City Authorities Select Legal Representatives for Property Dispute with Local Businessman
At a meeting on Wednesday 16 January, the city council chose law firm Havel, Kuchař, Ryšavá (HKR), a specialist in property law, as its legal representatives in the city’s ongoing…
No Point In Denying Anything: Young Man “Caught Silver-Handed” Near Central Station
A 17-year-old foreign national was “caught silver-handed” by the Municipal Police at 3:30am on Saturday. Photo credit: MP Brno. Brno, Jan 21 (BD) - Is graffiti art or crime? Brno…
Data Aggregator Numbeo Publishes 2019 Quality of Life Index Placing Brno Above Prague, London, and New York
Online database Numbeo compiles user-contributed data on a wide variety of indicators to produce a Quality of Life Index for 226 global cities. The website’s 2019 edition ranked Brno in…
New Working Group Aims to Coordinate Reconstructions and Road Closures in Brno
Last week, 25 representatives of Brno businesses and city departments, the South Moravian Region and the Roads and Motorways Directorate met for the first time as part of the working…
Eleven Proposals For New Design of Zone 5 of Nová Zbrojovka Open For Public Consultation
The public are now voting between 11 different proposals for the design of the central part of the ;In the picture: Nová Zbrojovka ;Credit: CPI Property Group. Brno, Jan 19 (BD)…
Czech Firms Employing Increasing Number of Foreign Workers
According to the Czech Statistical Office (CZSO), over 10% of the workers employed in the Czech Republic are foreign nationals. The largest national group is Slovaks, though there are also…
Brno City Authorities Take Another Step Towards Approval of a New Wing at Úrazová nemocnice
At a meeting on Wednesday, Brno city council recommended that the municipal government (zastupitelstvo) approve amendments to the city’s Territorial Plan, required for the construction of a proposed new wing…
City Announces Plans for Residential Home for Seniors on Cejl
The City Council announced the launch of a tendering process for the project on Wednesday. According to the plans, the first inhabitants may be able to move in as early…
GO and Regiontour Exhibitions To Give Brno Exhibition Centre a Tourism Theme
From 17-20 January, two tourism exhibitions will take place at Brno Exhibition Centre, showing off the best that South Moravia has to offer while also informing Brno residents of some…
Car Intercepted Crossing Border from Slovakia into Czech Republic Carrying Iraqi Refugees
A pursuit that began in Slovakia due to speeding finally led to the arrest of the driver in South Moravia, and the discovery of eight Iraqi nationals in the car. Photo:…