Summary of newspapers of the previous day - 15. 4. 2024

An association of self-governments will not recommend municipalities to reduce a tax on agricultural and forest land

The Association of Local Self-Governments (SMS ČR) does not recommend municipalities tu reduce a tax on agricultural and forest land through coefficients. According to them, such a decision is fully within the competence of individual municipalities, it stated in the press release.

The following two weeks, for which meteorologists predict night frosts, will be decisive for this year's fruit harvest in the Czech Republic. Because this year's fruit tree vegetation is accelerated by up to a month, frosts can threaten everything

This year's fruit harvest in the Czech Republic will depend on the following two weeks, for which meteorologists predict night frosts. Because this year's fruit tree vegetation is accelerated by up to a month, frosts can threaten all fruit species, including the main species of apple trees.

Customs officers discovered a van with almost half a ton of objectionable meat on D8 near Lovosice in Litoměřice region

Customs officers from Ústí nad Labem discovered almost half a ton of poultry meat and seafood transported in a van in unsuitable conditions. A small truck belonging to a Czech carrier was stopped on the D8 highway near Lovosice in Litoměřice region. The inspectors defaced the thawed products with dye and ordered their disposal in a sanitation company.

Due to a risk of fires, Lesy ČR have banned burning of brushwood in their forests

Although the law prohibits making fires, smoking, and throwing burning and smouldering objects in forests, the carelessness of visitors is the most common cause of forest fires.