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Prime Minister Petr Fiala presented his vision for the Czech Republic in a debate at the Colours of Ostrava festival on Saturday, saying that he hopes Czechia will be among the ten most developed countries in the world in the future. However, he added that a number of things would need to be done before this goal could be achieved, such as the completion of the highway network, the modernisation of the railways, and the securing of sufficient energy resources.

He made these statements during the Meltingpot discussion forum, which runs alongside the main music and culture festival.

In a speech to the roughly 1.5 million member-strong Hungarian minority living in Romania, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said in the Transylvanian town of Baile Tusnad on Saturday that Czechia has gone over to the side of the European Union federalists in the "struggle between federalists and sovereignists". Citing Hungarian media sources, the Czech News Agency reports that he accused federalists in the European Union of attacking the Visegrad Four (V4), and said that the only Visegrad Group member states who continue to defend the national sovereignty of EU countries are Hungary and Poland.

He also said that the elections to the European Parliament next year will be a battle between the two sides, where, in his view, the main proponents of federalism at the EU level are Germany and France. He expressed hope that member states such as Italy, Austria or Spain may join the camp of supporters of a weaker EU and greater national sovereignty.

The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute lifted or decreased its forest fire warning for much of the country on Saturday. A strip of land in the easternmost part of the country, starting roughly from Olomouc up to the border with Slovakia, has been declared risk-free.

However, a high-risk warning remains in place for northwest and most of central Bohemia, Vysočina and southern Moravia. The rest of the country has a low level of risk.

President Petr Pavel said on Friday evening during an interview at the Colours of Ostrava festival that he is for the introduction of electronic voting, calling it a modern way of doing things that would bring Czech elections into the 21st century and would allow people to vote from home. He also said it would make voting easier for citizens living abroad, who currently have to travel considerable distances sometimes to get to the polls.

He also said it would make sense for people who are in prison on cannabis-related charges to be granted amnesty if the drug is legalised in Czechia.

The interview was part of a special edition of the political podcast Kecy & Politika that took place in front of an audience at the Meltingpot discussion forum, which is part of the annual music and culture festival in Ostrava.