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The town of Číhošt' in the Havlíčkův Brod region is marking 73 years since the murder of priest Josef Toufar, who died after being brutally tortured by the communist secret police in 1950. The secret police  tried to force him to confess that he had staged the so-called Číhošt' miracle – when a cross in the Číhošt' church moved while he was celebrating mass.

A special mass at the Church of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary will begin an hour before noon on Sunday, followed by a meeting of the townspeople at the local inn. The guest speaker will be evangelical clergyman Miloš Rejchrt, a former dissident and spokesman for Charter 77.

The collapse of Russia would present a major security threat to the world, Czech president-elect Petr Pavel said in an hour long Facebook session during which he took questions from the public. Pavel, who served as head of NATO’s Military Committee, said the disintegration of Russia and subsequent chaos could create an even more explosive situation than the world faces today, since the country has nuclear weapons. The president-elect said that it was important that after its defeat someone in Russia should retain control of its territory and be able to conduct international negotiations. He reiterated that peace talks can only begin on condition that Russia pulls out of Ukraine and the country regains full control of its territory within internationally recognized borders.

The anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine is being commemorated in Prague on Saturday with a march to the Ukrainian Embassy and a concert. A number of high-profile guests will address the gathering, including President-elect Petr Pavel, Ukraine's Chargé d'Affaires Vitaly Usatyj and British Ambassador to the Czech Republic Matthew Field. The happening, entitled We See Clearly What Needs to be Done, is organized by the civic association Million Moments for Democracy, Memory of the Nation, the Ukrainian Embassy and the Gift for Putin initiative.

A car crashed onto a sidewalk in Prague's Jugoslávská street near the I.P. Pavlova tram stop on Friday night hitting pedestrians and crashing into a building. According to Twitter, paramedics treated five injured people, two car passengers and three pedestrians. No one died in the accident. Paramedics said the driver had some kind of seizure, which caused the accident, and suffered injuries to his arms and legs. One of the pedestrians suffered more serious injuries, with head trauma and injuries to both legs. The other three people were treated for minor injuries.