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03/17/2026
As Czech Radio reported, police in Rokycany (West Bohemia) are investigating two 17-year-old students who wore Ku Klux Klan costumes at a school Halloween event, raising questions about whether the incident was an innocent prank or a criminal offence. The students won first prize in a costume contest, with neither teachers nor classmates initially objecting. The case is being examined as a possible display of sympathy for a movement aimed at suppressing human rights and freedoms, which carries a prison sentence of up to three years. Experts say the key issue will be whether the students understood the meaning of the symbols they used, while guidelines suggest such situations should primarily be addressed through education.
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03/17/2026
President Petr Pavel is meeting Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) at Prague Castle on Tuesday to discuss this year’s state budget and the current security situation at home and abroad. According to the Presidential Office, the agenda also includes Czech preparedness for crisis and emergency situations as well as the schedule of upcoming foreign trips. The meeting is described as regular and planned. Parliament approved the budget last week with a deficit of CZK 310 billion, and only the president’s signature is now needed. Pavel has already indicated he will not veto the bill, though he criticised planned security and defence spending. Nevertheless, the President has already said he woulkd neither veto nor delay signing the budget.
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03/17/2026
Prague, Calgary and Edmonton will be the host cities for the 2028 Hockey World Cup, which will take place after a 12-year break, the NHL, which organizes the competition, announced on its website.
Prague’s O2 Arena will host six group-stage games and one playoff match.
Tomáš Petera, owner of the Perinvest group that will organize the event in the Czech Republic for the first time ever, welcomed the news, saying that he sees the tournament as an opportunity to confirm the Czech Republic’s position as one of Europe’s centers for hosting major sporting events.
“We expect strong international interest, high attendance and a significant economic impact on the Czech Republic,” he said.
Petera has previously been involved in organizing NHL games in Prague.
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03/16/2026
The Czech government coalition will push through a law on non-profit organizations, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said in Brussels on Monday.
A working version of the bill, prepared by a group of MPs focuses on activities carried out in areas such as the public, political, media, educational, or academic space that may influence public opinion and debate. The proposal envisages the registration of both individuals and legal entities.
It defines foreign links as acting in the interest of a foreign entity, as well as performing advisory, analytical, communication, media, or educational activities connected to a foreign entity.
According to the minister, non-profit organizations that promote political goals should be as transparent as political parties.
The Czech opposition and a number of non-profit organizations have criticized the draft law, whose working version leaked to the public last week, saying the proposed draft mirrors Russian legislation.
Macinka dismissed the claim, pointing to similar regulations in the United States and Israel.
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03/16/2026
President Petr Pavel will neither veto nor delay signing this year’s state budget, Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (ANO) told journalists after meeting with the head of state on Monday.
She said the exact date of the signing is expected to be announced after Tuesday’s meeting between the president and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO).
The government has proposed a budget with a deficit of 310 billion crowns for this year.
Schillerová said the discussion with the president focused laregely on defence spending, which President Pavel considers insufficient.
According to the draft budget, defence spending should reach 2.1 percent of GDP. The National Budget Council has warned, however, that spending by the Defence Ministry will amount to 1.73 percent of GDP, with the remainder included in other budget chapters. The government counts some transport infrastructure spending among defence expenditures. According to the council, it is not certain whether the North Atlantic Alliance will recognize those expenditures as defence spending.
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03/16/2026
Tuesday should be partly cloudy with some rain showers in the southern parts of the country and day temperatures between 6 and 11 degrees Celsius.
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03/16/2026
The Czech Republic plans to support an Italian proposal to suspend the application of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS 1) covering energy, heavy industry and aviation, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said after a government meeting on Monday. The issue is expected to dominate a meeting of the European Council, due to take place in Brussels on March 19–20.
Babiš also wants to propose a price cap and the exclusion of energy-intensive sectors from the system. He added that the Czech Republic would work with other countries to push through what he described as the only effective way to help European industry, especially in view of the impacts of the ongoing Middle East crisis.
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03/16/2026
As of Monday, the Finance Ministry will receive daily reports on fuel prices from petrol station operators, along with retrospective information covering the previous month.
The ministry has introduced the measure to monitor profit margins and prevent excessive increases following rising oil prices after the outbreak of conflict in the Middle East.
The opposition Civic Democratic Party has proposed temporarily lowering excise duty on fuels because of higher oil prices. Finance Minister Alena Schillerová rejected the proposal, saying it would only reduce state budget revenues without achieving the intended effect.
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03/16/2026
The Motorists’ party of the ruling coalition plans to propose the introduction of a three-month voluntary military training program for civilians. According to party leader and foreign minister, Petr Macinka, the proposal will now be discussed within the coalition. The three-month training course would combine military and firefighting training, as well as basic topography, advanced first aid, radio communication, and anti-drone operations.
The Freedom and Direct Democracy party (SPD) of the ruling coalition is not opposed to the plan, and the idea of helping boost new recruits for the military has also been welcomed by the Chief of the General Staff, Karel Řehka.
However, the plan is not included in the government’s policy program, and it is unclear whether funding and military personnel would be available to implement it.
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03/16/2026
President Petr Pavel will meet with Finance Minister Alena Schillerová at Prague Castle on Monday to discuss the state budget for 2026. The budget, with a deficit of 310 billion crowns, was approved by the Chamber of Deputies last week and now awaits the president’s signature to become law. Its adoption would end the provisional budget regime that has limited monthly state spending since the start of the year to one twelfth of last year’s expenditures.
Mr. Pavel said previously that he would not veto the budget, despite his reservations to it. However he wants to discuss with Schillerová whether the proposed deficit complies with the law on budgetary responsibility.
The National Budget Council has repeatedly said the deficit violates the law. Schillerová rejects the claim, arguing that the rules do not apply when the Chamber of Deputies returns the draft budget to the government for revision.
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