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09/23/2026
Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc (ANO) is considering lowering the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 13 for the most serious offences. He is basing the proposal on a ministry analysis presented to journalists in the Chamber of Deputies on Wednesday. Tejc said the matter is still under consideration and if approved by the cabinet, would be presented to the lower house next summer at the earliest.
According to the minister, the change could apply, for example, to offences punishable by an exceptional sentence in the Czech Republic.
The proposal is expected to trigger heated debate.
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09/23/2026
Libor Šmejkal, Jairo Sinova and Tomáš Jungwirth have received the 2026 Europhysics Prize from the European Physical Society for their outstanding contribution to condensed-matter physics and the discovery of altermagnetism, a third fundamental class of magnetism.
It is the first time the prestigious award has been given to Czech scientists.
The three researchers were honoured for groundbreaking work demonstrating that, alongside ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism, nature also contains a third fundamental form of magnetic order.
The discovery has challenged more than a century of understanding of magnetic structures and opened up a new field of research, with potentially significant implications for quantum materials, condensed-matter physics and future information technologies.
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09/23/2026
Thursday should be overcast and rainy around the country with daytime highs between 13 and 18 degrees Celsius.
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09/23/2026
Škoda JS, part of the ČEZ energy group, has signed a contract with British company Rolls-Royce SMR to supply drives for small modular reactors.
The agreement makes the Plzeň-based company the exclusive designer and supplier of drives for the reactors. Each individual contract is expected to be worth around one billion Czech crowns, Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlíček (ANO) announced at a press conference on Wednesday.
The first small modular reactor in the Czech Republic is planned for the Temelín nuclear power plant in the mid-2030s.
According to previous statements by the Industry Ministry, small modular reactors are expected to be one of the pillars of the Czech Republic's long-term energy strategy.
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09/23/2026
Czech President Petr Pavel will deliver a national address to the UN General Assembly on Wednesday. He is expected to focus primarily on the risks associated with the development of new technologies and the need to reform the United Nations. His programme also includes an address to the Crimea Platform summit.
Later today, President Pavel will attend the Global Citizen Awards ceremony presented by the Atlantic Council, a Washington-based think tank, before moving from New York to Nebraska, where he will conclude his working visit to the United States on Thursday.
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09/23/2026
The Dvořák Prague international music festival will conclude on Wednesday evening with a concert by the Czech Philharmonic. The orchestra will perform under Hong Kong conductor Elim Chan, with violinist Gil Shaham as soloist.
The 2026 edition of the festival ran from September 5 to 23 at Prague's Rudolfinum. Its programme featured works by Bohuslav Martinů, Sergei Prokofiev, Antonín Dvořák and Igor Stravinsky.
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09/23/2026
The Czech army and its allies have been testing drone operations, counter-drone systems and ground robots near Vyškov and Lipník nad Bečvou since Monday as part of the Drone Shield 2026 exercise.
Members of the armed forces, experts and dozens of companies from the Czech and foreign defence and technology industries are taking part in the exercise.
The troops are testing defences against commercially available drones as well as systems controlled via optical fibre. They are also testing different ways of disabling the drones and examining whether different technologies can work together.
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09/23/2026
The trust into which Prime Minister Andrej Babiš placed the Agrofert holding does not resolve his conflict of interest, according to the European Commission. Novinky.cz reported that, in a letter to Czech authorities, the Commission has asked that companies linked to Babiš not receive subsidies over which he could have influence as prime minister.
The state initially pays the subsidies from its own funds and only later seeks reimbursement from the EU budget. Babiš placed Agrofert in a newly established trust, RSVP Trust, in February. The Commission does not consider the arrangement sufficient to resolve the conflict of interest, arguing that Babiš can influence ministers outside government meetings and proposes their appointment and dismissal in his capacity as prime minister.
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09/23/2026
Czech MPs are due to vote on Wednesday on ending automatic annual increases in motorway vignette prices. Under the proposed change, the price of an annual vignette would remain at this year’s CZK 2,570 in the coming years, while shorter-term rates would also remain unchanged. MPs are also expected to consider making one-day vignettes valid for 24 hours from the time of purchase rather than only until midnight. Other legislation on the agenda includes changes to pension savings, higher pensions for older retirees and wider public access to transport information.
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09/23/2026
Czech President Petr Pavel says US President Donald Trump’s speech at the UN General Assembly was aimed more at an American audience ahead of the November elections than at a global one. Speaking to Czech journalists in New York, Pavel said many of the topics and the tone of Trump’s address had been expected. He highlighted Trump’s strong stance on Iran as well as his comments on artificial intelligence and UN reform. Pavel is due to address the General Assembly on Wednesday, focusing on risks linked to new technologies and the need to reform the United Nations.
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