Nature
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Long winter creates stress for wild animals
With snow continuing to fall across the Czech Republic, people are getting tired of the long winter. Wild animals are equally stressed as we await at least another week of…
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Helena Baker - expert with a nose for fine wine
Rob Cameron's guest on this week's One on One is Helena Baker, one of the Czech Republic's leading experts on wine. Helena has visited a range of wine regions across…
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No business like snow business - industry and commerce after the freeze
Forecasters are finally predicting an end to the freeze that has gripped much of Europe this winter and the Prague climate is expected soon to return to more…
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Book brings extinct mammals back to life
For decades, Czech scientists have been trying to determine the appearance of prehistoric animals using fossil remains. The legendary team of palaeontologist Josef Augusta…
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Czechs rank fourth in environmental management
A new study produced by scientists from two American universities for the World Economic Forum currently underway in Davos ranks the Czech Republic fourth in the world…
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Czech experts help build fish-breeding ponds in Africa
"Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime" - says a famous Chinese proverb. But the second part of the saying may…
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Major clean-up to get underway at Czech Republic's Spolana plant
The Spolana chemical plant just north of Prague has become synonymous with environmental disaster here in the Czech Republic, with a number of high-profile leaks over the…
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Czech Republic hit by arctic spell
While Australia is fighting a heat wave, it is snow and frost that have been paralysing much of Europe. In some countries, the mercury has dropped to a record -33 degrees…
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Czech expedition exploring possible world's largest salt cave
This week the news arrived from Iran that an expedition of young Czech geologists discovered what might be the largest salt cave in the world. The discovery was no…
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Cyanide leak contaminates the Elbe
A huge cyanide leak into the River Labe - known internationally as the Elbe - has now contaminated an 80-kilometre stretch of the river, killing tons of fish. It is being…
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Why were Czechs gasping for fresh air?
Imagine waking up to a day when the city's covered with smog, there is no sunlight and you cannot breathe, the air is heavy and there's nowhere to escape to. A day goes by…
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Inversion and smog have Czechs gasping for fresh air
Unusually high levels of smog forced many residents in industrial regions and bigger towns and cities to stay indoors for several days last week. In the Moravian town of…
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