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08/17/2026
The Czech Republic will see showers and thunderstorms this week, which in some places may be accompanied by torrential rain or hail. Temperatures will also drop compared with the previous period. Unlike last week, meteorologists are not expecting temperatures to rise significantly above 30°C this time.
Tuesday will be the coolest day. From Wednesday onward, however, maximum temperatures should not be far below 30°C, and in Moravia they may even reach that level.
This is according to the forecast from the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
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08/17/2026
There has been progress in preparations for the railway line to Václav Havel Airport Prague, Czech Television announced. It said the state plans to select a private concessionaire next year for the section between Prague-Ruzyně and Veleslavín.
It would be the first public-private partnership project on the Czech railway network, with the government planning to cooperate with a private company. The project is expected to cost around 109 billion crowns.
The private partner would build the infrastructure and then operate and maintain it for the following 25 years.
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08/17/2026
The Czech government will discuss on Monday scrapping its Concept for Informing the Public about European Affairs, in place for more than 20 years since Czechia joined the EU, with one major revision.
It is to be replaced by new rules from January 1, 2027. “After more than twenty years of membership, the Czech Republic is a firmly established part of the EU. The state therefore no longer needs to primarily explain the basic principles of membership, but rather to communicate clearly about specific European decisions and initiatives, and above all about Czechia’s priorities and the positions we promote within the EU and why,” the Government Office said.
Details of the new strategy remain unclear, apart from the planned abolition of the Eurocentres.
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08/16/2026
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) has confirmed that Czech regions will not receive money from the State Fund for Transport Infrastructure next year to repair lower-class roads.
According to Babiš, regional governments already have sufficient funds for road repairs from tax-sharing revenues. The regions recorded a combined surplus of 32.1 billion crowns in the first half of 2026, down 8.2 percent year on year. It was nevertheless their third-highest surplus on record.
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08/16/2026
Monday should mark the onset of cooler weather with cloudy to overcast skies and rain or showers across most of the country. Thunderstorms are expected in places, mainly in the southeastern half of the Czech Republic. Daytime highs will range from 19 to 24 degrees Celsius, reaching up to 27 degrees in Moravia.
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08/16/2026
The Czech government will spend three billion crowns this year and four next year on measures to fight drought, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) said in a social media post on Sunday. He said the funds would come from the budget of the Agriculture Ministry.
According to the prime minister the money will go to connect water management networks, retain water in the landscape, build small reservoirs and ponds, introduce irrigation measures and fund similar projects. Some of the money is also earmarked for preparations for major water projects, including land purchases, project documentation and initial groundwork for the Nové Heřminovy, Kryry and Vlachovice reservoirs.
Earlier this week the prime minister announced the decision to revive a national coalition to fight drought. Drought and its impacts is expected to dominate the agenda of Monday’s cabinet meeting.
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08/16/2026
A high fire alert remains in place around the country due to the ongoing drought. Numerous incidents are being reported. Six cottages were destroyed by fire in a settlement in Brno-Obřany on Saturday. One resident suffered burns and was taken to hospital by paramedics. In Karviná, a separate fire forced nearly 20 people to leave their homes. A ban on lighting fires is in place around the country.
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08/16/2026
Temperature records were broken on Saturday at around 30 percent of Czech weather stations with records going back more than 30 years. The highest temperature was recorded in Doksany in the Litoměřice area, where it reached 37.1 degrees Celsius, according to the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute.
Temperatures are expected to drop at the beginning of next week.
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08/16/2026
A Czech tourist died on Friday on Babia Góra, the highest mountain in the Beskids on the Polish-Slovak border. The Wirtualna Polska news website reported that mountain rescuers received a call shortly before noon saying that a man in the summit area was experiencing health problems.
Rescuers immediately headed to the scene on foot, while an air ambulance helicopter was also dispatched. The Czech tourist could not be resuscitated.
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08/16/2026
Fish farmers across Czechia are struggling with prolonged drought and an extreme shortage of water. They are reducing or suspending supplementary feeding to lower the fish's oxygen consumption, while ponds are being aerated regularly. Several ponds have been netted early.
In the Třeboň area, which delivers tons of carp for the Czech Christmas table, part of the 200-hectare Koclířov pond has been drained and the fish moved to holding tanks.
More than a third of the water is missing from the region's famous system of fish ponds due to the drought. The water level in Lake Svět, for example, has fallen by 98 centimetres. High temperatures are also causing water to evaporate more quickly.
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