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06/07/2026
Czechia has won an international arbitration case brought by the French advertising company JCDecaux and will not have to pay damages of around CZK 550 million, the Finance Ministry announced on Sunday.
The dispute concerned the termination of a contract for advertising space in the Prague metro between Prague's public transport company and JCDecaux's subsidiary Rencar. The arbitration tribunal ruled that the actions of the transport company could not be attributed to the Czech state under international law.
The tribunal also awarded Czechia about CZK 33 million in legal costs. The dispute stems from the transport company's decision to terminate the contract with Rencar in 2016.
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06/07/2026
Czech tennis player Kateřina Siniaková won the women's doubles title at Roland Garros on Sunday, claiming her fourth doubles crown in Paris and her eleventh Grand Slam women's doubles title overall. Together with American partner Taylor Townsend, she defeated Serbia's Aleksandra Krunić and Kazakhstan's Anna Danilina 6-2, 7-5 in the final.
The top-seeded pair lived up to their billing and secured their third title together, winning the match in one hour and 32 minutes. The victory gave Siniaková her twelfth Grand Slam title overall, including one mixed doubles triumph.
The Czech world number one in doubles returned to the top of the Roland Garros podium two years after her previous Paris title. She won the tournament in 2024 alongside Coco Gauff and previously lifted the trophy twice with fellow Czech Barbora Krejčíková. With eleven Grand Slam women's doubles titles, Siniaková is now just one behind Czech record-holder Jana Novotná.
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06/07/2026
Czech canoeist Jakub Krejčí capped a successful weekend at the Canoe Slalom World Cup in Prague-Troja by winning the kayak cross event on Sunday. After triumphing in the traditional slalom on Friday, he secured his second victory of the weekend by finishing ahead of fellow Czech Vít Přindiš in the final. Another Czech, Matyáš Novák, was eliminated in the semi-finals.
Earlier in the day, Kateřina Beková posted the fastest time in the women's kayak cross time trial, finishing seven hundredths of a second ahead of Germany's Ricarda Funk. France's Marjorie Delassus placed third.
Beková later reached the quarter-finals of the kayak cross knockout competition, where she was joined by fellow Czech Tereza Kneblová. Olga Samková was eliminated in the round of 16. The women's title went to France's Camille Prigent.
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06/07/2026
Dog owners in Czechia will be required to register their pets in a new Central Dog Register from July 1, the Czech News Agency reported on Saturday, citing the Chamber of Veterinary Surgeons and the Agriculture Ministry. Dogs must be entered into the database by their next rabies vaccination at the latest, with fines of up to 300,000 crowns for non-compliance.
The register will contain basic information about each dog, including identification and vaccination records, as well as contact details for owners. The aim is to help trace lost animals, make it easier to identify their owners and curb illegal pet trading.
The requirement will apply to all dogs. With more than 2.2 million dogs in Czechia, veterinarians expect the database to be filled gradually over the coming years.
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06/07/2026
Sales of new electric cars in Czechia rose by 17 percent year-on-year to 6,479 vehicles in the first five months of the year. Their share of the new car market increased to 6.3 percent.
Registrations of hybrid cars also grew, rising by 15 percent to nearly 30,000 vehicles. Hybrids now account for almost a third of all new cars sold.
Overall new car sales were up three percent, reaching more than 103,000 vehicles by the end of May.
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06/07/2026
The Interior Ministry has warned of cases of agricultural land being contaminated by toxic substances originating from the incineration of hazardous waste in heating plants. The warning was included in an internal report on waste-related crime, the news website iROZHLAS.cz reported on Sunday.
The ministry says the process can produce toxic ash that is then falsely presented as a harmless material and spread on farmland as fertiliser. The ash may contain heavy metals, dioxins and other harmful substances that can contaminate soil and pose risks to the environment and food safety.
The Czech Environmental Inspectorate has been dealing with such cases since 2023 and has already imposed fines worth millions of crowns. Last year it investigated 340 cases of illegal waste handling and issued hundreds of fines. Some of the cases involved material from crushed railway sleepers being burned in the Central Bohemian and South Bohemian regions.
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06/06/2026
Around 3,000 people took part in the Brno Pride Parade on Saturday, bringing this year's Brno Pride Week festival to a close. According to organisers, it was the largest turnout in the event's history, helped by good weather and growing support for the LGBT+ community.
Participants carrying rainbow flags and banners marched through the city centre, expressing support for equal rights, including marriage equality and transgender rights. Some of the signs also reflected current social and political issues. Organisers said the event passed without major incidents.
Brno Pride Week began on May 31 and culminated in Saturday's parade and evening programme. This year's festival was held under the motto "There is always something that connects us" and focused on respect, safe spaces and community solidarity.
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06/06/2026
Sunday will be partly cloudy, with a chance of showers or thunderstorms in some areas, especially in the northeast. Temperatures will reach between 21 and 26 degrees Celsius, and up to 28 degrees in South Moravia.
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06/06/2026
Czech canoeist Martina Satková won silver at the Canoe Slalom World Cup event in Prague-Troja on Saturday. She was beaten only by Australia's Jessica Fox, the most successful paddler in the sport's history, who completed a golden double in the Czech capital after winning the kayak event on Friday.
Satková produced a clean run but still finished 0.27 seconds behind Fox, despite the Australian receiving a four-second penalty.
Fellow Czech Tereza Kneblová finished seventh and was unable to repeat her victory from last week's opening World Cup race in Tacen, Slovenia. Tereza Michalová, competing after a maternity break, placed ninth.
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06/06/2026
Prague Zoo has successfully completed the transport of eight Przewalski's horses to Kazakhstan, according to a statement released on Saturday. Four stallions were flown from Prague earlier this week, while four mares from Berlin Zoo were released into acclimatisation enclosures in the Golden Steppe on Friday.
The transfer is the largest movement of Przewalski's horses from Europe to Central Asia in the 15-year history of the Return of the Wild Horses project. The animals will now spend about a year at the Alibi reintroduction centre, adapting to local conditions before being released into the wild.
Przewalski's horse, the world's last remaining wild horse species, disappeared from the wild in the 1960s and survived only in zoos. Prague Zoo, which manages the species' international studbook, plans to continue the reintroduction programme in Kazakhstan in the coming years.
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