Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Fri, 24 Jul 2026 01:26:16 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czech-volunteers-return-clean-spanish-contaminated-coastline-8071664© 2026 Radio Prague International Many of you will recall the sinking of the Prestige oil tanker just 200 kilometres off the coast of Galicia in northwest Spain last November. Thousands of tonnes of oil leaked into the sea, killing hundreds of birds, turtles and dolphins. Many of the area's fishermen are now unemployed, and a 2,900-kilometre stretch of the coastline has been devastated. To assist in the clean-up work, the Czech Republic's People in Need Foundation sent 45 volunteers to Galicia. After two weeks scraping oil off rocks in harsh weather conditions, the biggest non-Spanish group of volunteers returned home on Sunday. Dita Asiedu spoke to Mariana Serrano, one of the group's co-ordinators: encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/czech-volunteers-return-clean-spanish-contaminated-coastline-8071664 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9