Czech Republic to get EU subsidy to combat air pollution

The Czech Republic will receive another 870 million crowns from the European Union to combat air pollution, which remains a pressing problem particularly in the eastern parts of the country, the Environment Ministry said on Wednesday. The ministry has already approved subsidies for several dozen projects in this sphere worth 1.44 billion crowns in total. The extra subsidies should help finance projects approved in the Environment Operational Programme that had to be shelved due to lack of funding.