Ostrava awarded for the top presentation about the environment
Ostrava with its presentation of environmental information is at the head of Czech cities. On 18 January 2018, results of the seventh year of the… Read »
A thousand households have applied for boiler replacements
Over a thousand households have applied for subsidies to replace old non-environmentally-friendly boilers within a so-called Boiler Subsidy program. Tomáš Macura, the Mayor of Ostrava,… Read »
Cranes from Ostrava have postponed their southward migration
Common cranes (also known as Eurasian cranes) are birds which migrate annually from Central Europe to warmer habitats in southern Europe, where they spent the… Read »
Find the Source
As in previous years, Ostrava’s water management company OVAK is celebrating World Water Day with its fun educational project “Find the Source”, targeted at children… Read »
New card payment options for public transport passengers
Ostrava’s public transport company is planning changes in its contactless card payment systems. At the moment, cardholders can only buy tickets for themselves – but… Read »
Local fees in Ostrava remain unchanged in 2018
The fees collected by the City of Ostrava from citizens (waste collection) and visitors (hotel guests) will remain the same in 2018 as in previous… Read »
IT4Innovations – a partner in the TETRAMAX project
TETRAMAX: supporting innovative solutions in low-energy computing TETRAMAX is a new project which supports innovation by financing experiments in various types of technology transfer between… Read »
DemoCar electric quad bike
Most small boys love playing with toy cars. And now the big boys from the Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Ostrava’s Technical… Read »
University of Ostrava wins record grant funding
Science Faculty leads the rankings This year, the University of Ostrava won funding from the Czech Science Foundation (GAČR) for a record 19 projects –… Read »
First electric vehicle for OVAK company
Ostrava’s water management company OVAK (Ostravské vodárny a kanalizace) makes a major contribution to life in the city – helping to drive environmental improvements and… Read »