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Some 111 athletes were preliminarily nominated for the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris by the Czech Olympic Committee on Monday, although this number is not final. The selection could still change, especially in athletics, which closes its world rankings this week. The final composition of the Czech Olympic team will be announced on Sunday, July 7, a day before the commitee submits its entries to the International Olympic Committee (IOC).

All the Czech Olympic gold medal winners from Tokyo 2020 (which was delayed by a year and ended up taking place in 2021) are in the selection, including doubles tennis stars Kateřina Siniaková and Barbora Krejčíková, water slalom canoeist Jiří Prskavec, and Men's +100 kg judo winner Lukáš Krpálek. No Czech team sport players qualified for the Olympics this year.

In view of the fires that raged in the south-western parts of Turkey over the weekend, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs has advised Czech tourists already in the country or heading there to register with the ministry’s travel data base Drozd. In the event of emergencies the ministry uses the data base to provide Czech citizens abroad with relevant information and advice or assists them with their return home. According to the Turkish authorities, the fires that broke out in the Izmir area on Saturday have been brought under control and there is currently no immediate danger to citizens, but short-term complications with services may occur in the affected areas. Thousands of Czech tourists travel to Turkey every year.

Meteorologists have issued a severe storm warning for the eastern parts of the country on Sunday afternoon and evening. The eastern parts of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia may experience heavy storms with torrential rain and hailstones in places that may reach 3cm in size. There is a danger of flash floods. Sunday’s night temperatures, which reached 25 degrees in places, are among the warmest on record.

Andrej Babiš' ANO party, Viktor Orbán's Fidesz party and Austria's far-right FPÖ have announced the formation of a joint alliance in the European Parliament called “Patriots of Europe”.  According to Andrej Babiš the emphasis of the new grouping will be on patriotism, sovereignty and tradition.

"We have three main priorities that we share and that unite us - defence of sovereignty, the fight against illegal migration and opposition to the Green Deal," Mr. Babiš said. He stressed it was important to strengthen the sovereignty of each member state, for Brussels' migration policy to change and the protection of the EU's external borders to be strengthened.

The new alliance will need the support of parties from four other European Union states before it can be recognized as a group in the European Parliament.