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A fire broke out in the industrial zone of Litovel (Olomouc Region), where wooden pallets and plastic crates burned over an area of roughly 20 by 30 metres. Firefighters managed to stop the flames and save a neighbouring warehouse. No one w

The state has presented two versions of the project for a controversial weir with a lock on the Elbe in Děčín. The CZK 6–8 billion construction is meant to improve navigation on a stretch more than 40 kilometers long, from the Masaryk locks

An evening farewell to botanist Václav Větvička, the longtime director of the Prague Botanical Garden, was held at the Hamza Clinic in Košumberk. He died on 29 July at the age of 88. As Novinky reports, the packed hall of Pavilion K heard m

A professional crew from the Jaroměř fire station responded to a road accident involving two cars in the village of Heřmanice in the Náchod district.Firefighters made the scene safe and cleared the roadway.

On a busy street used by drivers entering Brno from the north, from Útěchov, Soběšice and Adamov, road crews are milling up the asphalt and, instead of white parking markings, installing kerbs flush with the carriageway. The work will cost

Hunters in the Plzeň Region shot a record number of roe deer and fallow deer over the past year, statisticians report. Among other furred game, the figures are also some of the highest in a decade.Where hunting grew the mostThe biggest annu

Czechia has opened the Palačov link, a new 4.2-kilometre section of the I/35 road. Drivers coming off the D48 motorway can now use the new two-level Palačov interchange to reach the road leading to Lešná near Valašské Meziříčí, which connec

In Jevíčko (Svitavy district), firefighters responded to a report of a chimney fire on Dolní Farní street. A professional crew from the Moravská Třebová station, the Svitavy central fire station and the local volunteer unit from Jevíčko are

A garden cabin caught fire in Brno, and professional and volunteer firefighters were sent to the scene. According to the fire service, a crew from the Brno-Líšeň station and a volunteer unit from Brno-Slatina worked in the Brno-město distri

Firefighters were dispatched to Nové Město nad Metují in the Náchod district after a report of a gas leak on Husova street (Husova). A professional crew from the Dobruška station and local volunteer firefighters from Nové Město nad Metují w

Rubbish caught fire on V Zahradách street in the municipality of Nový Šaldorf-Sedlešovice in the Znojmo district. Professional firefighters from the central Znojmo station were dispatched to the blaze a few minutes after 7 p.m.No further de

A road accident occurred in Ústí nad Labem, in the Krásné Březno district, on Krčínova street. Professional firefighters from the Ústí nad Labem station worked at the scene: the crew cleared the roadway after the crash.The report gives no f