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09/30/2025
Holders of Russian diplomatic and service passports will be banned from entering the Czech Republic, under a new regulation approved by the government on Tuesday.
The ban does not affect diplomats already accredited in Czechia, nor those passing through the country on their way to their post or to international organization meetings.
The measure will apply at the country’s external Schengen borders, including six international airports.
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09/30/2025
The Czech government has added five Georgian citizens to its national sanctions list: a deputy interior minister, three judges, and a prosecutor. According to the Czech Foreign Ministry, these individuals are held responsible for brutal crackdowns on protests in Georgia over the past two years.
Among those listed is Deputy Interior Minister Aleksandre Darachvelidze, who publicly defended the use of force by Georgian security forces against demonstrators. Also sanctioned are Judges Kobu Chagunava, Nino Galustashvili, and Micheil Jindzholia, as well as Prosecutor Lasha Kotrikadze.
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09/30/2025
A French court has sentenced a Czech truck driver to 15 months in prison after customs officers discovered 15,000 cartons of smuggled cigarettes in his vehicle. The haul, valued at two million euros (48.6 million CZK), was reported by the daily Le Dauphiné.
According to France Bleu, the driver has also been ordered to pay a fine equivalent to the market value of the seized cigarettes — around two million euros — to the customs authority. The driver plans to appeal the verdict.
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09/30/2025
Prague will step up regular cleaning of public transport vehicles and stations in response to a growing number of hepatitis A cases, the city’s transport company (DPP) said. It plans to increase the concentration of disinfectants during cleaning and introduce extra sanitation shifts at busy metro stations.
An information campaign is also being launched to promote prevention, with leaflets providing health advice to be displayed in trams and at metro entrances. City officials say the goal is both to reduce the risk of infection and to reassure passengers that public transport remains safe.
Since the start of the year, almost 700 hepatitis A cases have been reported in the Czech capital, including 75 in the past week alone.
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09/29/2025
The building of the Czech Embassy in Moscow has been defaced with vulgar drawings and slogans written in Czech. Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said on X that Ambassador Daniel Koštoval will personally deliver a protest note to the Russian Foreign Ministry.
Czech-Russian relations have been at a freezing point for years, largely due to Russia’s war in Ukraine and similar incidents targeting diplomatic missions are not unusual. In 2020, after the removal of a statue of Soviet Marshal Ivan Konev in Prague, activists protesting outside the Czech Embassy in Moscow hung a banner reading Stop Fascism and threw smoke grenades into the compound.
In Prague, demonstrators have in the past splashed the Russian Embassy with red paint symbolizing blood over Moscow’s aggression in Ukraine.
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09/29/2025
Tuesday should be partly cloudy with scattered showers and day temperatures between 10 and 14 degrees Celsius.
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09/29/2025
The Olomouc Archdiocese has set up a contact point for people who suffered sexual abuse within the Church and are in need of support or guidance, spokesman Jiří Gračka told the Czech News Agency.
The center is meant to provide a safe space where victims and witnesses can find understanding and obtain information about further assistance. Meetings will take place in a discreet setting, with staff bound by confidentiality. Victims will remain anonymous.
Helping victims of abuse is one of the key priorities for Olomouc Archbishop Josef Nuzík in his role as head of the Czech Bishops’ Conference (ČBK), the archdiocese said.
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09/29/2025
The London Court of Appeal has rejected the Czech Republic’s bid to challenge a compensation claim by businessman Josef Šťáva in the decades-old Diag Human case, the Czech News Agency reported.
The Finance Ministry called the move expected and vowed to continue the fight. Diag Human, however, sees the ruling as final and says Šťáva’s claim, estimated at 17 billion crowns over a blocked blood plasma deal, is now enforceable.
The London court took up the case after Prague appealed a 2022 arbitration ruling. Šťáva’s claim was upheld in July; the Czech Republic filed its latest challenge in September.
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09/29/2025
The co-production film Franz, directed by Agnieszka Holland and produced by Šárka Cimbalová, won four awards at the 50th Gdynia Polish Film Festival, including the Silver Lion for Best Film, the Czech News Agency reported.
German actor Idan Weiss won Best Actor for his portrayal of Franz Kafka, Polish cinematographer Tomasz Naumiuk was honored for outstanding cinematography, and Czech make-up artist Gabriela Poláková received the award for best make-up.
The Kafka biopic was well received at the Toronto International Film Festival and was part of the main competition at the San Sebastián Film Festival, where it screened on September 22. More festival appearances are planned.
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09/29/2025
The Czech Interior Ministry is preparing to recruit dozens of experts and set up a training center in connection with the EU Migration Pact will come into force in June 2026. A significant part of the expenditures is to be covered by EU funds and the ministry has already submitted a cost plan to Brussels. More border police would cost an estimated 12 million crowns annually, while additional healthcare staff would amount to 48 million crowns. The changes stemming from the Migration Pact have already been transposed into Czech legislation. Despite this, the opposition parties claim that if they get to form the next government they will reject the pact.
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