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09/17/2026
Public broadcaster Czech Television plans to reduce its workforce by 12 percent between now and 2030, the station’s head Hynek Chudárek announced, citing long-term plans previously approved by the broadcaster’s council.
Czech Television currently employs around 2,900 people. The job cuts are part of a broader cost-saving program under which the public broadcaster aims to save CZK 350 million next year. Chudárek said the aim was to build up reserves and prepare Czech Television for planned changes to funding without having to make abrupt cuts to public-service broadcasting. The savings will affect program production and operating costs, while some investments will also be postponed.
The government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) plans to change the funding model for Czech Television and Czech Radio from licence fees to contributions from the state budget. It is not yet certain when that change, initially planned for 2027, would come into effect.
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09/16/2026
Thursday should be partly cloudy to overcast with daytime highs between 17 and 21 degrees Celsius.
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09/16/2026
The Czech Army began surveying a site containing toxic substances in the Šumava National Park on Wednesday. Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna (SPD) is expected to use the findings to propose further action to the government on Friday.
Environment Minister Igor Červený (Motorists) announced last week that around 1,000 tons of contaminated soil and 200 barrels containing hazardous chemicals had been found at the former Dobrá Voda military training area in the Klatovy region.
A CZK 192-million clean-up operation is due to begin next Monday and is expected to continue until June 2028.
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09/16/2026
The Czech Supreme Court has rejected a complaint filed by Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc (ANO) challenging the sentences handed to two men convicted of abusing a dog in the Sokolov area.
The men took a sick female dog into a forest, struck it with a spade and buried it while it was still alive. Tejc had challenged the decision to give the men suspended sentences.
The Supreme Court said the sentences fell within the statutory range and that the case did not constitute an exceptional situation warranting intervention by the country's highest court. It stressed that this did not in any way diminish the seriousness of the offence.
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09/16/2026
Access to parts of Letná Park in Prague will be restricted on Wednesday, September 16, due to filming for a new Netflix series, The Secret of Secrets. The film is based on a novel by Dan Brown, which is partly set in the Czech capital.
The crew will be working around the Letná Chateau, with some paths in the area temporarily closed. The production team has been filming the series in Prague since the beginning of September.
Filming will return to Letná in October, when the crew will work near the water reservoir and the Expo 58 pavilion. City authorities have yet to provide a more detailed schedule of closures and other restrictions for the second phase of filming.
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09/16/2026
The Czech Republic is facing one of its worst hop harvests on record. According to the growers' association, this year's crop could be up to 25 percent lower than in normal years, Czech television reported.
The harvest has been affected by high temperatures, severe drought and unfavourable weather. The hops are also lacking substances that are important for brewing and determine their quality. Together with rising costs for energy, transport and packaging, the poor harvest could push up beer prices.
One major brewery has already announced a price increase due to higher production costs, and others are expected to follow. Smaller breweries could also raise their prices, as they are more vulnerable to fluctuations in input costs.
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09/16/2026
Several major Czech companies have warned that continued increases in energy prices could force them to shut down their operations. The Confederation of Industry says sectors such as steelmaking, chemicals, glassmaking and building-materials production are likely to be among the hardest hit.
Industry Minister Karel Havlíček (ANO) told Czech Television that the government is preparing measures to help businesses, including a possible across-the-board cap on electricity and gas prices for both producers and suppliers. Havlíček said, however, that the situation is not yet critical.
Meanwhile, the opposition has warned against blanket measures and their potential impact on the state budget. It also stressed the need for the government to seek solutions at EU level.
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09/16/2026
The Prague edition of the annual Night of Literature festival opens in Holešovice on Wednesday, with events taking place at 23 venues. The festival, whose theme this year is “Navigating courage, inspired by stories”, is also being held in more than 100 towns and cities across Czechia.
In Prague, the programme will take place in former industrial buildings, galleries, a library and other unusual locations. Czech actors will read excerpts from contemporary European literature translated into Czech.
The festival has been organised by Czech Centres since 2006. This year, some of the readings will also be interpreted into Czech Sign Language.
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09/16/2026
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš met with his Bulgarian counterpart Rumen Radev in Sofia on Wednesday morning. Their talks focused on a possible Bulgarian purchase of Czech-made Skyfox aircraft produced by Aero Vodochody, as well as the security situation in Europe and energy issues.
The two prime ministers also discussed a possible postponement of the EU’s ETS 2 emissions trading system and the suspension of ETS 1.
Prime Minister Babiš is accompanied by Deputy Prime Minister and Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlíček and a Czech business delegation representing 50 companies.
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09/15/2026
The Czech Army will begin surveying a contaminated site near Zhůří in the Šumava National Park on Wednesday. It will then decide how to proceed, Army Chief of Staff Miroslav Hlaváč told Czech Television.
Environment Minister Igor Červený said last week that the site contains around 1,000 tonnes of contaminated soil and 200 barrels of dangerous chemicals. It is located in a former military area near Dobrá Voda.
The government had planned to award the clean-up contract to the company Dekonta, which had already surveyed the site. However, it put the decision on hold last week after some government members objected.
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