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Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (ANO) has acknowledged that the government may consider partially privatizing Prague Airport in the future, although she said no concrete steps are currently being taken.

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has previously suggested the state could float a minority stake in the airport operator on the stock exchange.

Airport trade unions remain on strike alert, citing the privatization plans among their concerns.

The opposition has also criticized the proposal, arguing that Prague Airport is both a profitable company and a critical piece of national infrastructure that should remain under full state ownership.

Industry experts, however, note that shared ownership of airports is common across Europe.

Škoda Auto increased its operating profit by around six percent to €1.37 billion in the first half of the year, while revenue also rose by about six percent to more than €16 billion, according to results released by parent company Volkswagen. The Czech carmaker's performance was driven by strong sales of the electric Elroq and Enyaq models, as well as continued demand for the Kodiaq and Superb. The results contrast with those of the wider Volkswagen Group, whose operating profit fell by almost 12 percent. Despite the group's planned restructuring, Škoda Auto says the measures will not directly affect its operations in Czechia.   

The Czech and Slovak Republic will again send Black Hawk helicopters to help fight devastating wildfires in France under the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism. French President Emmanuel Macron announced that two heavy Black Hawk helicopters from Czechia and Slovakia will join firefighting operations alongside aircraft from Croatia and Portugal. The deployment comes just days after two Czech helicopters returned home from an earlier firefighting mission in France. Authorities are expected to use the helicopters in the hard-hit Gironde department, where wildfires have burned around 4,800 hectares and forced the evacuation of about 20,000 people. Fresh evacuations were ordered near the popular Cap Ferret peninsula on Friday.

A woman soldier was killed and four other service members were injured when a Czech Army UH-1Y Venom helicopter crashed while landing at the 22nd Helicopter Air Base in Náměšť nad Oslavou on Thursday. The aircraft was returning from a routine training flight and fell from a height of about 50 metres during its approach. The Czech military has grounded all Venom and Viper helicopters pending an investigation into the cause of the accident. President Petr Pavel expressed his condolences to the woman's family and her colleagues, saying he trusted the military to carry out a thorough investigation.