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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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Czech president installs Ivan Pilný as new finance minister
Czech president Miloš Zeman late Wednesday dismissed ANO leader Andrej Babiš as finance minister and installed ANO member of parliament Ivan Pilný as his replacement…
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Czech and Saxon officials to speed up reaction to reports of “cross border odours”
The Czech environment minister, Richard Brabec, has reached agreement with his counterpart from the German state of Saxony, Thomas Schmidt, on how to deal with bad smells…
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Some MPs want greater control over foreign priests
MPs from the Platform for Preserving European Culture want the Czech Republic to adopt legislation which would prevent radical Islamic priests from being allowed to preach…
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Prague Zoo sends more Przewalski mares to Mongolia
Prague Zoo has sent four more Przewalski mares to Mongolia for reintroduction into the wild, within its breeding program aimed at saving the Mongolian wild horse. The zoo’…
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Šumava National Park management warned to observe international norms
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN)has called on the Czech government to ensure better protection of the Šumava National Park and make sure that the…
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Arnica releases list of main polluters
Czech firms released a smaller volume of pollutants into the environment in 2012 than in 2011, but the quantity of mercury released into the air and water went up, the…
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Weekly: study raises questions about Temelín safety
Expert analysis commissioned by Germany’s opposition Green Party, has questioned the safety of the Temelín nuclear power plant in the Czech Republic. The latest issue of…
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Three more ministerial posts filled
Prime minister designate Jiří Rusnok has filled three more ministerial posts in the emerging caretaker cabinet. Outgoing defense minister Vlastimil Picek, who has received…
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Krivoklat forests may not become nature reserve
Plans to turn the Krivoklat area into a national park may be scuppered by the fall of the centre-right government, the internet news site idnes.cz reported on Saturday…
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Bursík elected chairman of new environmental party
Former environment minister Martin Bursík was elected chairman of LES (meaning ‘forest’ in Czech and an acronym for the Liberal Ecological Party) a new party founded last…
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Prime Minister Rusnok putting together an interim cabinet
Prime Minister Jiří Rusnok is selecting candidates for his interim government. On Friday he offered the post of environment minister to the vice-president of the…
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Shooting begins on new documentary about Prague’s ecosystem
Filmmakers Marián Polák and Jan Hošek have started shooting a feature-length documentary capturing nature in Prague. The documentary, entitled Planet Prague, will reveal…
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Activists continue to protest against sale of Počerady power plant
Environmental activists continue to occupy a giant excavator at the Vršany brown coal mine in protest against the planned sale of the coal-burning Počerady electric power…
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Zeman signes into law legislation limiting use of single-use plastics
President Miloš Zeman has signed into law a bill that makes it illegal to produce and sell single-use plastic cutlery, plates and straws. The bill is in accordance with EU…
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Government ministers visiting villages devastated by 2021 tornado
A team of government ministers led by Prime Minister Petr Fiala are visiting the seven south Moravian villages devastated by a tornado last year to see the reconstruction…
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CJEU advocate general upholds Czech case in dispute over Turów mine
The advocate general of the Court of Justice of the European Union has upheld the Czech cause in the dispute over the Turów mine located near the Czech border. According…
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PM Fiala: gov’t program to focus on Czech competitiveness, pension reform
Prime Minister Petr Fiala told reporters after the first cabinet meeting of the year that the government’s program, published on Friday, aims above all to increase…
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