The Czech Ministry of Culture has announced two days of free admission to state-owned heritage sites. According to the National Heritage Institute (NPÚ), the initiative will cover nearly all of the roughly one hundred sites under state admi
Police in the Krkonoše Mountains are trying to establish the identity of an unknown man who was found lying near an ambulance station in the evening. The call came in shortly before 8 p.m., according to police spokeswoman Šárka Pižlová.Acco
The water level in Orlík, the largest reservoir in Czechia, has dropped by a full metre in just one week, falling below the 340-metre mark above sea level. According to water management officials, this is roughly nine metres below the desir
The annual report by the child social and legal protection authorities (OSPOD) for 2025 has recorded an alarming record: 11,441 cases of violence, neglect and abuse against children in Czechia — 1,286 more than the year before.According to
After a brief cool spell in Czechia and neighbouring countries, the region is bracing for another wave of extreme heat — weather models are forecasting temperatures above 40°C from Tuesday through Thursday.Hungary will bear the brunt of it,
Petr Arenberger, the former Czech Minister of Health who until recently headed the dermatology clinic at Prague's Vinohrady Hospital, has left the institution following a series of internal audits that uncovered serious irregularities in pa
Public voting for the E.ON Energy Globe environmental award continues until the end of August, with five projects competing for this year's title, spanning approaches from industrial technology to educational and community initiatives. Anyo
Nature conservationists have discovered a rare butterfly species — the Scarce Large Blue (Czech: modrásek očkovaný) — within the protected Moravian Karst area, according to the administration of the Moravian Karst Protected Landscape Area (
The Czech town of Vyškov has expanded its watering programme for municipal trees and green spaces as the ongoing drought drags on, bringing in an extra work crew from the start of July to help keep up with the demand.Since April, a single d
The United States has recorded its first two deaths linked to an outbreak of the intestinal parasite Cyclospora cayetanensis, which health officials have tied to an iceberg lettuce salad served at the fast-food chain Taco Bell. In response
A worrying incident took place in Czechia when a father briefly stepped off a train during a stop — only for the train to pull away without him, leaving his five-year-old daughter on board alone. The girl was left by herself in the carriage
Prague's Václav Havel Library will enter the new season with a revamped team, a new director and, quite possibly, under a different name. That's according to Marek Merka, the institution's crisis manager, who made the announcement on Monday