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Czech police are not currently investigating any cases linked to documents from the probe into US financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, the current and former interior ministers said on Czech Television on Sunday. Interior minister Lubomír Metnar (ANO party) and his predecessor Vít Rakušan (STAN) said in the discussion programme Questions of Václav Moravec that they had no information indicating any investigation in Czechia. The issue was raised after former foreign minister Jan Lipavský , now an MP elected on Civic Democratic Party, asked Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) whether the government was checking possible links between Epstein and the Czech Republic.

The ANO party led by Andrej Babiš would again win elections to the Czech lower house, according to a January voting model by Kantar CZ for Czech Television. ANO would secure 34.5 percent of the vote, the same result as in the last elections. The Civic Democrats (ODS) would finish second with 16 percent, trailing ANO by almost 19 percentage points. The Mayors and Independents (STAN) would follow with 14 percent, while the Pirates would gain 9.5 percent. The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party would enter the chamber with 6.5 percent, while the Motorists’ party would hover around the five-percent threshold.

The Cirkopolis contemporary circus festival opens in Prague on Sunday with Tout Rien by the Belgian company Cie Modo Grosso at Palác Akropolis. The biennial event brings together Czech artists with leading French and Belgian performers and runs across several Prague venues until February 14. Highlights include minimalist circus creator Rémi Luchez and his metaphor-driven piece L’Homme Canon, as well as works focused on physical precision, playfulness and experimentation. French performer Alexandre Fray will also create a Czech version of his Grand-Mother Project, involving Prague women aged 70 and over. The festival has been showcasing innovative circus in Prague since 2013.

Mostly cloudy, with patchy fog in the morning and evening. Occasional rain is expected in places, mainly above 800 metres. In the north and northeast, rain mixed with snow or snowfall may occur even at lower elevations. During the afternoon, precipitation will gradually ease in most areas except the northeast, and the snow line will fall. Daytime highs will range from 2 to 6 °C, while in the north and northeast temperatures will reach between 0 and 3 °C. In mountain areas around 1,000 metres, temperatures will hover around 0 °C.