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09/01/2026
Coalition member Freedom and Direct Democracy did not commit incitement to hatred or any other offence with controversial pre-election posters, the Prague Municipal Court ruled on Tuesday. The verdict upholds an appeal by the party and overturns a previous verdict, under which it was ordered to pay a fine of CZK 3 million.
The case centred on two 2024 Freedom and Direct Democracy election posters, one depicting a Black man holding a bloodied knife and the line “Shortages in healthcare will not be solved by ‘surgeons’ imported from abroad”.
The other proclaimed that only families who sent their children to school would receive state support – and suggested Roma families did not do so.
The party’s leader, Tomio Okamura, also faces charges in connection with the matter. However, MPs refused to lift his parliamentary immunity, meaning the justice system will deal with the cases separately.
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09/01/2026
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Wednesday, with an average high temperature of 23 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to see higher temperatures.
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09/01/2026
Jakub Menšík, Dalibor Svrčina and Kateřina Siniaková became the latest Czech players to advance to the second round of tennis’s US Open. Menšík, who is seeded 17th, overcame Japan’s Shintaro Mochizuki 6-1 6-4 7-5. Svrčina beat France’s Valentin Royer 6-4 6-3 5-7 5-7 6-2 in a match lasting over four hours. And Siniaková defeated Italy’s Elisabetta Cocciaretto 6-3 6-2.
Wimbledon winner Linda Nosková had earlier reached the second round at Flushing Meadows after fighting back from 2-5 down in the first set to beat Katie Volynets of the US in two sets.
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09/01/2026
The new school year began today for around 1.5 million Czech elementary and secondary school students. Around 115,000 children started first grade, while the number of elementary school pupils is down by around 1,400 from last year. The number of secondary school students has risen to around 493,200.
President Petr Pavel opened the school year at a primary school in Brodek u Konice, in the Olomouc Region, which is marking its centenary this year. His visit followed a handwritten letter from pupils who are now fourth-graders.
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09/01/2026
Motorists chairman and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka said on Tuesday morning that his party is unhappy with the proposed CZK 389 billion state budget deficit for next year. The Motorists will discuss the issue with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Thursday.
Speaking ahead of his departure for Slovakia for a meeting of the Visegrad Four foreign ministers, Macinka said he believes the final deficit will be lower than the proposed figure, which he described as very high. The government is due to approve the final budget at the end of September.
The proposed deficit would be the second-largest in Czech history. The CZK 389 billion figure is the maximum allowed under EU budget rules, while this year’s planned deficit is CZK 310 billion.
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08/31/2026
The Czech government on Monday approved an amendment to the Labour Code introducing EU pay transparency rules and a bill regulating platform work.
Under the new pay rules, unjustified gender pay gaps of five percent or more will have to be corrected within six months. Job applicants will also have to be informed about pay and bonuses before signing a contract.
The platform work bill will allow workers to be classified as employees if their work meets employment criteria. It also tightens rules on illegal work and requires human oversight of algorithms.
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08/31/2026
Tuesday will be mostly clear to partly cloudy, with occasional showers, mainly in the mountains. Temperatures will reach 20 to 25°C, with up to 27°C in southern Moravia.
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08/31/2026
Prague has applied for a building permit for the planned Vltava Philharmonic concert hall, the project spokesperson said on Monday. The city expects to receive the permit in the first quarter of next year, with construction planned to begin in 2028.
The concert hall is expected to cost around CZK 12.3 billion, excluding VAT, with another CZK 5 billion needed for improvements to the surrounding area. The building was designed by Danish architecture studio BIG.
The Vltava Philharmonic will include five concert halls, a creative space, restaurants and other facilities. If construction goes ahead as planned, the venue could begin trial operations in 2033.
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08/31/2026
The High Court in Prague has upheld a three-year suspended sentence for MEP Jana Nagyová in the Stork’s Nest subsidy fraud case involving Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. She was also fined CZK 500,000 and given five years’ probation. The ruling is final, with only an extraordinary appeal to the Supreme Court possible.
Nagyová denies the charges and did not attend Monday’s hearing. Her lawyer argued that the appeals court had improperly ordered the lower court to convict the defendants, but the judge rejected the argument.
Babiš is also a defendant, but his prosecution has been suspended because of his parliamentary immunity. He has long called the case politically motivated.
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08/31/2026
Prague city councillors have approved the names Nusle and Ryšánka for two new metro Line D stations. Three other proposed name changes were rejected, so the stations Nové Dvory, Písnice and Depo Písnice will keep their originally planned working names.
Nádraží Krč, Nemocnice Krč and Libuš will also remain unchanged.Metro Line D will connect Písnice in southern Prague with Náměstí Míru in the city centre and should help ease traffic in the south of the capital.
Construction of the first section began in 2022.The line is expected to open in the second half of 2032 and will use fully automated trains.
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