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A severe drought in Czechia has triggered a sharp shortage of animal feed, forcing farmers to sell off livestock on a large scale, the Agrarian Association of the Czech Republic reports. According to the association's chairman, Jaroslav Šeb

A coalition of civic organisations has issued a public appeal calling for the abandonment of the northern route for a planned expressway through the Bohemian Paradise (Český ráj) nature reserve, urging authorities to consider a southern alt

On a stretch of the D1 motorway between Fulnek and Ostrava, traffic police in the Moravian-Silesian Region ran a special operation against sluggish trucks that kept trying to overtake one another anyway. To keep an eye on the traffic, offic

Václav Havel Airport Prague has completed the modernisation of its main runway, and planes are set to return to it as early as Friday around 3:00 PM — barring any unforeseen issues, according to airfield infrastructure development manager M

Radomír Lašák, the new chairman of the board of Prague Airport, who took charge of the state-owned company on 1 August, has begun reshuffling his closest circle of managers. He has appointed Soňa Bergmannová, who previously worked for the A

Helicopter Alliance, a company owned by well-known Czech arms manufacturer Jaroslav Strnad, has filed a police report against an unidentified person or persons posting on social media under the name Tomáš Paukner. This was announced on Tues

For two months now, the Krkonoše National Park has been led by a new director — Petr Moravec, appointed on June 18 by Environment Minister Igor Červený (Motorists party). However, the choice of candidate has sparked a wave of criticism amon

On Saturday evening in Prague’s... well, actually Plzeň’s Lochotín district, a radar in a municipal police patrol car caught a motorcyclist speeding at 120 km/h on Karlovarská Street, where the city speed limit is 50 km/h.According to Jana

A road accident involving two passenger cars occurred in the Czech town of Pelhřimov, in the Vlásenice area. Professional firefighters from Pelhřimov's central station were dispatched to the scene.The collision left one person injured; they

On Saturday, a brawl broke out in the woods near Churáňov hill in Šumava between two cyclists and a group of blueberry pickers. According to Jiří Matzner, spokesman for the South Bohemian Region police, officers were called to the scene aft

The Czech Ministry of the Environment has closed a years-long investigation into the alleged illegal dumping of construction waste at the Heřmanice coal spoil heap in Ostrava, clearing the main suspect — the firm Ridera Bohemia — of any wro

A traffic accident occurred in the town of Valašské Meziříčí in the Vsetín district, where a passenger car crashed into a fence on Kolaříkova Street. The incident was reported by the town's central fire station.Professional firefighters fro