The City and SAKO Company To Hand Out 3,000 Compost Bins For Free
Get your hands dirty. Get a free compost bin and start recycling organic waste in your garden. From 2013 to 2017, around 1,900 compost bins were handed out, and in…
Stanislav Krecek, Zeman Ally and Former CSSD Parliamentarian, Appointed Ombudsman of the Czech Republic With Support From Far-Right
The appointment follows controversy over President Milos Zeman’s initial choice, due to her links to a Communist-era prosecutor. Krecek is the previous Deputy Ombudsman, and had serious disagreements with outgoing…
Constitutional Court Upholds “Lex Babis” Law on Ministerial Conflicts of Interest
The Constitutional Court in Brno announced its verdict on a complaint moved by President Milos Zeman and political allies three years ago. The judges decided that the law is in…
ANO Retains Poll Lead With ODS Second After Slight Increase, According To New Median Poll
A new voting intention survey from Median indicates that the governing ANO movement still has the support of just under one third of Czech voters, despite Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s…
New Indoor Sports Arena In Bohunice Under Threat Due To Funding Shortfall
Construction of the new sports hall was scheduled to begin last month, but was pushed back five months. Now a gap in funding has raised the possibility that the project…
A New Challenge for Czech Education: Number of Foreign School Children Increasing Every Year
The number of foreign children in the Czech educational system is increasing, reflecting the growing number of foreigners coming to the Czech Republic. Since the school year 2013/2014, the number…
Proposal To Name The Square In Front of the Future Janáček Cultural Centre After Ludvík Kundera
Brno-Center District Council approved, as quickly as possible, a proposal to name the future square after Ludvík Kundera, the first Rector of the Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts…
Senate President Jaroslav Kubera Dies Aged 72
Kubera, President of the Senate and a long-term Mayor of Teplice, died in hospital in Usti on Sunday evening, after a rapid deterioration in his health over the weekend. The…
Andrej Babiš Promises More Than CZK Three Billion To Brno’s Hospitals During Visit To The City
Billions of Czech crowns were promised to two of Brno’s main hospitals by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) on his visit to Brno on Wednesday. University Hospital in Bohunice needs…
Brno Joins Cities4FOOD Project Supporting and Promoting Local Food Production
Last week councillors agreed that Brno will join Barcelona, Padua, Ghent, Frankfurt and other European cities in the international Cities4FOOD project, to accelerate social development towards sustainable food use. Photo:…