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03/31/2026
The State Prosecutor’s Office has requested that a fifth person held in connection with a suspected arson attack on an arms factory in the city of Pardubice be remanded in custody. The suspect was charged with membership of a terrorist group on Sunday.
In recent days a court in Pardubice remanded three of four previous detainees in custody. The other, who is an American citizen, is in pre-trial detention in Slovakia.
The alleged group behind the incident in Pardubice said that “the Earthquake Faction” had started the blaze on March 20. They said the factory had been a “production centre for Israeli weapons”, due to the operator’s “role in the Israeli genocide in Gaza”.
Carrying out a terrorist attack and membership in a terrorist group can bring sentences of up to 20 years under Czech law.
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03/31/2026
The number of births in Czechia last year – around 77,600 – was the lowest registered on the territory of the country since records began in 1785. It was the fourth year in a row that the birth rate fell, according to data released by the Czech Statistics Office on Tuesday.
The population rose by roughly 6,300 in 2025, reaching around 10.91 million, on the back of foreign migration.
While births and weddings were down, deaths and divorces rose slightly.
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03/31/2026
A foreign national has confessed to a Molotov cocktail attack on a Russian facility in Prague last week, the Czech police said on Tuesday. The individual, who has been detained, said they had been planning the attack on the Russian Center for Science and Culture, which is near the city’s Russian Embassy, since summer last year.
Senior Czech officials condemned Thursday’s incident, which was described by a spokesperson for the Russian Foreign Ministry as an act of barbarism.
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03/31/2026
The Czech Republic’s footballers will face Denmark on Tuesday night for a place at this year’s World Cup in North America. The Danes are considered the favourites for the playoffs final, which will take place at Sparta Prague’s stadium.
Coach Miroslav Koubek is expected to make changes to his starting line-up after an underwhelming first half against Ireland in last week’s playoffs semi-finals, which Czechia eventually won on penalties.
The Czechs last qualified for the World Cup two decades ago.
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03/31/2026
The government has dismissed Ondřej Soška, commissioner general for the Czech Republic’s participation in Expo 2025, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka told reporters on Monday.
The Czech pavilion project in Osaka faced criticism last year over insufficient external funding and rising construction costs. Macinka said the project ended with a significant loss compared to the approved budget.
Soška rejected the claims, telling the Czech News Agency that his dismissal—just one day before the end of his mandate—was politically motivated and aimed at discrediting Czechia’s successful participation at the expo under the former administration. He maintained that the original planned budget of roughly CZK 500 million had not been exceeded.
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03/31/2026
The governments of the Czech Republic and Slovakia are due to hold joint consultations for the first time in three years on Monday.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico are expected to sign a memorandum aimed at deepening cooperation between the two administrations. According to the Czech government office, the document is intended to pave the way for closer collaboration in foreign policy, the economy, defense, digitalization, tourism, and sports.
The agenda also includes discussions on boosting competitiveness, transport infrastructure, and energy security.
The last intergovernmental consultations took place in March 2023. About a year later, the Fiala administration suspended the meetings due to differing views on key foreign policy issues.
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03/30/2026
The government has added Russian national Konstantin Rogač to the Czech national sanctions list, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka announced after Monday’s cabinet meeting.
According to Minister Macinka, Rogač holds a long-term residence permit in the Czech Republic and has been involved over the past three years in arranging insurance for oil tankers operating within Russia’s so-called “shadow fleet.” The fleet, used to transport Russian oil, is already subject to EU sanctions.
The Czech Republic will push for Konstantin Rogač to be placed on the EU sanctions list as well.
The Czech national sanctions list was created on the basis of the Czech Magnitsky Act approved by Parliament in 2022. It allows the government to impose sanctions on foreign entities violating human rights, supporting terrorism, or committing cybercrimes. The sanctions include asset-freezing and a ban on entering the country.
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03/30/2026
The government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) has approved 16 nominations to ambassadorial posts, Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists) told reporters after Monday’s cabinet session. The list will now be submitted to President Petr Pavel.
Earlier this year, the cabinet revoked a decision by the previous government of Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats) on diplomatic postings, with Minister Macinka pledging a more transparent selection aligned with the new administration’s priorities. Ambassadorial appointments require the signature of the president, who has indicated readiness for compromise, while supporting the government’s aim to strengthen Czechia’s representation in key countries.
The nominations cover postings to Ethiopia, Qatar, India, Vietnam, Finland, Egypt, Peru, Portugal, Montenegro, Italy, Chile, North Macedonia, the United States, and permanent missions in New York, Geneva, and Paris.
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03/30/2026
Police have confirmed the detention of a fifth suspect in connection with the arson attack on an LPP Holding arms factory hall in Pardubice. The detainee has been charged with participating in a terrorist attack, which carries a potential sentence of up to 20 years in prison or an exceptional penalty. Three of the five suspects arrested have already been remanded in custody by a Pardubice district court, while a fourth – a U.S. national – is being held in pre-trial detention in Slovakia. The Czech authorities have filed a request for her extradition.
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03/30/2026
The government is considering means of addressing the sharp rise in energy prices in connection with the war in the Middle East. The cabinet debated several options at its Monday session, among them capping fuel retailers’ margins or reducing excise duties on fuel. The cabinet is expected to select a preferred variant at an extraordinary meeting on Thursday, also in view of the fact that EU energy ministers are set to hold consultations on a coordinated response to rising energy costs on Tuesday.
The government on Monday also approved a loan of 100,000 tons of crude oil from state emergency reserves to refineries, citing supply constraints on the IKL/TAL pipeline. Despite sharp price increases, fuel demand in the Czech Republic has risen.
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