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04/24/2026
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has rejected plans to expand the European Union’s budget through new revenue streams, backing only tariffs on imports from non-EU countries.
Speaking to reporters at an informal EU summit in Nicosia on Friday, Babiš criticised the European Commission proposal for the 2028 to 2034 budget, which includes new funding sources such as taxes and would reduce allocations for Czechia. He also warned against expanding the Commission’s control over spending.
He added that EU enlargement should follow the same conditions for all candidates, noting that Western Balkan countries have waited years to join. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, also taking part in the summit, is calling for faster progress on Ukraine’s accession.
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04/24/2026
South Moravian governor Jan Grolich was elected chairman of the KDU-ČSL at a party congress in Ostrava on Friday. The 41-year-old was the only candidate and won 233 of 266 delegate votes, having secured nominations from all 14 regions.
He replaces Marek Výborný, who led the party for two years. After his election, Grolich said he sees the role as a major commitment and the start of a new chapter for the party rather than a final goal.
Grolich aims to bring the party closer to voters and focus on key challenges such as an ageing population, modernization, and the Czech Republic’s role in Europe. The Christian Democrats hold 23 seats in the 200-member lower house.
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04/24/2026
Controversial US rapper Kanye West is due to appear at the horse track in Prague’s Cuchle district on July 25, a spokesperson for the facility told the Czech News Agency. The promoters of the show have signed a contract with the venue.
Other European countries have banned the artist from performing over his racist and anti-Semitic statements. West, who now goes by the name Ye, also sold swastika T-shirts and released a track called Heil Hitler.
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04/23/2026
President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš are set to meet on 8 May to discuss the former’s participation in a NATO summit in July. Mr. Babiš shared this information with journalists on Thursday but refused to elaborate further.
The prime minister has previously said that he expects a delegation of him, the minister of foreign affairs and the minister of defence to represent Czechia at the conference in Ankara.
For his part, Mr. Pavel has said that under the constitution the head of state represents the country abroad and that previous Czech presidents have attended NATO summits.
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04/23/2026
MP Filip Turek says his Motorists party is carrying out “rat extermination” at the four government ministries it controls. Speaking at an event held by media organisation XTV last weekend, Mr. Turek said the successful removal from the ministries of “progressive, leftist, green and other parasites” was taking place, the news outlet Blesk reported. Ministers from the junior coalition party have dismissed numerous officials since taking office earlier this year.
President Petr Pavel refused to appoint Mr. Turek a minister after racist comments were attributed to him in the media. The former MEP is now government commissioner for climate change and the EU’s Green Deal.
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04/23/2026
A group of around 30 organisations and experts in the field have called on the government to introduce regulations governing smartphones in Czech schools. The founder of the association Digibalanc, Michaela Mlíčková Jelínková, said on Thursday that restrictions on phone use should be accompanied by a state-sponsored awareness campaign for parents and pupils.
The petition’s signatories said that Czechia was the only state in the EU not to have approved or drafted national or regional rules in this area.
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04/23/2026
Czechia is in talks with Slovakia over the possibility of acquiring fuel from a Slovak refinery, the Czech minister of industry and trade, Karel Havlíček, said on Thursday. The idea comes in response to the threat of a disruption in supplies from Germany, from which Czechia sources around 30 percent of its domestic fuel supply.
Speaking at a conference on energy in Prague, Mr. Havlíček said the danger arose from Russia’s announcement that it would halt oil supplies from Kazakhstan to Germany via the Druzhba pipeline starting 1 May.
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04/23/2026
A nationwide event marking International Book Day on Thursday is honouring the late Czech writer and political leader Václav Havel. Scores of libraries are taking part in Let’s Read Havel, which is intended to highlight his literary and civic legacy and is being held as part of celebrations of the 90th anniversary of his birth. It has been organised by the Václav Havel Library and Czechia’s Association of Library and Information Professionals.
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04/23/2026
It should be mainly sunny in Czechia on Friday, with an average high temperature of 15 degrees Celsius. The following days are also expected to have clear skies.
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04/23/2026
Young Czech pianist Jan Schulmeister won the prestigious BBC Music Magazine Award in the Newcomer category on Wednesday. He received the honor for his debut recording featuring works by Russian composers Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Alexander Scriabin, and Sergei Rachmaninoff.
The achievement was reported by the Classical Music website following the award ceremony held at Kings Place in London.
The BBC Music Magazine Awards recognize the best classical music recordings released over the past year across nine categories.
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