiushi/).* * **October 17, 2025:** Václav Klaus: Forget about green dreams.

I have been dealing with the so-called "global warming" for two decades. I am a veteran in this field. I have written dozens of articles on this topic, given many speeches (on all continents), and published three books about it. One of them has been translated into 18 languages. More here.

  • October 18, 2025: Prince Andrew relinquished his title of Duke of York following criticism regarding his relationship with Epstein.

LONDON – British Prince Andrew relinquished his royal title of Duke of York and the honors associated with it today, following years of criticism regarding his close relationship with American sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. The younger brother of King Charles III denied all allegations against him in a statement, allegations that arose due to his association with Epstein. More here.

  • October 19, 2025: Israel launched strikes in Rafah following a Palestinian attack: the ceasefire is once again on the brink.

Israel again struck in the area of Rafah after, according to Israeli media, an attack occurred on its units – an incident that once again shook the fragile ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. As the Times of Israel newspaper reported, Palestinian militants attacked Israeli soldiers in the vicinity of Rafah; the Israeli army (IDF) reportedly responded with targeted airstrikes on positions in the southern Gaza Strip. More here.

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