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One year after Prague was shaken by disastrous floods one man is back and his picture is featured on almost all the front covers this day: Sean Connery - returning for the premiere of his new film 'The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen', which was partly shot in the Czech capital.

One of the Czech Republic's cultural gems has always been the Museum of Central Bohemia. Located in the town of Roztoky, north of Prague, it boasted unique archaeological collections, an important conservation department, numerous historic artefacts, and a number of permanent exhibitions. But, last year the Vltava River burst its banks and flooded much of the museum with very little warning, leaving it devastated. How has the museum fared in the year that's passed? Dita Asiedu paid it a visit and is back with this report:

The Prague zoo became one of the symbols of last year's floods, its plight made international headlines after its lower half was completely flooded and staff battled frantically to save as many animals as possible. While over 1,000 animals were moved to safety, around ten big mammals and an estimated 80 birds were lost. The hero among the victims was a 12-year-old seal named Gaston who escaped from his pool with a wave of floodwater and swam around 120 kilometres down the swollen Vltava and Elbe rivers. He was recaptured in Germany five days later,

The Pope praying for rain, a Greenpeace protest at a Czech chemical factory, and Czech soldiers on guard against angry mobs in Iraq - all feature prominently on today's front pages. MLADA FRONTA DNES has pictures of Czech troops standing near burning tires, the result of local Iraqi unrest on Sunday. In several incidents Czech soldiers received minor injuries from stones thrown by local inhabitants. Worse was an incident in which one Iraqi man - attempting to jump a vehicle leaving the Czech base - slipped under the wheels and later died from his

It's a year now since rivers in the Czech Republic burst their banks, causing the worst flooding the country had seen for hundreds of years. The floods left seventeen people dead, towns and villages badly damaged and in some cases destroyed, and a bill of more than two and a half billion dollars - and that's not taking into account lost wages, ruined crops and other hard-to-trace costs.

Almost a year ago, the Czech Republic made headlines around the world when it was hit by the worst flooding in hundreds of years. To mark the anniversary, a new book of photographs of the devastation caused by the floods has been published. The book's called Prague Underwater, and among the photographers who contributed to it was Jitka Podzimkova, of Radio Prague's Internet department.

Farm products in an area around the infamous Czech chemical plant Spolana, north of Prague have been found to be completely inedible due to a high content of toxic substances. Experts have found chemicals such as DDT and mercury in fish and eggs and are examining other species and products. One of the possible explanations for the contamination is that massive floods that hit the Czech Republic last summer washed chemicals out into the area by the plant. A definite cause, however, has yet to be established.

Local floods caused by thunderstorms and torrential rains hit the district of Jihlava on Saturday night. In the town of Jihlava and a number of other towns and villages, water and mud flooded cellars and ground floors of houses, and blocked roads. Firemen and volunteers have been helping in the affected areas. Damage caused by the floods has not yet been established. A few days ago, local-scale floods hit the central-Moravian district of Blansko.

The chief of Prague's flood-damaged metro network, Ladislav Houdek, has resigned. Prague's Transit Authority announced his resignation on Monday without comment. The Metro's safety chief also stepped down on Friday amid an investigation into whether the underground railway was adequately protected during last summer's disaster. According to Prague mayor Pavel Bem, experts have come to the conclusion that the metro was flooded because it was only built to withstand so-called "century floods" - floods which arrive just once a century. However, the city transportation commission has also been questioning whether officials did enough to protect the metro system.

The Prague district of Karlin became one of the symbols of the devastating floods that hit the Czech Republic last August. In some parts of the district water levels reached the first floors of houses, destroying flats, street level offices and roads. The city of Prague, the Czech government and the private sector have now joined efforts to renovate and revitalise the district. As they say, they want to use the challenge of nature to make Karlin a beautiful and prosperous area