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04/22/2026
France and the United Kingdom have expressed interest in a Czech proposal to deploy a passive radar system to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said after talks in Luxembourg.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced last week that the Czech Republic would offer the DPET (Deployable Passive ESM Tracker) system, designed to detect and track air, ground, and maritime targets, including drones. Deployment would depend on stabilization of the regional security situation, he said.
The system consists of a central station, three side stations, a processing unit, and an operator workstation. It has a range of up to 400 kilometers and can monitor as many as 500 targets in real time.
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04/22/2026
Diesel prices in Czech Republic increased by 27.6 percent in March compared to February, marking—alongside Sweden—the largest month-on-month rise among all European Union countries. Petrol prices in Czechia rose by 14.6 percent last month, the fourth-highest monthly increase in the EU. This follows from data released today by Eurostat.
Across the European Union, diesel prices increased on average by 19.1 percent month-on-month in March, while petrol prices rose by 10.6 percent. On a year-on-year basis, diesel prices in the EU climbed by 19.8 percent last month, while petrol prices were up 9.4 percent compared to the previous year.
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04/22/2026
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) will meet this afternoon with the Director General of Czech Television, Hynek Chudárek, to discuss the government’s proposed changes to the financing of public service media. Czech Television is expected to lose around one billion crowns next year.
Trade unions of Czech Television and Czech Radio, along with the initiative Veřejnoprávně, will also comment this morning on the current developments related to the proposed funding changes.
At the same time, a protest march by secondary school and university students in support of public service media will take place in Prague, heading to the Ministry of Culture. Schools in other cities are also expected to join, including Brno, Olomouc, Ostrava, and Opava.
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04/21/2026
Suspending the association agreement with Israel is currently not feasible, Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said today in Luxembourg after a meeting of European Union foreign ministers. According to him, several other countries share the Czech Republic’s position. Regarding sanctions against violent Jewish settlers, he added that any proposal should not be one-sided. In his view, there should also be discussion of sanctions against representatives of the Palestinian terrorist movement Hamas. The sanctions proposal will now be addressed at the working level, Macinka said.
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04/21/2026
A Senate delegation led by the upper chamber’s chairman, Miloš Vystrčil (ODS), will travel to Taiwan on a commercial flight from Prague to Taipei, a route that was launched three years ago with Vystrčil’s support. He told journalists today that the government coalition of ANO, SPD, and Motorists had refused to provide a government aircraft, as had previously been customary. He described the decision as a betrayal and a stab in the back for business representatives and members of the science, research, and cultural sectors who were supposed to join the mission, and whose participation is now uncertain. Vystrčil plans to make the trip to Taiwan at the turn of May and June.
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04/21/2026
If the ongoing war in the Middle East escalates into a major energy crisis accompanied by a sharp rise in energy prices, the state can reduce the regulated component of electricity and gas prices, thereby slowing price growth. In an extreme scenario, market prices of key energy sources could also be capped to keep them affordable for domestic industry and households, Vice Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček said today at the Days of District Heating and Energy 2026 in Olomouc.
He added that he informed the Security Council of the State about these emergency measures on Monday.
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04/21/2026
Clear to partly cloudy, with temporarily increased cloud cover in places in the north and northeast during the day. Highs of 12 to 16°C, around 5°C at 1,000 metres in the mountains.
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04/21/2026
Following the approval of the EU Council conclusions, the Czech Republic emphasized the need to adapt European energy and climate policy to the new geopolitical reality, strengthen energy security, and maintain competitiveness. It also pointed to the impact of instability in the Strait of Hormuz and highlighted the key role of nuclear energy in decarbonization, according to a statement by the Foreign Ministry.
Given the current unrest in and around the Strait of Hormuz, significant changes in the EU’s approach to security, energy, and climate policy are expected. These changes are driven, among other things, by a shared interest in addressing the impacts of the clean transition while preserving the EU’s economic competitiveness and the security of energy supply. In this context, the Czech Republic emphasizes the particular importance of nuclear energy as a key contributor to the global decarbonization of the energy sector, the statement says.
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04/21/2026
Nearly 60% of companies want greater coordination of energy policy within the EU, Christian Rühmkorf from the Czech-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry told journalists today. Energy prices are seen by every second company as the main risk to their business over the next 12 months, while in a five-year horizon, firms consider securing supplies of energy and raw materials to be the biggest challenge. This follows from a chamber survey conducted among 125 companies at the turn of March and April.
In addition to energy prices, 43% of businesses see a shortage of qualified workers as a risk factor for further economic growth. Jiří Lopata, managing director of the engineering division at Streicher, noted that technical fields at universities need greater societal support, especially from the government.
One percentage point fewer companies cited weak demand as a concern – although this was the top risk last year – while 40 percent feel threatened by raw material prices.
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04/21/2026
Actress Magda Vášáryová will receive the President’s Award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, which will take place this year from July 3 to 11. By honoring one of Slovakia’s most prominent actresses, the festival aims not only to recognize her acting achievements but also to highlight the unique artistic collaboration between Czech and Slovak filmmakers who have shared a common film history. This was announced today by the festival’s executive director Kryštof Mucha.
As a tribute to Vášáryová, the festival will screen the film Vtáčkovia, siroty a blázni by Juraj Jakubisko. The screenplay was co-written by Jakubisko and writer Karol Sidon, according to the organizers.
A breakthrough role early in Vášáryová’s career was the title character in the historical drama Marketa Lazarová, directed by František Vláčil. In 1998, this film was voted the most important work in the history of Czech cinema by domestic film critics and journalists.
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