Related articles
Current AffairsSenior coalition Civic Democrats lose Prague, other big cities in local elections
The municipal and Senate elections that took place in the Czech Republic
over the weekend have no clear winners – but they do have several losers.
In the local elections, independent candidates won the most seats on
municipal councils, while the coalition Civic Democrats suffered a serious
setback, losing most big and medium-sized towns and cities, including the
capital Prague. In the first round of voting for seats to a third of the
Senate, 22 Social Democrat candidates made it to the second round, followed
by 19 Civic Democrats. More
Current AffairsEnvironment minister wants change of policy on bark beetle devastation
The new environment minister, Pavel Drobil, went to the Šumava National
Park at the weekend to get a firsthand look at a problem that has literally
plagued the forest for decades – the damage caused by bark beetle
infestations. After viewing some of the worst-affected areas he declared
the current strategy of leaving nature to clean up after itself untenable,
to the dissatisfaction of environmental groups and others, who fear
increased logging.
More
MagazineMagazine
Heat, animals, hot animals and jailbirds, even a bit of what you can find
in a leading politician's mobile phone, all in today's Magazine with
Christian Falvey.
More
+1
+10
