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In May 2011, Centre for Public Opinion Research asked questions about environment and its protection. Czech citizens should evaluate activity of Czech Republic in this area and also activities of some state institutions and ecological organizations in these questions. Concretely we were interested in opinions of Czechs on activity of Government, Ministry of the Environment of the Czech Republic, Parliament, Regional Offices, Municipal Offices.

In May 2011 Public Opinion Research Centre asked questions about environment. People were inquired about their activities in environment protection and their willingness to do something in favour of environment. We also investigated, whether Czechs are interested in information about the environment and have enough this kind of information.

In May, The Public Opinion Research Centre examined the views on abortion, euthanasia and capital punishment. More than two-thirds of Czechs believe that a woman has a right to abortion. Nearly two-thirds agree with euthanasia and the same percentage agrees with the capital punishment.

According to May 2011 survey of CVVM people are more satisfied with state of environment at their place of residence (70%) than in Czech republic in general (59%). Respondents were most satisfied with accessability of free nature (83% "satisfied"), quality of drinking water (84%) and cleanness of surrounding nature (75%). On the other hand respondents were dissatisfied with impact of density of traffic on the environment (58% "dissatisfied", 41% "satisfied").

May survey of CVVM SOÚ AV ČR focused on the matter of values and their importance for Czech people.

Within its May survey, Public Opinion Research Centre focused on the environment. The survey also investigated how Czech citizens evaluate relevancy of some problems related to global environment. As a most important problems were marked cumulation of garbage (93% „very + quite important problem“), polution of drinking water (91%), lack of drinking water (85%) and disappearance of rain forests (83%).

The survey of May touched briefly the issue of drugs and their use in the Czech Republic. People were asked whether and how much they perceive the current situation regarding drug use to be a problem in the Czech Republic as a country, and specifically in their place of residence. Furthermore, the survey investigated whether institutions in the Czech Republic deal with the drug problem adequately, inadequately or excessively in the view of the public.

In April, the Center for Public Opinion Research focused on satisfaction with life in the locality in general and selected living conditions in the vicinity of residence. 70% of Czechs are satisfied with living conditions in their place of residence. A fifth said neutral variant. A tenth is not satisfied.

In May 2011, CVVM survey focused on public opinion on rights of gays and lesbians such as right to get married, right for registered partnership and right for children adoption.

Press release offers information about some attitudes of Czech citizens towards nuclear energy that were surveyed especially in the context of Fukushima accident. Some of the results are comparable with the survey, made in this long-lasting project after the Chernobyl accident.