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Minor radioactive leak at Temelin
A spokesman for the controversial Temelin nuclear power plant in South Bohemia says several cubic metres of radioactive water leaked from the plant's reactor on Wednesday…
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Austrian environmentalists block highway
Austrian environmentalists have blocked a highway near the Czech-Austrian border in protest against the Temelin nuclear power plant in South Bohemia. Temelin has strained…
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Jurečka: All Czech drivers could get electric cars support
The acting minister of the environment, Marian Jurečka, says that Czech drivers could in future receive financial support for switching to environmentally friendly cars…
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Government approves setting up of CZK 54 billion programme aimed at helping households save energy
The government has approved a new CZK 54 billion programme of the EU’s Modernisation Fund called HOUSEnerg, which is aimed at supporting measures to save energy in family…
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Poland could construct second FSRU amid Czech and Slovak interest
Poland could construct a second floating storage and regasification unit (FSRU) aside from the one already being planned in the port city of Gdansk. The option is being…
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Social Democrat deputies group head, Petr Ibl, to remain in his post.
The head of the Social Democrats' deputies group, Petr Ibl, has said he will remain in his post for the time being but probably won't run for re-election. Earlier this…
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Czechs battling against illegal garbage imports
The Czech Environment Minister Libor Ambrozek wants the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland to consider taking joint steps which would prevent the illegal export…
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Air pollution kills more Czechs every year
Some 12,500 Czechs are believed to have died last year because of smog, according to a recent report by the Environment Ministry. That means that up to 13 percent of the…
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Science operational programme to be approved by EC by next March at latest
Acting Education Minister Martin Bursik has revealed that a Czech operational programme aimed at drawing EU funds for support in the field of science in the country, will…
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Green party leader to consider resigning
Embattled Czech Green Party leader Martin Bursík has said that he will take very seriously a request by the party’s regional representation in the district of Olomouc to…
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TI Czech Republic calls on finance minister to prevent billions in damages
The Czech branch of Transparency International has called on the finance minister, Miroslav Kalousek, to prevent what the corruption watchdog sees as billions of crowns in…
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Czechs trust EU institutions more than their own
The results of a Eurobarometer poll published on Thursday suggest that Czechs trust EU institutions more than they trust their own government. This despite the fact that…
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Three new ministers take office
President Václav Klaus has appointed three new ministers to the caretaker government. The appointments mark the first change to the government’s composition since it took…
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Austrian foreign minister slams construction of further nuclear plants in the Czech Republic
Austrian Foreign Minister Michael Spindelegger says that Austria will use any means available, be they legal or political, to prevent the Czech Republic from constructing…
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Flood risk for 400,000 Czechs warns television report
Around 400,000 Czechs are at risk from floods, according to the Czech Television programme “Václav Moravec Questions” on Sunday. Moves to straighten river flows and…
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Barroso announces early payouts for new EU member states
Speaking in Prague at the European Summit of Regions and Cities, the President of the European Commission José Barroso announced on Friday that new EU member states, the…
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Klaus tells US conference government intervention cannot cure climate change
The Czech president, Václav Klaus, has said government intervention cannot be a cure for climate change. Speaking at a conference entitled ECO:nomics in Santa Barbara…
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New director of Šumava National Park appointed
Pavel Hubený was on Friday appointed the acting director of the Šumava National Park. Mr Hubený, who has served as the head of the surrounding Šumava Protected Landscape…
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Plant sees leak of low-level radioactive waste water
Some 150 litres of low-level radioactive waste water was accidently leaked at the Temelín nuclear power plant during a maintenance operation, the spokesman for the plant…
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Cabinet expected to vote on mining limits in North Bohemia on Monday
The Czech cabinet is set make a long-awaited decision on the future of mining limits in North Bohemia at a session in regional centre Ústí nad Labem on Monday, the Czech…
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