Jan Kaliba

Property damage due to extreme weather events in Czechia has been increasing. Due to the autumn floods, as well as other storms, covered damages surpassed CZK 36 billion. 

A new study, carried out by an international team of scientists, shows that the devastating floods that hit Czechia were made much worse by man-made climate change.

May 1 is the Czech equivalent of Valentine’s Day, when couples  kiss under blossoming cherry trees. Now, however, the custom may be threatened by climate change. 

A Czech start-up is looking at ways to keep used tennis balls out of landfills by giving them a new purpose.

Delegates from around 200 countries gathered in Dubai over the last two weeks for COP28. What is Czechia’s view on the deal that was reached? Will it change anything?

The Bata Shoe Museum in Toronto is the largest museum in the world entirely dedicated to the culture, traditions and styles of footwear.

The Czech Embassy in Canada this week organized a gala evening in Ottawa, celebrating the Czech-Canadians who helped mold the close relationship between the two nations.

Various places around the world adopted the name Lidice, so that it would never be forgotten. One of them is the town of Crest Hill near Chicago.

This weekend, the T.G. Masaryk School in Chicago celebrated its 100th year of existence. The institution was established in Chicago’s suburb of Cicero in 1921.

The remains of Czechoslovakia’s World War II head of intelligence, General František Moravec, are being ceremonially reburied in his home town of Čáslav this Tuesday.