On 7 July, Ostrava Zoo welcomed an unexpected new arrival: a male calf of the rare and endangered Rothschild's giraffe subspecies. According to zoo spokeswoman Šárka Nováková, this is the first offspring for the five-year-old mother and the
Satellite images are capturing a dramatic shift in the landscape across France, the Iberian Peninsula, the British Isles, Italy and several parts of Central Europe, including Czechia: in just a few weeks, vegetation has turned from lush gre
A new multi-storey car park worth around 300 million crowns has opened at the University Hospital in Ostrava-Poruba. Contrary to residents' hopes, however, it will for now be accessible only to hospital staff and ambulances.Many people in O
Václav Havel's name has disappeared from a building on Ostrovní Street in Prague: above the door, where a sign reading "Václav Havel Library" once hung, there is now only an empty frame, and the plaque on the building's wall has vanished to
The Polish market in the border town of Zabełków was packed with Czech shoppers on Saturday — people come here not just for cheap produce, but for better fuel prices too. The gap is especially noticeable when it comes to liquefied petroleum
According to the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (CHMI), a powerful storm system will move across the country on Sunday — travelling from southwestern Bohemia through the Vysočina region towards Moravia, which it is expected to reach la
Starting in October, Czechia is overhauling how it calculates the unified housing benefit, dubbed the "super-benefit." Instead of grouping municipalities into three broad categories, the state will now set housing cost reimbursement ceiling
A head-on collision between two coach buses has occurred near Znojmo, Czechia. According to police, around 40 people were injured in the crash."All emergency services are already on the scene. Initial reports indicate the buses collided hea
A major incident shut down the D1 motorway between Šternov and Psáře this morning: a minibus carrying nine passengers caught fire, and shortly afterward one driver failed to react in time to the resulting tailback, crashing into several sta
Starting January 1, a new Czech law is supposed to take effect requiring all organisations working with children — from Scout groups to sports clubs — to check so-called child certificates (documents confirming staff over the age of 15 have
The Czech Constitutional Court has rejected an appeal from a judge who tried to overturn a disciplinary penalty imposed for improperly questioning minors. Judge Kučerová, during a conversation with a brother and sister, attempted to convinc
World Chimpanzee Day has once again drawn attention to the serious threats facing these great apes. Beyond poaching and illegal trade, chimpanzees also suffer from habitat loss — as forests are cleared for agriculture and mining — as well a