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Czech waterworks receive EU grant
A grant of 435 million Czech crowns from an EU programme has been given to the North Bohemian Waterworks for the development of infrastructure. This covers 65% of the…
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CzechInvest attracts record volume of foreign direct investment
Despite predictions by the government's investment agency CzechInvest that the volume of foreign direct investment would decrease, the agency has managed to attract a…
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Czechs drinking more alcohol, popping more pills since pandemic started
A survey conducted by the National Institute of Health warns that as a result of the pandemic Czechs are drinking more alcohol, taking more sleeping pills and…
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Data analysts: decline in Covid-19 cases will be very slow
The decline in new cases of Covid-19 will be very slow and the growing number of hospitalizations should culminate around November 10, according to the Centre for…
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Multinational concern gets green light for cement works in north Moravia
The multinational concern Lasselsberger has been given the go-ahead to build a cement works in Stramberk, north Moravia, creating 130 new jobs in a region with a high…
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President Klaus receives honorary doctorate
President Vaclav Klaus has received an honorary doctorate from London's City University. At the ceremony on Wednesday, Mr Klaus said he views this distinction as an…
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Damages from 2006 Elbe flooding tabulated
Flooding last spring on the Elbe River in the Czech Republic and Germany is estimated to have caused damages of 240 million euros, the equivalent of around 326 million US…
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Nearly two-thirds live in areas with poor air
Almost two-thirds of Czechs live in areas where the air quality is poor, according to a report presented to the cabinet by Environment Minister Martin Bursik. The worst…
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Mladá Fronta not interested in Economia publisher deal
The Czech publisher Mladá Fronta denied on Sunday any interest in buying a majority share in Economia, a rival publisher which publishes the respected daily Hospodářské…
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President vetoes law meant to improve air quality
President Václav Klaus has vetoed a law meant to improve air quality by determining zones within municipalities where older bus models, which do not satisfy certain…
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Smog alert declared in North Moravia
North Moravia reports major smog problems with dust concentrations reaching three times the permitted norm. Authorities in the Ostrava and Karviná districts declared a…
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Czech Republic and Poland to cooperate in reducing air pollution
Czech Environment Minister Tomáš Chalupa and his visiting Polish counterpart Andrzej Kraszewski have signed a memorandum on reducing air pollution in the border regions…
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Court rules police actions against activists in Šumava nature reserve were illegal
The regional court in Plzen has ruled that the police actions against environment activists trying to prevent logging in the Šumava National Park were illegal. The court…
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Survey shows 70 percent believe coalition will not last until 2014
Seventy percent of Czechs believe that the current coalition government of Prime Minister Petr Nečas will not stay its course for a full four year term until 2014…
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Town of Stonava sends its children on health holiday
Town councilors in Stonava, located in the heavily industrialized eastern part of the country, have agreed to use municipal funds to pay for a fortnight’s health holiday…
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Town of Stonava sends its children on health holiday
Town councillors in Stonava, located in the heavily industrialized eastern part of the country, have agreed to use municipal funds to pay for a fortnight’s health holiday…
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Resettlement of Iraqi families suspended in wake of problems
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec has suspended a resettlement program for 150 Christian families from Iraq after 25 them said they no longer wanted asylum in the Czech…
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Municipalities on Berounka River protest against planned anti-flood dam
Municipalities on the upper part of the Berounka River have protested against plans to build an anti-flood detention basin on the river. Representatives of 25…
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Bullied teacher awarded in memoriam
Education Minister Kateřina Valachová has awarded in memoriam a teacher from a secondary school in Prague’s Malešice district, who died last year after being bullied by…
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Girl loses appeal after school bars her from wearing hijab
A Somali girl who was barred from wearing a hijab at a Prague secondary school has lost an appeal in which she was seeking an apology and CZK 60,000 in compensation from…
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Czech species targeted in EU list of invaders
The giant hogweed and muskrat have been included on a new European Commission list of invasive plants and animals, according to the Czech Ministry of Environment. The move…
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Clean-up work underway at fire-ravaged chemical plant
Clean-up work is underway at the Unipetrol chemical plant near Litvínov which was ravaged by a massive fire on Thursday. It took fire crews 48 hours to put out the blaze…
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Germans complain about unpleasant smell from Czech factories
Germans living close the Czech border are complaining about an unpleasant smell from Czech factories that is allegedly causing them health problems, such as headaches…
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