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Czech President Petr Pavel will host six members of the US Congress at Prague Castle on Monday morning, the presidential office said. Most of the delegation are expected to be Republicans.

According to the president’s office, the talks will focus on European security, Russia, and Czech-American relations. The meeting will be closed to the media.

Pavel hosted a similar congressional delegation last June, when discussions covered transatlantic ties, security in Europe, trade cooperation, and energy.

The Czech president has repeatedly described the United States as a key NATO ally, while also stressing that strong relations should allow for open disagreement. Earlier this year, he criticised US President Donald Trump over his approach to NATO allies.

A memorial ceremony marking the victims of the wartime concentration camp for Roma and Sinti was held on Sunday in Lety near Písek. The camp, established in 1942, claimed the lives of more than 300 people. A memorial has stood on the site since 2024.

Speaking at the event, Czech Senate speaker Miloš Vystrčil said the country’s constitution rejects describing groups of people as “parasites” or treating anyone as inferior. He said the tragedies of the past should serve not only as a reminder of history, but also as a warning for the present.

Without naming them directly, Vystrčil was referring to recent comments by members of the Motorists party. MP and honorary party chairman Filip Turek spoke about the need for a “deratisation of parasites” in the state administration, while Foreign Minister and party leader Petr Macinka described some of his opponents as inferior.

Among the more than one hundred people attending the ceremony was writer and chief rabbi Karol Sidon, who said such events must continue to be remembered because people often try to suppress uncomfortable parts of history.

The Czech government will approve the appointment of Jakub Landovský as special envoy for meeting the country’s commitments to NATO on Monday, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) said on Sunday in a video posted on social media. Babiš had already announced the appointment last week in an interview on TV Nova.

According to the prime minister, the former Czech ambassador to NATO will help ensure the country meets its commitment to spend at least two percent of GDP on defence. Babiš said Landovský would coordinate defence spending issues across several ministries. He also described defence as extremely important and said the government was continuing efforts to increase the number of soldiers.

This year’s budget currently allocates defence spending at 1.7 percent of GDP. According to the government, Czechia would only exceed the two-percent target if some defence-related projects at other ministries were also included.

Around 42 percent of children in Czechia aged between six months and five years spend more than an hour a day on mobile phones or tablets during weekdays, while 18 percent spend more than two hours a day, according to a STEM survey published on Sunday. The poll was conducted among more than 1,000 parents.

Among children under 11 months old, nearly half of parents said their children do not watch screens at all. However, a third spend at least half an hour a day in front of screens. The survey also found that children with older siblings tend to use mobile devices more often.

According to data from the O2 Foundation, children and teenagers spend around four hours online each day, mostly on social media. The telecom operator O2 has now launched a campaign focused on children’s online safety, offering parents advice and educational materials through its app.