• Weather forecast
    03/08/2026

    Monday should be mainly overcast in Czechia, with an average high temperature of 14 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to also be cloudy, with sunshine due later in the week.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Saharan dust affects skies over Czechia
    03/08/2026

    Dust from the Sahara Desert has appeared over Czechia and should affect the country’s weather for a number of days, the Czech Institute of Hydro-Meteorology said. The sky should be duller and less blue, while sunrises and sunsets will be more colourful.

    This is not a new phenomenon. In 2024 a smog alarm was even declared in Czechia due to the high concentration of Saharan dust in the air, while it last appeared in the country at the end of last month.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Olympic winner Maděrová comes second in World Cup event in Czechia
    03/07/2026

    Olympic champion Zuzana Maděrová snowboarder came second in the parallel slalom at a World Cup event in the Czech resort of Špindlerův Mlýn on Saturday. The Czech, who is 22, had been in the lead before a mistake before the finish line allowed Japan’s Tsubaki Miki to win.

    Maděrová has been on the podium seven times at World Cup meetings, but has never come first. She is fifth in the World Cup standings.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Okamura defends defence spending cut, asks why Russia would attack Czechs
    03/07/2026

    The head of coalition party Freedom and Direct Democracy, Tomio Okamura, says defence spending of 2 percent this year will suffice to guarantee an effective army. Speaking in an interview for news outlet Novinky.cz published on Saturday, Mr. Okamura said there was no money available to increase expenditure on defence.

    The government headed by Andrej Babiš of ANO is cutting spending on defence in 2026, despite commitments to NATO to raise such outgoings markedly.

    In response to a question as to whether military spending of 2 percent would allow the country to defend itself against Russia Mr. Okamura asked why that country would attack Czechia.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • More planes deliver passengers to Prague from Middle East
    03/07/2026

    Two Smartwings planes landed in Prague in the course of Friday night, carrying about 380 people from Dubai. One was a special repatriation flight while the other was a regular flight, said a spokesperson for the airline. Many Czechs have got stuck in the Middle East following the outbreak of conflict in the region.

    An Emirates plane from Dubai also arrived in the Czech capital before midnight, according to Prague airport.

    More planes from the Middle East are due to arrive in Prague in the course of the day and on Saturday night.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Media: Czechia preparing unprecedented partnership with Texas
    03/07/2026

    Czechia is preparing a memorandum on cooperation with of Texas, the news website iRozhlas.cz reported on Saturday, describing the US state as a bastion of the Republican Party.

    It is the first time the Prague government has established such a formal partnership with an individual American state, a spokesperson for the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs said. The ministry, which is headed by Petr Macinka of the right-wing Motorists party, has played a large role in the drafting of the memorandum.

    The decision to build a partnership with Texas stems from the historical roots it shares with the Czech lands, the ministry spokesperson said. The state is home to the largest group of Americans claiming Czech ancestry and the original Texas constitution was written in Czech, among other languages.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Record temperatures for March 6 recorded in Czechia
    03/07/2026

    Despite a frosty morning, temperature records for March 6 were broken in several places in Czechia on Friday. New highs were seen in six of the country’s 170 weather stations keeping records for at least 30 years, meteorologists said.

    The warmest temperature, 17.5 C, was registered at Strážnice in the Hodonín region, though this value was not counted among Friday’s records.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Czechia recalls ambassador from Tehran
    03/07/2026

    The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Petr Macinka, has recalled the country’s ambassador in Iran, Vítězslav Grepl, to Prague, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Adam Čörgö said on Friday evening.

    Mr. Macinka made the decision in view of Iran’s hostile and unprovoked actions against Gulf states uninvolved in the current conflict in the Middle East as well as partners and allies of Czechia, Mr. Čörgö said.

    The country’s embassy in Tehran will be headed by a chargé d’affaires.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Czechs boycott opening of Winter Paralympics over Russians, Belarusians
    03/07/2026

    The Czech team at the Paralympic Winter Games in Milano Cortina boycotted the opening ceremony on Friday niight due to the presence of Russian and Belarusian competitors at a time when Russia is waging war on Ukraine. The Czech team in Italy features 24 athletes, which is a record.

    Czechia on Saturday ended a 16-year medal drought at the Winter Paralympics when Carina Edlingerová took silver in the women’s biathlon.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

  • Weather forecast
    03/07/2026

    Sunday should be mainly overcast in Czechia, with an average high temperature of 14 degrees Celsius. The start of the new week is expected to be sunny.
    Author: Ian Willoughby

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