Czech artist, musician and former director of the National Gallery Milan Knížák has died at the age of 86. He was one of the key figures on the Czechoslovak and Czech art scene of the second half of the 20th century, with a body of work spa
Around fifty professional firefighters and volunteers are continuing to battle a forest fire on a steep hillside near the village of Velhartice in Czechia's Klatovy district. The blaze broke out on Saturday around 4:00 pm, and by Sunday it
At Hádecká planinka near Brno, the conservation group Rezekvítek is restoring the landscape to what it looked like back in the 1930s — open steppe and sun-loving oak woodland in place of today's overgrown scrub. According to Rezekvítek repr
Another wolf pack has settled on the northwestern edge of the Jizera Mountains Protected Landscape Area (CHKO), with territory partly overlapping the surroundings of the village of Lipová-lázně but extending mainly further north, around Váp
Podyjí National Park in Czechia has reopened its revamped educational trail, "Trees of Podyjí," which introduces visitors to 58 species of woody plants — ranging from towering forest giants to shrubs, fruit trees and grapevines. The news co
After Sunday's storms and Monday's cooldown, the weather in Czechia is set to swing dramatically once again: starting as early as Tuesday, temperatures will begin climbing back up, with highs of up to 36°C expected by the end of the week, a
The town of Holice in the Pardubice Region is putting the finishing touches on a new reuse center — a facility where residents will be able to drop off unwanted but still functional items free of charge, and pick up things left behind by ot
New scent barriers designed to cut down on collisions between cars and wild animals have been installed along a road near the village of Trhová Kamenice in the Chrudim district, the Czech News Agency (ČTK) reports.These barriers aren't a ph
In the Czech town of Karviná, a large-scale reconstruction of the Dubina forest park is underway, as builders reshape the local watercourse — turning it from a straight channel into a naturally winding, meandering riverbed.“With this work,
Ostrava Zoo has once again joined an international project to save the northern bald ibis — this time in a new region of Spain, where two chicks hatched at the Czech zoo last year have already been relocated.The zoo previously took part in
Nearly 45% of patients hospitalised with tick-borne encephalitis are still dealing with long-term effects of the disease six months after infection — chronic fatigue, headaches, and problems with memory and concentration. That's according t
Czech Radiocommunications (CRA) has put the Liblice B radio masts up for sale near the town of Český Brod — two 355-metre guyed towers built in 1976, among the tallest structures of their kind in Europe. The towers lost their original purpo