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04/27/2026
Almost half of Czechia’s territory is already affected by the three most severe levels of soil drought, with 13 percent of the country experiencing extreme drought, according to the latest map on the InterSucho project website. The situation is significantly worse in the topsoil layer up to 40 centimetres, especially as crops are just beginning to emerge. The reason is also a warm winter with very little precipitation, said climatologist Pavel Zahradníček from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute and the CzechGlobe.
Soil drought up to a depth of one metre began to develop gradually in March and worsened significantly in April, when temperatures rose and vegetation started consuming water. Only 14 percent of the territory shows no signs of drought. Scientists define it as a deviation from the average state between 1961 and 2015.
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04/27/2026
Czechia is not meeting the defence spending it committed to within the NATO, nor the military capacities it promised to ensure for collective defence. If all NATO members behaved this way, its collective defence would become ineffective, President Petr Pavel said today at a conference of CNN Prima News called Money Money Money. According to him, sufficient defence strength is the best way to prevent possible aggression by a foreign state.
According to Sunday’s statement by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Czechia will not meet this year’s commitment to spend two percent of its gross domestic product (GDP) on defence. Pavel pointed out that the country is fulfilling only about 50 percent of the promised defence capacities for NATO.
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04/27/2026
A court in Pardubice has placed in custody a foreign national arrested in Bulgaria who is accused of a terrorist attack on a production hall belonging to arms company LPP Holding. The suspect has filed a complaint against the detention. So far, police have detained ten people in connection with the case, prosecutor Jiří Richter from the High Public Prosecutor’s Office in Prague told journalists.
The suspect has been in the Czech Republic since Friday. The motion for detention was delivered to the Pardubice court this morning. The fire broke out at the LPP Holding site on March 20, causing damage worth hundreds of millions of crowns. Responsibility was claimed by a group calling itself The Earthquake Faction, which said it targets weapons production for Israel.
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04/27/2026
The Czech Republic is not yet prepared for the efficient construction of a high-speed rail network planned for completion around 2050. The state has not established the necessary conditions for construction, has not identified funding sources, and has not finalized negotiations with neighboring countries on cross-border connections. It has also failed to fully demonstrate the expected benefits, according to an audit by the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ).
The audit warns that expected benefits, such as time savings, regional development, and lower costs for transport operators, may not materialize. For example, achieving time savings requires both complete routes and modernized stations, yet the Prague rail hub is not scheduled for modernization until 2047, while the Prague–Brno high-speed line is expected to open by 2036.
The Transport Ministry, however, says the NKÚ’s conclusions are outdated, as the project has already been updated.
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04/27/2026
Global military spending increased by 2.9% last year to $2.89 trillion, despite a decline in the United States caused by President Donald Trump’s decision to halt funding for military aid to Ukraine, according to a report released today by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
In the Czech Republic, spending fell by 0.4% to $7.1 billion. The country also dropped one place to 39th in the global ranking of military expenditures, the report said.
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04/26/2026
Clear to partly cloudy, with increasing high cloud cover from the west in the afternoon and evening. Daytime highs 14°C to 18°C, around 13°C in places in the northeast.
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04/26/2026
The hospital the state plans to build in Prague’s Letňany district will be a military hospital, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) said today on the social network X. It will include several underground floors that could be converted into a crisis headquarters.
Before departing for Azerbaijan, Babiš linked the decision to the NATO commitment for defense spending of 2% of GDP, which the Czech Republic is required to meet as a member of the alliance. He also added that Czechia would thus take inspiration from other NATO member states. He cited Turkey as an example, saying it is meeting the 2% target partly thanks to the construction of military hospitals.
At the beginning of this year, Health Minister Adam Vojtěch (ANO) said that parts of hospitals currently located on the right bank of the Vltava River would be moved to the new facility, including Bulovka University Hospital, Královské Vinohrady University Hospital, and the General University Hospital.
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04/26/2026
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) still plans to discuss remarks by Motorists MP Filip Turek, who referred to civil servants as “parasites,” with Foreign Minister and coalition Motorists leader Petr Macinka.
He told reporters this before departing today on a trip to Central Asia. On Saturday, Turek apologized in a TV Nova debate to ministry employees if they were offended by his comments.
According to the Blesk news server, Turek recently said at an event marking the anniversary of the online TV station XTV that ministries led by Motorists contained many “progressive, left-wing, sometimes green, and other kinds of parasites,” and that the party had decided to “gradually eradicate” them.
Motorists are represented in the government by Macinka, Environment Minister Igor Červený, Culture Minister Oto Klempíř, and Sports Minister Boris Šťastný.
Babiš said on Friday that Turek’s statement was unacceptable. Today, he told ČTK that Turek has apologized, but he will still raise the issue with Macinka.
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04/26/2026
The volume of drone exports from Taiwan in the first quarter exceeded $115 million (about CZK 2.38 billion) and was higher than the total for the whole of last year. By far the largest share was shipped to the Czech Republic, according to data from Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), as reported by Focus Taiwan. Last year, Poland was the biggest buyer of Taiwanese drones.
From January to March, Taiwan exported complete drones worth $115.85 million. According to the MOEA, this is about 1.2 times the total recorded for the entire year of 2025.
Exports to the Czech Republic accounted for roughly $100 million, significantly surpassing other markets. Poland purchased drones worth about $11.75 million in the first quarter.
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04/26/2026
People donated 623 tons of food and essential goods in this year’s spring Food Drive in the Czech Republic—105 tons more than last year. However, this was 151 tons less than last autumn’s record collection. The results of Saturday’s collection were announced today by the Czech Federation of Food Banks and the Confederation of Commerce and Tourism in a press release. A total of 3,539 stores took part this year, about a quarter more than last year and the highest number so far.
On Saturday alone, people donated 559 tons of food, which organizers say represents hundreds of thousands of meals for people in need. The remaining 64 tons consisted of toiletries and hygiene products. The donated items are now being transported to food bank warehouses and partner non-profit organizations, from where they will be distributed to those in need.
According to organizers, a significant group of recipients are single parents with young children, who make up about 63 percent of all beneficiaries of food aid. Donations also go to people such as elderly individuals living alone.
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