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Meteorologists have issued a severe storm warning for most parts of the Czech Republic. The storms are expected to hit the country on Thursday afternoon and could be accompanied by strong winds and hail.

The Czech Hydro-meteorological Institute has also warned of an increased risk of fires in the South Moravian region due to high temperatures, which could reach 33 degrees Celsius on Thursday.

A Czech military plane has transported four Przewalski mares to Mongolia for reintroduction into the wild, part of Prague Zoo’s long-standing programme to save the endangered species. The horses arrived in Mongolia on Wednesday morning.

Przewalski horse is a rare subspecies native to Mongolia, which became extinct in the wild in the 1960s. Prague Zoo has played a major role in saving the horse, breeding it and gradually returning it to its natural environment.

To date, the zoo has sent 31 horses to a nature reserve in the Mongolian steppe, where they have started breeding successfully.

Mexican opera singer Rollando Villazón is set to perform in the Spanish Hall of Prague Castle on Wednesday evening in support of the non-profit organisation Zdravotní klaun. The world-famous tenor, who is an ambassador of the Red Noses International charity organisation, will perform free of charge. The event’s proceedings will be used for the activities of healthcare clowns in the Czech Republic.

Czech car companies and car-parts suppliers saw record turnover last year amounting to 1.1 trillion crowns (around 39 billion euros), which represents an increase by seven percent on the previous year, the Czech Automotive Industry Association announced at a press conference on Wednesday.

Czech car makers’ exports increased by six percent last year to 918 billion crowns. Some 84 percent of cars made in the Czech Republic are exported to the EU, mainly to Germany, Great Britain and France.