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Prague to spend 8 billion crowns in EU subsidies on fighting drought
More than eight billion crowns from European subsidies is to be spent on fighting drought and on the retention of water in the landscape in the course of the next five…
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Ostrava mayor calls on Brussels for help
The mayor of Ostrava, one of the most polluted cities in the country, has called on the EU’s environment commissioner for help in resolving the situation. Mayor Petr…
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Šumava logging rally held in Prague
Both the opponents and the supporters of logging of bark beetle-infested trees in the Šumava National Park staged a rally in front of the Environment Ministry in Prague on…
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Hladík ministerial role in doubt after police raids
The candidate to become new Czech minister of environment, Petr Hladík, may not now go forward for the post. The office of Mr. Hladík, who is a deputy mayor of Brno, was…
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New team of experts on Temelin
The Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda and the Austrian Environment Minister Wilhelm Molterer have agreed to set up a joint team of experts which would debate…
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Press: ČEZ ordered equipment worth billions of crowns for controversial power plant
The daily Hospodářskě noviny reported on Wednesday that the Czech state-owned energy company ČEZ ordered a new boiler for about seven billion crowns as part of…
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Some problematic EIA projects could be given fast track assessments says minister
Around 10-15 Czech construction projects could be given a fast track procedure to help them get started earlier in the face of European Commission misgivings about past…
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NKU report: Czechia lacks legislation to fight drought
The Czech Republic is lacking long-term measures as well as necessary legislation to fight drought, concludes a report by the Supreme Audit Office (NKU) carried out at the…
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Czech scientists develop camouflage army fatigues that change colours
Scientists from the Technical University of Liberec have developed a military uniform that changes camouflage depending on the environment, the ČTK agency reports. The…
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Czech Foreign Ministry sends Temelin report to Vienna
The Czech Republic has met the Austrian government's demand for a report on the Temelin nuclear power station evaluating the option of mothballing the plant. The…
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Austrian demonstrators protest against Temelin
A demonstration by Austrian anti-nuclear activists was held at the Dolni Dvoriste - Wullowitz border check point on Friday. The Austrian demonstrators were protesting at…
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Czech-Polish talks on Turow mine hit the rocks
Czech-Polish talks on resolving the Turow mine dispute have hit the rocks at the last minute when almost all the terms of the emerging agreement had been finalized…
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Czechs to seek EU opinion on expansion of Polish coal mine
The Czech Republic will ask the European Commission to review the proposed enlargement of Poland’s Turow coal mine, near the shared border, Environment Minister Richard…
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Police shelve case against Drobil
The anti-corruption police has shelved the case against the former environment minister Pavel Drobil on the order of state attorney Šárka Pokorná. The reason cited was…
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New minister brings non-ideological perspective: prime minister
Prague 6 mayor and Civic Democrat member of the lower house of parliament Tomáš Chalupa has been named the new environment minister by Prime Minister Petr Nečas. He…
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State attorney accuses former advisor to ex-minister of corruption
The state attorney for Prague 1 has accused Martin Knetig, one-time advisor to former Environment Minister Pavel Drobil, of corruption. Mr Knetig allegedly demanded a…
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Supreme Audit Office to look into sale of carbon emission rights
The Supreme Audit Office is planning to look into the Environment Ministry’s selling of carbon dioxide emission rights. The audit will focus on how funds from the sales…
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Šumava National Park head sacked
Environment Minister Richard Brabec has dismissed the head of the Šumava National Park Jiří Mánek in a drawn-out controversy over the future of the nature reserve. The…
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Senate head calls for ODS leader to consider stepping down The head of the Czech upper house, the Senate, has called for the leader of the centre-right Civic Democrats…
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Court rules that Energoaqua caused Bečva River poisoning but no penalty imposed
The company Energoaqua is responsible for the poisoning of the Bečva River that occurred on September 20, 2020, the Vsetín District Court ruled on Monday. However, the…
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Survey of Bečva River after cyanide poising to be commissioned
The Environment Ministry this week will commission an ecological survey of the Bečva River, where cyanide poisoning in September killed all living organisms along a 40-km…
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