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08/23/2026
China is continuing to attempt cyber-espionage in Czechia, the head of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency, Lukáš Kintr, said on the online show Noon with Moravec on Sunday. Mr. Kintr said the state should be cautious about increasing its dependence on Chinese technologies and should have a central “plan B” in place in case these technologies cease to function.
The annual report of the National Cyber and Information Security Agency states that the number of recorded cyber attacks fell last year; however, their sophistication increased.
The Czech government said last year that hackers from a group linked to China’s security services had infiltrated the systems of the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
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08/23/2026
Czech investors are buying more and more commercial property in other countries in Central and Eastern Europe, the Czech News Agency reported, citing a study by the property consultancy Knight Frank.
Czechs invested EUR 1 billion (roughly CZK 24 billion) in such property in the first half of this year, compared to EUR 1.6 billion (approximately CZK 39 billion) in the whole of 2025.
The limited size of the domestic market is leading Czech investors to increasingly seek opportunities abroad, both in other countries in Central and Eastern Europe and in Western Europe, a representative of Knight Frank said.
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08/23/2026
It is 90 years since ago the first television signal in the Czech lands was received at an observation tower on the mountain Děčínský Sněžník in North Bohemia, the Czech News Agency reported. The signal, broadcast from the Olympic Games in Berlin, was received on 24 August 1936 by Mathias Färber, a teacher at a local technical college. He had built the receiver himself.
At the time, Nazi Germany wanted to impress the world with previously unseen live television broadcasts from the Olympics. Using Telefunken equipment, the German postal service transmitted more than 70 hours of black-and-white coverage to public screening halls in Berlin and Potsdam.
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08/23/2026
While the harvest of traditional crops is relatively poor due to this summer’s heat waves, fig trees are now thriving in southern Moravia, Novinky.cz reported on Sunday. Many fig bushes in the region are laden with fruit in scenes bringing to mind Croatia or Italy, the news site said.
A local botanist said fig trees were becoming an attractive fruit crop in southern Moravia and that the fruit could even replace traditional apricots in the future.
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08/23/2026
A long-forgotten, approximately 400-year-old ivory statuette of the Infant Jesus has been discovered at the Municipal Museum in Česká Třebová, East Bohemia, the Czech News Agency reported on Sunday.
The figurine is now on display in a special case at the town’s St James’s Church. It most likely comes from the same workshop or was crafted by the same master as a famous statuette in Salzburg known as the Loretokindl (Christ Child of Loreto).
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08/23/2026
It should be mainly sunny in Czechia on Monday, with an average high temperature of 21 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to be overcast.
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08/22/2026
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of the ANO party says is not currently thinking about a potential candidate for the next presidential elections in early 2028. He made the comment on Nova TV on Saturday. He did say that he had changed his mind regarding the idea of a joint coalition government nominee for the office of head of state.
There has been some speculation that Mr. Babiš may himself run for president against the incumbent Petr Pavel, who has not yet declared. Mr. Pavel beat Mr. Babiš by a considerable margin in the last presidential election in 2023.
The prime minister has previously said that he might back a female candidate next time.
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08/22/2026
The consolidation of public finances will only be possible once the Czech Republic boasts first-class hospitals, a completed transport network and high salaries for soldiers and police officers, says Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. He made the comment on Nova TV on Saturday.
Following negotiations with cabinet colleagues this week, Finance Minister Alena Schillerová said she expected the state budget deficit to widen next year compared with this year’s planned CZK 310 billion.
However, Mr. Babiš rejected the notion that the rising debt posed a problem for the Czech Republic. According to the latest forecast from the Ministry of Finance, the country’s debt is set to rise this year to 45.8 per cent of gross domestic product from last year’s 44.2 per cent. However, the Czech Republic will continue to rank among the less indebted countries in the European Union.
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08/22/2026
Hiking is one of the most popular leisure activities among Czechs, across all generations, suggests a study by insurance company Generali Česká pojišťovna cited by the Czech News Agency on Saturday.
Forty-nine per cent of respondents said they go hiking, while 38 per cent said they went on a hike several times a month.
Natural attractions are the biggest draw, followed by historical monuments and hill walks. Men are more interested in technical structures and industrial heritage sites than women, the survey indicates.
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08/22/2026
Two years after its release the Czech film Waves (Vlny), which centres on the Soviet-led invasion of August 1968, has been seen by more than one million viewers at Czech cinemas, the Prague Reporter wrote. The movie, written and directed by Jiří Mádl, has taken a total of CZK 159 million at the domestic box office, the second highest amount ever recorded.
Screenings of Waves were held on Friday’s anniversary of the start of the invasion.
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