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09/14/2026
President Petr Pavel met Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) at Prague Castle on Monday for talks on planned foreign trips, international affairs and next year’s state budget. The hour-long meeting also covered upcoming foreign visits to Czechia. Mr Babiš said he would meet the president again at a planned session of the State Security Council, while further bilateral meetings would take place as needed. Motorists chairman Petr Macinka had also been invited to Monday’s talks but did not attend after consulting the prime minister. Mr Babiš said Mr Macinka should instead meet President Pavel separately.
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09/14/2026
The Czech crown jewels have been removed from their chamber in St Vitus Cathedral ahead of their annual display at Prague Castle. The chamber can only be opened when all seven keyholders, representing the state, Catholic Church and Prague, are present. The jewels will be displayed in Vladislav Hall, first for schoolchildren and then for the public from September 19 to 28, with admission free. This year’s exhibition, entitled Habsburgs 500, traces their history under the Habsburg dynasty. The collection includes the St Wenceslas Crown, royal sceptre and orb, as well as a coronation robe dating from 1653.
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09/14/2026
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) says it is unclear whether the governing coalition will agree on next year’s state budget at talks on Monday. He expects a deal within a week, with the government due to approve the proposal next Monday. The Finance Ministry proposes a deficit of CZK 389 billion, up from CZK 310 billion this year. Junior coalition partners SPD (Freedom and Direct Democracy) and the Motorists want the deficit reduced. Mr Babiš defended the proposal, saying the deficit would amount to 3.5 percent of GDP, slightly below the EU average of 3.6 percent.
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09/14/2026
The Czech government has approved a set of criminal policy priorities it wants state prosecutors to take into account. Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc (ANO) said prosecutors should appeal against disproportionately lenient sentences for violent crimes and animal abuse, while pursuing fewer cases involving controversial speech. The priorities also call for quicker handling of cases involving self-defence and greater use of electronic monitoring for prisoners released on parole. Tejc said the government cannot instruct prosecutors how to act in individual cases but can set broader criminal policy goals. The priorities will be communicated to prosecutors through Supreme State Prosecutor Lenka Bradáčová.
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09/14/2026
Czechia could face a shortage of almost half a million workers by 2045 due to demographic change, according to an analysis by consultancy Moore CR. After 2030, large generations born in the 1970s will increasingly retire, while much smaller generations enter the workforce. The gap is expected to widen significantly from 2033. Experts say the problem will require a combination of encouraging people to work longer, managed labour migration and extensive retraining. The analysis estimates the demographic shift could eventually cost the state the equivalent of 3.3 percent of GDP annually through lost revenues and higher pension spending.
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09/14/2026
A Prague court has ordered government climate policy commissioner Filip Turek (Motorists) to apologise to the environmental organisation Hnutí Duha over comments linking it to deaths during floods. The ruling is not yet final. In an April Facebook post, Turek claimed several people had died because Hnutí Duha had prevented the construction of a necessary dam. He also described people working for the organisation as “parasites” that needed to be eradicated. The court issued a default judgment after Turek failed to respond to the lawsuit within the required deadline.
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09/14/2026
Mostly sunny skies are expected on Tuesday, with fog or low cloud in places during the morning. Daytime highs will range between 19 and 24 degrees Celsius.
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09/14/2026
President Petr Pavel says pragmatic and values-based politics are not mutually exclusive, citing Czechoslovakia’s first president, Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk, as an example. Speaking in Lány at a ceremony marking the 89th anniversary of Masaryk’s death, Pavel said Masaryk pursued pragmatic domestic and foreign policies while remaining guided by clear values. His comments contrast with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), who said in April that his government would pursue a pragmatic rather than values-based foreign policy, arguing that the latter had brought little benefit and harmed Czech businesses.
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09/14/2026
The Czech competition authority has approved Trinity Bank’s acquisition of five office buildings in Prague’s Riverside Karlín complex from Austrian property company CA Immo. The authority did not disclose the value of the transaction. Czech news website Newstream previously reported that the deal was worth around 300 million euros, or roughly 7.3 billion crowns, which would make it one of the country’s largest property transactions in recent years. The acquisition involves companies that own and lease mainly office space, as well as some other commercial premises, within the Riverside Karlín complex.
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09/14/2026
President Petr Pavel will meet Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) at Prague Castle on Monday evening to discuss foreign policy and current issues. The talks will also focus on Pavel’s participation in the UN General Assembly in New York next week, where he will head the Czech delegation. Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists) was also invited but will not attend following consultations with Babiš. Relations between the president and the government have been strained in recent months, including over the coordination of foreign policy and representation at international meetings.
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