Giant catfish are turning up in Czech rivers more and more often — just recently, young angler Matyáš Prokopius pulled two fish measuring nearly 2.5 metres each out of the Orlík reservoir, with each fight lasting about 25 minutes. Scientist
The Czech town of Volary is set to build a new wastewater treatment plant aimed at improving water quality in the Lipno reservoir. According to the regional governor, the construction plans were discussed with Volary's town leadership and t
In the Czech region of Vysočina, foresters are restoring woodlands devastated by bark beetles between 2015 and 2020 — planting a more diverse and resilient mix of tree species instead of the traditional spruce monocultures. Yet experts stil
On Tuesday, a mass brawl involving around thirty people broke out at the crowded Loucky public beach in Znojmo, Czechia. According to the South Moravian Region police, no one was injured, but the participants' behaviour was deemed unaccepta
An apartment building on Nerudova Square in central Liberec caught fire on Wednesday evening. According to fire brigade spokeswoman Petra Knížková, the blaze broke out around 5:30 p.m. while residents were still inside — the exact number of
Satellite images from early August show significantly more parched, brown patches of land across Czechia than in previous years. The differences are especially striking in the Bohemian-Moravian Highlands and other mid-elevation regions, whe
A motorcyclist has died in the Šumava region after losing control on a bend, veering off the road and crashing into a tree. The accident happened on the road between the villages of Filipova Huť and Horská Kvilda. Police say the exact cause
A group of four Czech tourists — two men aged 22 and 27, and two women aged 22 — got lost on Mount Traunstein in the Austrian Alps. On Saturday, they set out to tackle a challenging via ferrata route they had picked using a mobile app, but
Near the village of Hradčany in the Brno region, a train travelling from Tišnov to Brno struck and killed a man. According to Pavel Švab, spokesperson for the South Moravian Regional Police, the victim died before rescuers arrived — his inj
"Like a Driving School, but You Start in Formula 1": Ukrainian Veterans Teach Czechs to Fight Drones
On the outskirts of Prague, an unusual three-week course is underway: Ukrainian veterans are teaching Czechs how to operate combat FPV drones — the very same quadcopters that have become a key weapon on the front lines in Ukraine. The progr
On Saturday afternoon, firefighters were called to V pevnosti street in Prague's Vyšehrad district, where a section of roofing measuring roughly two by two metres had caught fire. The house, protected as a national cultural monument and loc
A fatal accident occurred in South Bohemia, in the Tábor region, when a motorcyclist left the road and crashed straight into a cornfield. According to rescuers, the man suffered severe multiple injuries and died at the scene despite efforts