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09/25/2026
Seventeen people were injured in a chain accident in southern Turkey on Thursday afternoon, including one Czech woman, Novinky.cz reported. The accident occurred on a highway in Antalya's Manavgat, where a pick-up truck, a tour minibus, and two other passenger vehicles collided. Local sources mention several Czechs on the tour bus.
The Czech Foreign Ministry confirmed that one Czech tourist had been taken to hospital. It said the Czech consul in Ankara is dealing with the case and is in contact with the injured woman, her insurance company and the respective travel agency representative.
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09/25/2026
Police have carried out raids at the headquarters of the General Health Insurance Company (VZP) and at another ten pharmaceutical companies, the Czech News Agency reported.
The operation, confirmed by a VZP spokesperson and a representative of the pharmaceutical industry, is reportedly linked to agreements concluded between the companies and the country's leading health insurer in the past.
Three people are reported to have been detained, including Petr Hoňek, a former deputy director of VZP. No charges have been filed so far.
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09/25/2026
President Petr Pavel visited a US National Guard base in Nebraska on Thursday. The Czech armed forces have cooperated with the Nebraska National Guard for more than 30 years.
The US representatives highlighted the benefits of the partnership for both sides, saying they have plenty to learn from their Czech counterparts.
Pavel met with National Guard leadership at its base in Lincoln. He was then shown some of the aircraft stationed there and flew in UH-60 Black Hawk and UH-72 Lakota helicopters.
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09/25/2026
Drink spiking may soon become a criminal offence in the Czech Republic. The lower house on Thursday gave initial backing to a coalition bill aimed primarily at cases in which drugs are added to someone's drink. There has been a significant increase in such cases in recent years.
The bill would also cover adding drugs to food or administering them by injection. The draft will now be examined by the Constitutional and Legal Affairs Committee.
According to Sports Minister Boris Šťastný of the Motorists, the proposed new offence would close a gap in the law, as perpetrators can currently be punished only when subsequent offences such as rape or robbery can be proven.
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09/25/2026
NATO could establish a multinational unit specialising in intercepting and destroying attack drones, potentially reducing the need to use expensive fighter jets and air-to-air missile stocks.
Justin Bronk, an expert at the British Royal United Services Institute (RUSI), considers the Czech L-39NG Skyfox jet, manufactured by Aero Vodochody, one of the most suitable platforms for such a unit. According to the Czech News Agency he proposed the solution in an analysis of the potential defense system.
According to Bronk, the unit could consist of around 16 to 24 aircraft, with crews focused exclusively on intercepting one-way attack drones. Elements of the unit could be deployed in countries such as Poland, Romania or the Baltic states.
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09/25/2026
The opposition Civic Democrats, Mayors and Independents, Pirates, Christian Democrats and TOP 09 have collected the signatures of all 92 of their MPs for a motion to convene a lower-house session on a vote of no confidence in the government.
They want the extraordinary session, due to take place on Tuesday, to address next year's budget, which envisages the second-highest deficit in the Czech Republic's history, as well as Prime Minister Andrej Babiš's unresolved conflict of interest and what they describe as government attacks on constitutional institutions, the courts, the non-profit sector and the media.
A minimum of 101 of the 200 MPs would have to support the motion for the government to lose confidence. The governing coalition holds 108 seats. The vote will take place shortly before the October municipal and Senate elections.
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09/24/2026
In a dispute over a lawsuit brought by the internet company Seznam.cz against Andrej Babiš (ANO), the Prague Regional Court on Thursday called on the Czech prime minister’s legal representative to substantiate the truth of some of his statements.
The firm filed the lawsuit over 12 statements which, it claims, the Mr. Babiš had used to damage its reputation. The PM’s lawyer told the court that the company was taking the statements out of context and that, in his view, some of them constituted legitimate value judgements. The hearing will continue in December.
Seznam says Mr. Babiš has repeatedly spread false claims that it had committed tax evasion.
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09/24/2026
Due to the loosening of fiscal policy, the expected trigger of Czechia’s debt brake has been brought forward from 2037 to 2034, the chairman of the National Budget Council, Mojmír Hampl, said on Thursday.
The economist was speaking at the release of a report on compliance with fiscal responsibility rules in 2025 and an annual report on the long-term sustainability of public finances.
According to the National Budget Council, this year has seen a reversal of the previous trend toward fiscal consolidation. It says that the country's public finances cannot be considered sustainable.
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09/24/2026
Forty-one people are in hospital and salmonella has been confirmed in 18 cases after eggs past their use-by date for a week were used to prepare food at a school canteen in Prague. Some 250 adults and children were made ill after a spaghetti dish at the school in Újezd nad Lesy.
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09/24/2026
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Friday, with an average high temperature of 15 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to be warmer and mainly sunny.
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