European Journal | Czech Republic: A Bohemian Village Goes S

DW (English) 2009-06-19

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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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