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Residents of two municipalities in Czech Republick rejected an incinerator and landfill expansion, exposing weaknesses in waste project permitting

Residents of two municipalities in Czech Republick rejected an incinerator and landfill expansion, exposing weaknesses in waste project permitting

Residents of Písek and Čáslav have rejected two major waste management projects in local votes, even though both had previously received positive decisions under the...

Informed Citizens Can Reduce Chemical Exposure, But Systemic Market Change Must Come First

Informed Citizens Can Reduce Chemical Exposure, But Systemic Market Change Must Come First

Hamburg and Prague, 25 June 2026 . The pan-European LIFE ChemBee project demonstrated that informed citizens can significantly reduce their exposure to hazardous substances...

Housing in Central Europe is becoming unaffordable. The V4 countries are facing a structural crisis

Housing in Central Europe is becoming unaffordable. The V4 countries are facing a structural crisis

Housing affordability in the Visegrad Four (V4) countries has deteriorated significantly in recent years. According to a new international analysis, this is a deep-rooted...

Arnika and DetoxED Join Medical Community to Combat Endocrine Disruptors

Arnika and DetoxED Join Medical Community to Combat Endocrine Disruptors

PRAGUE — The 28th European Society of Endocrinology (ECE) Congress, held in Prague this week, brought together over 4,500 delegates and provided a premier platform for Arnika and...

The Sound of Contamination: All Analysed Headphones on the Central European Market Found to Contain Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals

The Sound of Contamination: All Analysed Headphones on the Central European Market Found to Contain Hormone-Disrupting Chemicals

PRAGUE, 18 February 2026 – A landmark international study across five Central European countries has found hazardous chemicals in every single pair of headphones analysed, from...

When Young People Are Given Space, Change Happens.  Lessons from the First Phase of a Project in Serbia

When Young People Are Given Space, Change Happens. Lessons from the First Phase of a Project in Serbia

Environmental quality is an increasingly important issue for young people in Serbia, ranking just behind personal freedom. At the same time, many of them distrust institutions...

Belarus: Two Years After Withdrawing From the Aarhus Convention

Belarus: Two Years After Withdrawing From the Aarhus Convention

On July 18, 2022, it became known that Belarus intended to withdraw from the Aarhus Convention, with the decision taking effect on October 24, 2022. According to the authorities,...

Czech know-how supports Armenia in transforming its mining regions

Czech know-how supports Armenia in transforming its mining regions

The legacy of the historic mining industry continues to affect many Armenian regions, leaving its mark on the landscape, the health of local people, and the social life of entire...

Armenian Villages Trapped by Mining Waste Call for Justice and Clean Water

Armenian Villages Trapped by Mining Waste Call for Justice and Clean Water

In Armenia’s Syunik region, environmental burdens, social problems, and a lack of basic services are intertwined in everyday life. The villages of Gomaran and Geghanush are among...

European Commission sacrifices public health on the altar of “competitiveness”

European Commission sacrifices public health on the altar of “competitiveness”

Arnika criticises the proposed repeal of the obligation to report data to the SCIP database, the tool tracking the presence of hazardous substances in products placed on the EU...

Moldovan Rangers in the Krkonoše National Park

Moldovan Rangers in the Krkonoše National Park

Moldovan volunteer rangers from several protected areas gained valuable experience and knowledge from their Czech peers from the Krkonoše National Park (KRNAP) during a week-long...

Six years of environmental work in Transnistria show progress in nature protection, landscape restoration and community engagement

Six years of environmental work in Transnistria show progress in nature protection, landscape restoration and community engagement

Arnika and its local partner Ecological Society BIOTICA are presenting a six- year overview of environmental work carried out on the left bank of the Dniester River. From 2020 to...