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05/22/2026
January’s Alpine Ski World Cup in Špindlerův Mlýn ended with a loss of 24 million crowns, news site Seznam Zprávy reported on Friday. The event brought the world’s top female skiers to the Krkonoše mountains, including American star Mikaela Shiffrin.
The Czech Ski Association’s president, David Trávníček, reportedly told board members in April that costs exceeded the original 110-million-crown budget by 15 million crowns. Ticket sales also fell nine million crowns short of expectations.
Trávníček said the exact reasons for the overspending are still being internally reviewed. It also remains unclear how the association plans to cover the losses.
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05/22/2026
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio has thanked Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Prague medical staff in a post on X for accepting an American doctor who may have been exposed to Ebola in Congo.
The doctor was flown to Prague overnight and is being kept in isolation at Bulovka University Hospital after the U.S. Embassy asked whether he could remain in Czechia until the end of the incubation period. According to the hospital, the 46-year-old man is not showing any symptoms.
U.S. television network NBC reported that the man works for the Christian missionary organisation Serge and had been serving at a hospital in eastern Congo’s Ituri province, where an Ebola outbreak has been reported.
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05/22/2026
An exhibition at the Museum of Decorative Arts in Prague looking at the phenomenon of country houses in Czechia opened on Friday. Entitled The Modern Cottage: An Architectural Phenomenon, it has been put together by curator and theorist Adam Štěch and architect Jan Bureš and runs until September 13.
The exhibition looks at specific examples of cottages and the genesis of their architecture in the 20th century, from the foundation of Czechoslovakia to the end of the socialist era.
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05/22/2026
In a joint statement issued on Friday, Czech President Petr Pavel and German President Frank-Walter Steinmeier praised the path of reconciliation that their nations have taken since World War II. The Czech Republic and Germany have come a long way together in the spirit of mutual understanding, respect, and partnership, the two heads of state said.
The statement was published against the backdrop of a congress of a Sudeten German association being held in Brno, the first such event in Czechia.
The Czech Chamber of Deputies last week passed a government motion saying the lower house was opposed to the gathering.
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05/21/2026
Alexander Zmeyevsky has concluded his term as Russian ambassador to the Czech Republic after more than 10 years, the news site Hlidacipes.cz reported on Thursday, citing a Czech Foreign Ministry list of diplomatic officials that no longer features his name.
Mr. Zmeyevsky’s last act as ambassador was evidently being summoned to the Czech Foreign Ministry last month to explain remarks from Russian representatives that Czech drone manufacturers could be targeted by Russia.
A replacement was named by Vladimir Putin five months ago but the post remains empty, Hlidacipes.cz said.
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05/21/2026
Plans have been revealed for the overhaul of Miloš Forman Square in Prague’s Old Town. The small plaza named after the famous film director is set to get a pavilion, which will protect it from the noise of the adjacent Pařížská Street.
The project was presented on Thursday by Anders Lonka from the Danish architectural studio ADEPT, which won a competition for the commission.
The space was named after the Oscar-winning, Czech-born Forman about six months after his death in 2018 at the age of 86.
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05/21/2026
Czech national soccer team coach Miroslav Koubek has called up three newcomers for a 29-man training camp ahead of the World Cup in North America and a home friendly against Kosovo: forward Christophe Kabongo and midfielders Alexander Sojka and Hugo Sochůrek, who is 17.
The extended roster for the World Cup also includes forward Tomáš Chorý and defender David Douděra, whom Slavia Prague removed from their squad after they were sent off for misconduct in a recent game.
A final, 26-man squad will be announced at the end of this month. The Czechs are due to face co-hosts Mexico, South Africa and South Korea at the World Cup, their first in two decades.
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05/21/2026
President Petr Pavel says if a government decision on the composition of a Czech delegation for a NATO summit in July restricts the constitutional rights attached to his role, he will take the matter to Constitutional Court. He made the comments on Thursday.
Presidents have usually represented Czechia at NATO conferences in the past. However, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš says he is not counting on Mr. Pavel being part of the country’s delegation at the summit in Turkey.
Mr. Pavel has been critical of the Babiš government’s plans for defence spending and the prime minister has said he himself would be better placed to explain Czechia’s position.
A decision on who will be included in the Czech delegation is set for June 8.
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05/21/2026
A representative of the Václav Havel Library says new donors have expressed interest in supporting the institution. David Dušek, who is the only remaining member of its board of directors, said it will continue operating next year. The rest of the board of directors stood down recently, two key donors have said they are cutting ties with the library and many staff members have given notice.
The director of the Václav Havel Library, economist Tomáš Sedláček, has been criticised by some of those departing over his stewardship of the non-profit, which was established in 2004.
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05/21/2026
Czech President Petr Pavel says NATO and the European Union are not competitors when it comes to European defence but should complement each other. He made the comment at the start of GLOBSEC Forum, a three-day international security conference that began in Prague on Thursday.
Mr. Pavel called for continued support for Ukraine, which he said was not only defending Europe in its efforts to repel the Russians but also changing the way Europe thinks about warfare.
The Czech head of state said technology would play a key role in future conflicts and that the EU and the United States should inspire one another in the field of AI, rather than cooperating.
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