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Several thousand people gathered on Prague’s Wenceslas Square on Saturday afternoon to protest against the government. The event is organised by the non-parliamentary PRO party and the allied association Czech Republic against Poverty.

The main demonstration organiser, lawyer and founder of the PRO party, Jindřich Reichl, stated the demonstrators are calling for the resignation of Prime Minister Petr Fiala’s government, which he described as anti-social and anti-Czech. He also rejected the adoption of a common European currency, the European Union's climate policy and the planned ban on internal combustion engines.

Among the speakers was Senator Jana Zwyrtek Hamplová and deputy head of the Social Democratic Party, Michal Hašek, who greeted the demonstrators on behalf of the former head of state, Miloš Zeman. The protest follows on three demonstrations organised by the same group last year.

Czech tennis player Tomáš Macháč has advanced to the third round in Miami, after defeatingRussia’s fifth seed Andrey Rublev 6-4, 6-4 on Friday, claiming his first Top 10 win.

The Czech world No. 60, who advanced to the third round of an ATP Masters 1000 for the first time, will next meet the winner of a match between Andy Murray and Tomas Martin Etcheverry.

The Czech Foreign Ministry has condemned the terrorist attack in Krasnogorsk, near Moscow, in which 60 people were killed and more than 100 injured. "The Czech Republic condemns the terrorist attack near Moscow. The attack on the civilian population is unacceptable. Our condolences to the families of the victims," the ministry said on social networks. The tweet was shared by Prime Minister Petr Fiala and speaker of the lower house Markéta Pekarová Adamová.

Words of condemnation have also come from the Czech Interior Ministry. "A terrorist attack on defenseless civilians is unjustifiable under any circumstances. My condolences to the families and loved ones of all the victims of today's shocking violence in Krasnogorsk," Interior Minister Vít Rakušan wrote on the X network shortly after the news broke.

Speaker of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, also expressed his condolences to the families of all the victims and said a terrorist attack is terrible and horrific wherever it occurs.

According to Reuters, masked assailants burst into a large concert hall near Moscow on Friday and sprayed the crowd with gunfire, killing over 130 people, injuring more than 140 and setting fire to the venue. The terror group ISIS has claimed responsibility but failed to provide proof of the claim.

The Regional Court in Brno has acquitted a Ukrainian national of charges of manslaughter over the  death of a Romany man who died last year after a fight near the Brno dam. The court ruled that the Ukrainian national had acted in self-defense. The judge said the evidence pointed to the fact that a group of people, including the young Romany, were rowdy and troubling passengers on a tram which led the Ukrainian man to come to their defense and ask the group to calm down. When he got off the tram the group followed and attacked him. The incident has led to tensions between Ukrainians and the local Roma community.