Scientists from Charles University in Prague have discovered the world's oldest evidence of horizontal tectonic plate movement in Canada: a curved mountain belt roughly 2.7 billion years old, formed by the collision of lithospheric blocks.
On the evening of Wednesday, August 12, 2026, a partial solar eclipse will be visible across Czechia — the Moon will cover most of the Sun's disc, and in the east of the country residents will be treated to a rare sight: the setting sun shr
A powerful storm cut off electricity to the town of Vizovice and its surrounding area, causing serious technical problems for the Masters of Rock music festival. Organisers reported that the entire town and the surrounding area were left co
Severe thunderstorms swept across eastern Czechia on Sunday, bringing hurricane-force winds, heavy rain and hail — the Zlín Region and eastern Silesia were hit hardest, firefighters reported.According to Kamil Guštiak, spokesman for the Zlí
On Sunday afternoon, authorities began evacuating buildings near the burning Building No. 34 of the former Svit industrial complex in Zlín, citing the threat of strengthening winds during an approaching storm. According to Kamil Guštiak, sp
Czechia has 6,258 municipalities — an absolute European record for the number of settlements per capita — with the average Czech village home to just around 1,700 residents. Three-quarters of Czech "obce" (municipalities) have fewer than a
Jaroslav Zvěřina, one of the Czech Republic's most prominent psychiatrists and sexologists and chairman of the Sexological Society of the Czech Medical Association, has died at the age of 81. His death was announced by urologist Libor Zámeč
Only 77,600 children were born in Czechia in 2025 — the lowest number since 1785, according to demographic data. The average fertility rate (children per woman) has fallen to 1.28, down from 1.83 in 2020–2021, which at the time was one of t
On Saturday, around 1:30 PM, in the Staré Hamry area of the Beskydy Mountains, a 37-year-old cyclist lost control while descending a road leading from a tourist lodge to route I/56, falling to the ground and ending up partly on the roadway.
As of July 1, Czech dentists will, with rare exceptions, no longer be allowed to use amalgam fillings — the temporary exemption granted to Czechia and Slovenia by the European Union has expired, while the ban has already been in force in th
The Czech Ministry of Health and radiology experts say the lead aprons that have covered patients during X-rays for decades are now largely useless — and in some cases even harmful, as they can degrade image quality and prompt the machine t
In the town of Nýřany near Plzeň, a passer-by noticed a listless, motionless cat lying in the grass. The find was reported by Vlastimila Suchá of the Kočičí Svět cat welfare association, whom the woman who spotted the animal contacted.At fi