• Polish President Nawrocki to pay state visit to Czechia on Monday
    11/24/2025

    Polish President Karol Nawrocki will pay a one-day visit to Czechia on Monday, his first since taking office. He will be received with state honours at Prague Castle by President Petr Pavel. His talks with the Czech head of state are expected to  focus on Russia’s war against Ukraine, bilateral relations and cooperation within the European Union and NATO.

    According to earlier reports from the Polish Press Agency (PAP), Nawrocki will also meet ANO leader and likely next prime minister Andrej Babiš and deliver a lecture at Charles University, where he will speak on issues relating to Central Europe.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Weather forecast
    11/23/2025

    Monday is expected to be overcast with snow around the country and day temperatures between – 1 and 4 degrees Celsius.

  • Czech tennis to face Sweden in Davis Cup Qualifier
    11/23/2025

    Czechia will play Sweden at home in the qualifiers for next year’s Davis Cup, according to today’s draw in Bologna.The tie will take place on 6–7 or 7–8 February. If the Czechs, led by captain Tomáš Berdych, win, they will meet the winner of the Hungary–USA match in the second round.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Coalition council to approve ministerial nominations on Tuesday
    11/23/2025

    The coalition council of the emerging ANO–SPD–Motorists government will meet to confirm ministerial nominations on Tuesday evening, ANO vice-chair Karel Havlíček said on Czech Television on Sunday.

    He noted that all three parties must ultimately reach consensus on the proposed line-up. ANO leader and the country’s likely next prime minister Andrej Babiš is expected to present the proposal to President Petr Pavel by Friday.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Coalition parties to decide budget strategy

    11/23/2025

    The emerging ANO–SPD–Motorists coalition will agree on its next steps regarding the 2026 state budget on Monday morning, ANO vice-chair and likely future finance minister Alena Schillerová said on CNN Prima News. She declined to say whether she might support increasing the deficit or call for the budget to be sent back to the outgoing government for revision, a move that would lead to a provisional budget  at the start of next year.

    The draft budget proposed by the outgoing government foresees a 286 billion-crown deficit. ANO claims that the proposal fails to cover mandatory and legally required expenditures, as well as key investment spending totaling 95.9 billion crowns.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • PM Fiala to address EU–African Union Summit
    11/23/2025

    Outgoing Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala will deliver a speech on security and mutual cooperation at the EU–African Union summit due to open in Luanda, Angola on Monday. Speaking to journalists ahead of his departure for the summit, Fiala said Africa represents a major business and investment opportunity for Europe, and specifically Czechia, and is also important for securing supplies of strategic raw materials. He said that it is in Europe’s vested interest to deepen partnerships with African states also in view of European security. Poverty and conflicts, he noted, generate migration pressures that Europe is working to reduce. “A key pillar of our partnership must be stronger cooperation on returning illegal migrants and a joint fight against smuggling networks,” Fiala said.

    The meeting, marking 25 years of EU–African Union partnership, will focus mainly on security, trade and investment, and migration.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Austerlitz Symphony performed in Brno cathedral
    11/23/2025

    The Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Brno on Saturday hosted a performance of Symphony Austerlitz 1805, composed by Zdeněk Kluka of the rock group Progres 2. The piece, recalling the Battle of Austerlitz in which Napoleon defeated the Russo-Austrian army 220 years ago this December, drew a big audience. The concert was part of the “In Nomine” project and featured the 50-member Czech Virtuosi symphony orchestra. The highlight of the evening was the rendition of Kluka’s Austerlitz 1805 Symphony.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • Thirty people rescued from jammed Ferris wheel in Olomouc
    11/23/2025

    A 33-metre observation wheel in central Olomouc malfunctioned on Saturday evening, leaving around 30 people stuck in its cabins. Firefighters used high-rise rescue equipment to bring passengers down one by one in freezing conditions so they would not have to wait inside the cold cabins for the fault to be fixed. No one was reported injured.

  • Severe frost in Bohemia, heavy snowfall in Moravia and Silesia
    11/23/2025

    Bohemia faced sharp overnight frost, while Moravia and Silesia saw continuing snowfall, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute reported. The coldest point was recorded in the frost basins of the Šumava and Ore Mountains, where temperatures dropped to around –25 °C. Cloud cover kept temperatures higher in Moravia, which had widespread snowfall; the Beskydy Mountains saw up to 15 cm of new snow, according to the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

  • AI-generated phishing sites flood the Internet
    11/23/2025

    Thousands of phishing websites created with artificial intelligence are appearing worldwide, including in Czechia. In the third quarter, these sites ranked among the most widespread threats. Cybersecurity company Gen blocked more than 140,000 since the start of the year — an average of 580 new fraudulent sites a day, the firm said in a press release.
    Author: Daniela Lazarová

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