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Pařížská Street in Prague has once again been ranked among the 20 most expensive shopping streets in the world in terms of rents, according to data from Cushman & Wakefield. The highest annual rent in Pařížská Street is 2,700 euros (66,100 crowns) per square meter, which is the highest price in Europe and the 11th highest in the world. Czechia is the only Central and Eastern European country to have a street ranked among the top 20 most expensive in the world.

The Czech army is preparing for a worst-case scenario –a global military conflict with the use of nuclear weapons, Czech army-chief-of staff, Karel Řehka, said at an assembly of the army command on Tuesday. The escalation potential is growing and if a conflict between Russia and NATO were to break out, the Czech army would be an active participant from the first minute, Řehka said, noting that such a conflict would impact the country’s military, its infrastructure and the life of its citizens. The general said that aside from Russia there was a growing threat from international terrorism. Addressing the gathering, President Petr Pavel spoke about the explosive situation in the Middle East. The terrorist attack by the Palestinian radical movement Hamas was intended to provoke a very strong reaction from Israel and thus turn international public opinion against the Jewish state, Pavel said.

Around 150 people gathered outside UNICEF’s Prague headquarters on Monday evening to draw attention to the fate of the Israeli children who were abducted by Hamas on October 7. The organizers of the event, held on World Children’s Day, urged UNICEF to make a bigger effort to secure their release. Participants held teddy bears and banners reading Bring Them Home Now as they marched to Old Town Square, where they lit candles next to photos of the missing children.

Hamas radicals kidnapped over 200 people during the attacks on Israel on October 7, among them some 30 children.

Thousands of children in schools around the country took part in a “Drumming Against Child Abuse and Domestic Violence” event on Monday. According to the organizers from Locika Centre, which helps abused children, the drums were to signify that children must be heard and none should remain silent victims of abuse. The event was organized in connection with International Day for Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect observed on November 19, and World Children's Day on November 20. Over 43,000 children from 320 schools around the country took part. There will be lectures and debates all week long on preventing child abuse and helping child victims.