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06/08/2026
Tuesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with rain around the country and day temperatures between 17 and 21 degrees Celsius.
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06/08/2026
The Czech state has long been failing to manage public investments effectively, with decision-making fragmented, poorly coordinated and often disconnected from actual needs, financial realities and measurable benefits, according to the conclusion of an audit into state investment policy between 2020 and 2025 by the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ). The report draws on audits focused on transport infrastructure projects.
According to the watchdog, the shortcomings have resulted in wasteful spending, rising project costs and a loss of public trust.
As an example of unnecessary cost increases, the NKÚ pointed to motorway construction. The state paid an average of nearly CZK 275 million per kilometer of motorway opened in 2020. By 2024, the figure had risen to CZK 505 million per kilometer, representing an increase of about 84 percent.
“This enormous increase in costs cannot be attributed solely to high inflation or differing technological complexity of construction projects,” the NKÚ said.
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06/08/2026
No decision was made on Monday on the composition of the Czech delegation to the upcoming NATO summit in Ankara, President Petr Pavel told reporters after leaving Monday’s cabinet session.
According to Mr.Pavel, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) reiterated that the government would decide on the delegation on June 22.
At the same time, the president welcomed the government's approval of his appointment as head of the Czech delegation to the United Nations General Assembly, which will take place in New York in September.
The government and the president have been at odds for months over the makeup of the Czech delegation to the July NATO summit. Pavel insists on taking part and has prepared a constitutional competence lawsuit in case the government excludes him from the delegation.
Babiš has previously argued that the president should not be a member of the delegation, saying that the government should be responsible for defending the Czech Republic’s defence spending commitments at the summit.
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06/08/2026
A female keeper was injured after being attacked by an adult kangaroo at Plzeň Zoo on Sunday afternoon.
Emergency services transported the woman to hospital following the incident. According to reports, the roughly 80-kilogram animal unexpectedly knocked her to the ground before repeatedly kicking her.
Attacks by kangaroos on humans are rare and typically occur when the animals feel threatened or are defending their territory.
The most recent fatal case was reported last year at a small zoo in the U.S. state of South Carolina, where a kangaroo killed one of the facility’s owners.
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06/08/2026
Czech meteorologists have confirmed that a tornado occurred near Děčín on Friday, bringing the total number recorded in the country this week to three.
The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute (ČHMÚ) said the other two tornadoes were observed the previous Sunday.
ČHMÚ stressed that weak tornadoes of this kind are a normal part of local weather patterns and should not be compared to the devastating IF4 tornado that struck southern Moravia in 2021.
Images and videos of a funnel cloud above Děčínský Sněžník circulated widely on social media over the weekend before experts verified the phenomenon.
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06/08/2026
The Czech government plans to run a higher state budget deficit next year, than the 310 billion crowns currently projected for 2026, Finance Minister Alena Schillerová told Czech Television.
According to Schillerová, the deficit should then gradually decline in subsequent years by around half a percentage point of GDP annually.
The Finance Ministry also expects defence spending to reach two percent of GDP next year. The Czech Republic is currently negotiating changes to its fiscal-structural plan with the European Commission.
The existing framework, agreed under the previous government of Petr Fiala, envisages reducing the public finance deficit to 0.9 percent of GDP by 2027 and 0.5 percent the following year. Schillerová described those targets as unrealistic.
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06/08/2026
The coalition government of ANO, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and Motorists plans to tighten eligibility requirements for welfare payments to Ukrainian refugees under temporary protection.
The changes form part of a broader legislative package described by the cabinet as a security amendment. While most of the bill is expected to take effect at the beginning of next year, the new benefit rules would not come into force until January 1, 2028.
The Interior Ministry says the delay is necessary to allow time for electronic systems and labour offices to adapt. Under the proposal, authorities would gain greater oversight of whether recipients are genuinely entitled to humanitarian assistance.
Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar said the measures would help combat so-called “benefit tourism” more effectively.
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06/08/2026
President Petr Pavel is attending Monday's cabinet meeting amid an ongoing dispute with the government over who should represent Czechia at next month's NATO summit in Ankara. The government was originally expected to decide on the composition of the delegation today, but Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has postponed the decision by two weeks.
Pavel maintains that he should lead the Czech delegation, while the government plans to send the prime minister along with the defence and foreign ministers. The issue is expected to remain unresolved until the cabinet revisits it later this month.
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06/08/2026
Tennis player Jakub Menšík has climbed to a career-high 17th place in the world rankings after reaching the semi-finals of the French Open. Meanwhile, Kateřina Siniaková reinforced her status as the world number one in doubles by claiming her 11th Grand Slam women's doubles title on the Paris clay.
The 20-year-old Menšík moved up ten places following the best Grand Slam result of his career and is now the Czech Republic's second-highest-ranked men's player. Jiří Lehečka remains the country's top-ranked player in 12th place. Karolína Muchová is the highest-ranked Czech woman in 10th place, followed by Linda Nosková in 13th.
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06/07/2026
Monday will be mostly sunny, with clear to partly cloudy skies. Cloud cover will increase later in the day in Bohemia. Temperatures will range from 23 to 28 degrees Celsius.
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