European Journal | Czech Republic
3,825 views · Published 19 June 2009 · 5:14 · Indexed 4 October 2026
Channel: DW News · 2009 · News & Politics
The Czech village Jindrichovice in the Karkonosze mountains wants to do away with bureaucracy and presidential polemics. So its 700 residents have broken away from the government in Prague. A sign at the entrance to the village reads 'No Entry for Bureaucrats'. The community within the Czech-Polish-German border triangle has secured its own wind-generated electricity,its own water supply and heats all public buildings with bio fuel. A portrait of Czech individuality as the country comes to the end of its EU Council Presidency.
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