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08/18/2026
NASA has featured a photo by a Czech photographer as its Astronomy Picture of the Day. Eighteen-year-old Jakub Kuřák photographed the Perseid meteor shower in Jizerka in the Liberec Region. The image was created as a time-lapse between August 8 and 13.
The Perseids, a stream of tiny fragments from a comet orbiting the Sun, were unusually visible this year. The Moon did not brighten the night sky because of the total solar eclipse.
“It’s nice that the whole world will see it and that it won’t end up just on Instagram,” Kuřák said in response to the news.
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08/18/2026
Meteorologists have lifted a nationwide warning against the outbreak and spread of wildfires. The alert had been in place for several weeks due to drought and hot weather. The Czech Hydrometeorological Institute said the risk has been reduced by rainfall that ended the spell of extreme heat on Sunday and more rain is expected in the coming days.
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08/18/2026
Wednesday should be partly cloudy to overcast with scattered showers and day temperatures between 23 and 28 degrees Celsius.
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08/18/2026
Czechia is facing a shortage of workers in social care. According to the Association of Social Services Providers, around 55,000 additional workers will be needed over the next ten years. There are currently about 34,000, which is already insufficient.
The Labour and Social Affairs Ministry says digitalisation and recruiting foreign care workers could help address the shortage.
The number of seniors in residential care is expected to rise significantly in the coming years, from the current 92,000 to around 135,000.
The greatest demand is expected to be for specialised residential facilities, including those for people with mental health conditions or dementia.
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08/18/2026
Scientists, farmers, business and non-profit representatives, environmental education experts, other specialists and influencers will meet at Lány Chateau on Tuesday at the invitation of President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva. The meeting aims to provide a platform for an open discussion on current environmental challenges, different approaches to addressing them and how to conduct a factual and broad public debate on these issues.
Participants will also discuss the importance of scientific knowledge, public trust in science and ways of making scientific findings easier for the public to understand.
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08/18/2026
The government has approved a plan to abolish Eurocentres, which provide information about the European Union in Czech regions. The centres were established 20 years ago, shortly after Czechia joined the EU.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) said the move was motivated by savings and the fact that there was no longer a need for an office and staff in every region. The decision is expected to save the state 10 million crowns a year.
The prime minister’s EU affairs adviser Milena Hrdinková said communication about the EU could be made more efficiently and with greater impact using online tools, including social media.
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08/18/2026
The Chamber of Deputies will begin debating a proposal to freeze politicians’ salaries in September. The coalition council has agreed to put the measure ahead of a government bill on funding for Czech Television and Czech Radio, Chamber Speaker Tomio Okamura (SPD) told reporters after a meeting of coalition leaders.
The bill, submitted by the leaders of the ruling coalition of ANO, SPD and Motorists, would freeze politicians’ salaries until the end of 2030. The Babiš government approved the proposal at its second meeting in mid-December last year, but it has yet to be debated by the lower house.
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08/18/2026
Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (ANO) is holding one-on-one talks with individual ministers to discuss their ministries’ budget allocations for next year. After Monday’s cabinet meeting, Schillerová said she had an overview of the individual ministries’ demands and would discuss both spending and possible savings with them.
The Finance Ministry must submit the draft budget to the government by the end of September. Schillerová has not yet specified the expected deficit.
She previously discussed the budget with Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), with the two agreeing that investment in transport infrastructure and healthcare should be the main priorities.
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08/18/2026
Average rents in the Czech Republic increased by 1.2% in the second quarter compared with the first three months of the year, reaching CZK 343 per square meter. However, rents rose significantly in only three regional capitals: Pardubice, Ostrava, and Olomouc. In the Central Bohemian Region, rents remained unchanged, while rents fell in the other major cities.
This is according to the Rent Index published by Deloitte, a consulting and technology company. According to the index, rents in the Czech Republic have more than doubled since 2014.
In Prague, where housing is traditionally the most expensive, rents fell by just under 1% after several quarters of increases, reaching CZK 462 per square meter. However, trends varied across different parts of the capital.
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08/18/2026
The parental allowance will increase by CZK 50,000 to CZK 400,000 starting next year. In the case of twins or multiple births, the amount will be doubled.
The increase is part of a government amendment to the state social support law, which President Petr Pavel signed today. The President’s Office announced that he had signed the legislation. Part of the opposition unsuccessfully sought to add an automatic indexation mechanism for the allowance to the bill.
The higher parental allowance will apply only to parents of children born on or after January 1, 2027.
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