On Thursday afternoon, a passenger train collided with a truck at a level crossing near Dobronice, close to the village of Chýnov in the Tábor region. According to Martin Kavka, spokesman for the Railway Administration, one person suffered
An explosion occurred on Thursday afternoon in the Czech town of Kroměříž during repair work on a water pipe, leaving two people injured, police spokeswoman Šárka Trnková reported.According to Veronika Slámenová, spokeswoman for the Zlín Re
At Podyjí National Park in Czechia, conservationists are restoring rare steppe and meadow habitats through what's known as "conservation seed farming" — collecting and sowing seeds from native plants. According to the park administration, t
The Regional Court has once again quashed the permit for part of a development project in the village of Dolní Vltavice on Lipno Lake, ruling that the Šumava National Park Authority failed to prove the existence of an overriding public inte
The global antidepressant market reached roughly $18.1 billion in 2024, and analysts predict it will exceed $41 billion by 2037 — with women making up the lion's share of consumers. In the US, the proportion of women taking antidepressants
Scientists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences and Charles University have studied the deadliest weather-related disasters on Czech territory between 1851 and 2025, compiling a list of 13 tragedies wit
The Nové Mlýny reservoir cascade in southern Moravia — Mušov, Věstonice and Nové Mlýny itself — no longer serves its original purpose of irrigating farmland. Instead, every summer it turns into a shallow "incubator" for toxic blue-green alg
Four years after the devastating fire in Bohemian Switzerland National Park, the scorched land has transformed into a living forest teeming with plant and animal life, park spokesman Jan Salov has reported.Nature began recovering almost imm
Farmers in the South Bohemian Region are being forced to reduce their cattle herds as a severe drought leaves them short of hay and grass to see the animals through winter. The season's second cut of grass, carried out by farmers in recent
Firefighters have put out the blaze at high-rise building No. 34 in the centre of Zlín after nearly two weeks of work, the regional fire service press office announced on Wednesday afternoon. The fire is believed to have started on the 9th
A traffic accident involving a motorcycle and a car occurred at the seventh kilometer of the D1 motorway heading toward Brno. The crash happened around 1 p.m., injuring the motorcyclist and his passenger, both of whom were taken to hospital
In the village of Stáj in the Vysočina Region, home to around 200 people, the local water supply — drawn from wells — could no longer keep up with residents' needs, leaving the village short on water. Local authorities have decided to drill