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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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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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Ministers in dispute over clean-up tender
A dispute has arisen between the ministers of the environment and finance. In an interview for the newspaper Hospodářské noviny, Environment Minister Pavel Drobil of the…
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President Obama to make keynote speech in Prague
US President Barack Obama aims to make a keynote European speech during a two-day visit to Prague that begins on April 4, according to press reports. He is preparing to…
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Czech Republic signs deal to sell 3.5 million allowances to Austria
The Czech Ministry of Environment announced Tuesday that it had sold 3.5 million emissions allowances to the Austrian government. No details of the price of the allowances…
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Šumava National Park head puts brakes on planned projects
The interim director of Šumava National Park, Pavel Hubený, has halted a number of projects greenlighted by his predecessor Jiří Mánek, writes Czech daily Mladá fronta…
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Austrian Chancellor says Temelin needs more safety tests
The Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schussel has said that his government does not consider the environment impact study on the Temelin nuclear power plant a sufficient…
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