News EIB lends €827m for Czech Republic rail upgrades The European Investment Bank (EIB) will make €827m available for spending on the Czech Republic’s rail sector; a €527m will be spent on the network and €300m on train upgrades.…
News Czech PM opens country’s first PPP motorway, says more needed Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala opened the country’s first motorway procured through a public-private partnership (PPP) this week after a €530m project Vinci Construction started just under four years ago.…
News European firms plan to build rice-straw houses in Nigeria Companies from Sweden and Czechia have teamed up with the Nigerian government to offer houses built partly from rice straw. Sweden’s Our Ecolution and Czech firm Ekopanely both make boards…
News UK’s Rolls-Royce picked for Czech small-reactor scheme Czech utility CEZ has named British engineer Rolls-Royce as the preferred candidate to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) from a shortlist of seven companies from the UK, France, the US…
News Korean officials call Czech reactors low-price claim ‘unfounded fake news’ South Korea’s government has dismissed claims from Korean opposition politicians that its bid to build two nuclear reactors in Czechia had been underpriced and that costs would inevitably increase once work began, the Korean Herald reports.
Projects Bobcat helps commemorate Bronze Age grave find Heavy equipment-maker Bobcat notes the use of one of its machines on a striking, archeology-themed art project in Czechia. Local artists recreated a Bronze Age grave in the village of…
News Korean nuclear engineer submits final bid for Czech reactor Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) has submitted its final bid to build a nuclear power unit in Czechia, the Korea Economic Daily reports. KHNP is up against French state-owned…
News Czechia borrows €992m to upgrade rail network The European Investment Bank (EIB) has agreed to lend €992m to Czechia to help it upgrade its railways and cut road freight. The loan, the EIB’s largest to the country,…
News Czech architect CHK recreates greenhouse where science of genetics was born Work has been completed on Mendel’s Greenhouse in Brno, Czechia, the founder of modern genetics conducted his experiments with varieties of pea flowers. According to the designer, Czech architect Chybik…