Senate passes bill on Brdy military zone

As expected, the upper house of Parliament has passed a bill abolishing the Brdy military zone, south-west of Prague. The draft law also reduces the area of other military zones in the Czech Republic. Defence Minister Martin Stropnický said in the past that the Czech Armed Forces no longer had the need for such a large site, which was originally designed for some 115,000 soldiers. Today, troop numbers stand at around 21,000. If the bill is signed into law by the president, the Army will release some 42,000 hectares out of the total of 130,000.

Author: Jan Velinger