Nature
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Villages alarmed by large dam-building plan
A plan just released by the Agriculture Ministry specifies some 200 locations around the Czech Republic where dams could be built in the future. The document has alarmed…
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Anglers descend on Prague for the first ever fly fishing competition in the city centre
Preparations are in full swing for the first-ever international fly fishing competition which is to be held on the Vltava River in Prague this weekend. On Tuesday the…
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Distilleries busy with exceptional plum harvest
Distilleries around the country are exceptionally busy these days as farmers are bringing in their plum crops which are unusually plentiful this year. It is a tradition in…
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Snakes in the metro
The incident happened in Prague's metro system, on the 'C' line. To be more specific, when the news hit the wires one Monday morning earlier this month, HE was already out…
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Prague Zoo celebrates 75th birthday
The Prague Zoo celebrated its 75th year in style this week, with festivities coinciding with the national holiday of St Wenceslas Day on September 28th. As Patrick Ryan…
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"Prague Squirrel" project invites children to count squirrels in parks
The European red squirrel used to be plentiful in the Czech lands, to the extent that they were seen as a menace: hunters were allowed to shoot them as they caused damage…
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EU campaign calls on young people to help reduce greenhouse emissions
Turn down. Switch off. Recycle. Walk. Change. Those are five simple recommendations the European Commission is calling on people to follow in an effort to raise awareness…
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Czech tourists, children, in Greece suffer forest fire scare
Late into Monday hundreds of Czechs tourists - including many children - were among those at risk at a resort on Greece's Chalkidiki peninsula where a forest fire broke…
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Zdena Dvorska: saving hedgehogs since 1970
The European hedgehog is a protected species in the Czech Republic and both a powerful form of pest control, as well at times, a domesticated animal. Unfortunately it is…
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Salmon returning to river Elbe
Fisherman Ladislav Mervinsky was dumbstruck when he caught a salmon - over a metre in length - in the river Elbe (Labe) close to the Czech-German border in north Bohemia…
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Heatwave followed by floods
After July's tropical heat most people welcomed the first August showers with relief. But several days of persistent rain have produced a different problem - a wave of…
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Helping the rare Przewalski horse return to the wild
Since the early 1970s the rare Przewalski horse of the Mongolian steppes - a stocky, shorter-legged relative of the domestic horse - was classified as "extinct in the wild…
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