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With snow in mountainous areas and resorts in the Czech Republic averaging
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their snowmobiles in recent days and weeks. The number of skidoos on Czech
trails has only continued to grow in recent years and with increased
traffic have come greater concerns and greater risk – one reason why
officials from the country’s Road Transport Services Centre conducted
checks in the area of Špindlerův Mlýn last week. More
Current AffairsPoliticians wade into bark-beetle fray
A continuing standoff between ecological activists and loggers in the
Šumava National Park is continuing to heat up. For more than a fortnight
now activists have been chaining themselves to trees slated for felling –
stressing that logging commissioned by the park in protected areas is
illegal. Under existing regulations, they have argued, trees in the nature
reserve must be allowed to decay naturally. The park management has
countered by saying that only felling will prevent further locations from
being devastated by the bark-beetle. The dispute has now divided senior
politicians, some of whom are calling for immediate talks to try and
resolve the dispute. More
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