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10/12/2026
Czech counterintelligence chief Michal Koudelka has warned that Russia could step up its operations against NATO countries in the coming months.
Speaking at an international conference in the Chamber of Deputies, the head of the Security Information Service (BIS) said Russia was pursuing hostile activities aimed at weakening Western democracies from within, including the Czech Republic, and undermining the cohesion of international organisations, particularly NATO and the EU.
He said possible Russian operations could include sabotage attacks on facilities supporting Ukraine, drone or missile strikes on weapons depots intended for Ukraine and, in an extreme scenario, a limited military operation against a NATO member state.
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10/12/2026
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Monday rebuked the leader of the junior coalition party Freedom and Direct Democracy Tomio Okamura for commenting on European affairs, which the prime minister said were none of his concern.
Speaking to journalists, Okamura said that at the upcoming EU summit Mr. Babiš should push for the EU to hold talks with Russia on reaching a peace agreement . “He has no business interfering in this,” Babiš told reporters later, adding that Okamura is not a member of the cabinet.
According to the prime minister, the summit’s main agenda will be European competitiveness and the EU’s multiannual financial framework.
Mr. Babis earlier noted that he was interest to see how EU leaders would respond to President Trump’s deal to import diesel from Russia, which he described as a major slap in the face for Europe.
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10/12/2026
Czechia should urge EU leaders to negotiate with Russia on peace in Ukraine at this week’s summit in Brussels, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) leader Tomio Okamura said on Monday.
Speaking after a meeting of the governing coalition of ANO, SPD and the Motorists, Okamura said Czechia should not support the war but instead push for peace talks with Moscow, following the example of the United States. He added that his proposal had met with no objections, including from Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO).
Asked specifically whether Prime Minister Babiš shared his position, Okamura said he could not speak on the prime minister’s behalf, but noted that Babiš had not opposed the proposal at the coalition meeting.
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10/12/2026
The environmental organisation Hnutí Duha plans to seek court enforcement over an apology published on Facebook by MP Filip Turek of the Motorists’ party. It says he failed to comply with a court order because the apology did not meet the ruling’s requirements.
In April, Turek blamed the organisation for blocking a dam project, claiming this had contributed to several deaths during floods. He also described its members as parasites who needed to be exterminated.
Although Turek published an apology on Facebook, he added further remarks targeting the organisation. Hnutí Duha considers these additional comments an attack and says the apology is insufficient. It argues that the court ordered Turek to apologise, not to use the opportunity to launch further criticism.
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10/12/2026
Artificial intelligence and other technologies can bring major benefits but also increase manipulation and surveillance, creating risks that society does not yet fully understand or know how to control, President Petr Pavel said in an address opening the international Forum 2000 conference in Prague on Monday.
He called for democratic oversight of technology and continued support for Ukraine, whose experience resisting Russian aggression, disinformation and cyberattacks offers lessons in resilience. He also highlighted the courage of people in Burma opposing military rule.
The 2026 Forum 2000 International Award for Courage and Responsibility went to three Burmese dissidents, Tayzar San, Nan Lin and Htet Myat Aung, as well as the General Strike Coordination Body, a coalition of opposition movements in the country.
The conference has brought together more than 800 participants from 100 countries, including current and former presidents, Nobel Peace Prize laureates, politicians, diplomats and activists.
Forum 2000 was founded in 1996 by former Czech president Václav Havel, Japanese philanthropist Yohei Sasakawa and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Elie Wiesel.
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10/12/2026
Tuesday should be clear to partly cloudy and mostly dry with daytime highs between 11 and 16 degrees Celsius.
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10/12/2026
Support for the ANO party is declining, according to a poll conducted by the NMS agency for Novinky.cz The survey suggests that support for the party has dropped from 32.5 percent in May to 28.8 percent.
The Mayors and Independents (STAN) party is the strongest opposition grouping, according to the survey, with 18.8 percent support — six percentage points more than the Civic Democrats (ODS).
The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party would cross the 5 percent threshold needed to enter the lower house, with 8 percent of the vote, followed by the Pirates with 6.3 percent and the Motorists with 5.7 percent.
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10/12/2026
Czech Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlíček (ANO) is on a four day working visit to India during which he is expected to meet with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Talks with ministers responsible for transport, aviation, defence and energy, as well as representatives of selected Indian companies are also on the agenda.
Speaking to journalists before his departure, Havlíček said he wanted to support Czech companies operating in the Indian market and strengthen cooperation between the two countries.
The Czech business delegation will visit New Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai.
Havlíček described India as a highly promising market for Czech businesses, with potential for cooperation in areas including aviation, transport and energy.
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10/12/2026
Talks on forming new coalitions are underway around the country in the wake of the weekend municipal and Senate elections.
A coalition agreement for Prague City Hall should be finalised in November, Petr Hlaváček, of the Mayors and Independents (STAN), and Prague’s likely new mayor, told Czech Television.
Hlaváček said he had held a brief meeting on Sunday with Tomáš Portlík (Civic Democrats), the lead candidate of the SPOLU alliance. Formal talks are scheduled for Monday, after which Hlaváček will also meet representatives of Praha Sobě and the Pirates.
Portlík said on Sunday that as the winner of the municipal elections in the capital, the Mayors and Independents had the right to nominate the mayor.
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10/12/2026
The National Coalition for Combating Drought will meet on Monday to assess the hydrological situation, including measures taken so far and further steps to address the ongoing extreme drought. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) will join experts at the meeting.
Babiš called the meeting a day after reports that the Husinec reservoir in South Bohemia had become the first Czech dam to dry up. On Tuesday, the South Bohemian Region declared a drought emergency across the region, allowing it greater flexibility in managing water releases from reservoirs.
Water shortages have also been declared on the Vltava and Elbe rivers in Central Bohemia.
However, all reservoirs supplying drinking water remain sufficiently full, with no threat to supplies, Petr Kubala, head of the Vltava River Basin Authority, told the Czech News Agency.
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