Vlasta Pavelcová, a ballerina considered one of the most significant figures in the history of Ostrava ballet, has died at the age of 93. She was a leading soloist with the ballet company of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Ostrava
Archaeologists in the Czech town of Litoměřice have uncovered a grave more than six thousand years old, containing the remains of a teenage boy who died at around 15 years of age. The excavation wrapped up last week, and the discovery was m
On Monday, the Czech government approved a state funeral for the late artist, educator and former rector of the Academy of Fine Arts, Milan Knížák. The decision was announced by Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlíček at a press conference fol
Reports of a mysterious large feline predator continue to come in from the South Bohemian Region — witnesses describe the animal as a big black cat resembling a puma. On Sunday, a woman from the Tábor area managed to film the creature on vi
Sixty-year-old Czech chemist Pavel Jungwirth has died by suicide, the magazine Respekt reports, citing its long-standing collaboration with the scientist.According to the magazine, Jungwirth passed away "completely unexpectedly, amid person
Temperatures in Czechia are set to soar sharply this week: meteorologists forecast daytime highs of up to 37°C in the latter half of the week, with the mercury possibly touching 40°C from Friday onward. The heat is being driven up from Nort
The Czech government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has backed a bill that would completely ban mobile phones in nursery schools, primary schools and the lower grades of grammar schools and conservatories. The ban could take effect from
In the village of Světlá Hora in the Moravian-Silesian Region, mayor Aloiš Šimčík ordered excavators and trucks to dig a new artificial channel for the Skrbovický stream and fill in the old one with rubbish from a local dump — all without o
The Czech government is preparing changes that would make it easier to remove decaying (smouldering) deadwood from forests, including areas within national parks. The official justification is fire prevention, but environmental experts argu
The Teachers' Platform — a professional association of Czech educators — has called on the state and school founders to develop a unified standard for how kindergartens and schools should operate during periods of extreme heat. According to
A platform uniting Czech municipalities and organizations opposed to the construction of a deep repository for radioactive waste has voiced strong disagreement with a forthcoming amendment to the building law and plans to ask senators to bl
The hunting association in Pardubice has completed the reconstruction of a training centre originally built back in 1949, known locally as “Dřevák” — from the Czech word for “wood,” since the building was originally made of timber.According