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09/04/2026
Czechia has introduced additional security measures following suspected sabotage incidents in neighbouring countries, Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar (ANO) said on Friday. He did not disclose details, citing security concerns, but the Czech daily Právo reports that protection has been stepped up at airports and railway stations. Metnar said the security situation in Czechia remained stable and the terrorism threat level was unchanged. Germany has recently faced several suspected acts of sabotage, including an attempted drone bomb attack on Leipzig/Halle Airport in August. The German government has blamed Russia for the attack, which apparently targeted Ukrainian Antonov aircraft. Moscow has denied responsibility.
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09/04/2026
Prague firefighters were called to a fire at the exterior cladding of a new Oncology Centre at Motol University Hospital on Thursday evening. A second-level fire alert was declared due to the number of units deployed. Around 20 people, most of them patients, were evacuated. No one was reported injured. The hospital estimates the damage at around 30 million crowns.
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09/04/2026
The Vltava River Authority is preparing to reduce outflows from the Orlík Reservoir amid extreme hydrological drought.
Low inflows and a lack of rainfall have left the reservoir about 15 metres below its normal level. On Friday, the water level is expected to fall to 334.6 metres above sea level, prompting the authority to use water stored in the Slapy Reservoir to maintain river flows.
According to Vltava River Authority spokeswoman Pavlína Mertl, this will be the first time in the history of the Slapy dam that its storage capacity has been used for this purpose.
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09/04/2026
Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka (Motorists) has come under fire after it emerged that he had allowed himself to be lured by internet pranksters into an interview in a cellar studio that contained mock weapons and explosives. The minister moreover sent his bodyguard away and spent 40 minutes in the studio alone with a masked interviewer. The incident reportedly took place in August and the group has now released a video of the security prank.
Macinka said on Facebook that he had known the interview was a hoax. Opposition Civic Democrat leader Martin Kupka, however, questioned on X whether Macinka could remain in office, pointing out that the foreign minister is a protected person and has access to classified intelligence. He called on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) to demand Macinka’s resignation.
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09/03/2026
President Petr Pavel has praised Armenia’s efforts to expand its economic and security ties with other countries and reduce its dependence on Russia.
Speaking after talks with Armenian President Vahagn Khachaturyan at Prague Castle, Pavel said the two presidents had also discussed the security situation in the South Caucasus, Armenia’s relations with the European Union and prospects for further bilateral cooperation.
Pavel said there was scope for expanding Czech-Armenian cooperation in areas including advanced technologies, energy and the security industry.
President Khachaturyan said his visit was a good opportunity to highlight the friendship between the two countries. Their relations, he said, were based on mutual respect, with a commitment to democracy serving as their most important pillar.
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09/03/2026
The Motorists' party presented its demands on next year’s state budget at a meeting with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) on Thursday. The proposals could reduce the planned deficit by 20 billion crowns.
No agreement has yet been reached with ANO, and talks will continue on Monday, party leader and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka told reporters. He reiterated that the proposed 389-billion-crown deficit was excessive and said his party was not interested in a merely cosmetic reduction of one, two or five billion crowns. He ruled out cuts in defense.
The other junior party in the ruling coalition, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) is also calling for a lower deficit.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš defended the proposed budget on Wednesday, saying that the government needs to invest heavily in order to boost growth and enable a gradual lowering of the deficit in the years to come.
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09/03/2026
Foreign Minister Petr Macinka, who summoned the Russian ambassador in connection with the Leipzig incidents, rejected her explanation that allegations of Russian involvement were a provocation, the Czech Foreign Ministry said.
Macinka expressed solidarity with Germany and called on Russia to de-escalate tensions and put forward proposals that could lead to peace.
The minister also told the Russian ambassador that, in response to a recent tightening of conditions for the Czech diplomatic mission in Moscow, Czechia will introduce reciprocal measures for Russian diplomatic and technical staff accredited in the country to bring the conditions into balance, the ministry added.
In connection with the incidents, the Czech Foreign Ministry and intelligence services are preparing changes to the system for notifying authorities about Russian diplomats’ movements in Europe.
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09/03/2026
Gas storage facilities in Czechia were nearly 70 percent full at the beginning of September, according to the Ministry of Industry and the Energy Regulatory Office.
The country has thus met the EU’s interim storage targets for this period, although its reserves are slightly lower than in previous years.
According to the ministry, despite the slower pace of storage filling, there should be enough gas to meet demand over the coming winter.
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09/03/2026
The Václav Klaus Institute reported receiving its lowest income since its foundation this year. At the same time, it disclosed the identity of its sole donor, an association linked to energy businessman and billionaire Pavel Tykač.
The information comes from the institute’s newly published annual report. Jiří Weigl, director of the Václav Klaus think tank, attributed the donors’ reluctance to contribute to the increasingly polarised atmosphere in society.
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09/03/2026
Friday should be partly cloudy, with more clouds accumulating in the afternoon hours, and daytime highs between 25 and 30 degrees Celsius.
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