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10/30/2026
Industrial facilities in the Ústí nad Labem Region featured most frequently in annual rankings of the Czech Republic’s biggest environmental polluters compiled by environmental group Arnika last year. The Moravian-Silesian and Pardubice regions followed.
Major sources of pollution included power plants, chemical factories and other industrial facilities. Reported emissions of certain pollutants increased compared with the previous year, including so-called forever chemicals, formaldehyde and greenhouse gases, Arnika representatives told reporters on Thursday.
The total reported amount of formaldehyde rose to more than 22.5 tonnes. Long-term exposure to the substance has been linked to an increased risk of certain cancers. Kronospan CR in Jihlava accounted for the largest share, reporting approximately seven tons.
Meanwhile, a biological wastewater treatment plant in Rybitví, near Pardubice, discharged almost seven times as much of the so-called forever chemicals known as PFAS into water last year compared with the previous year.
Arnika compiled the rankings using data from the Integrated Pollution Register.
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10/30/2026
The European Commission has provisionally approved a further CZK 23 billion for the Czech Republic under its National Recovery Plan. The funding represents the seventh and final payment.
The measures covered include the development of community energy projects, the electrification of public transport in Prague, the construction of quantum communication infrastructure, and support for research and universities, including the creation of two new university campuses.
The funding will also support affordable rental housing, the development of teachers’ digital skills and the construction of the Czech Oncology Institute at Motol University Hospital, the Czech Permanent Representation to the EU said on social media platform X.
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10/30/2026
Culture Minister Oto Klempíř (Motorists) has defended proposed changes to the Czech arts grant system, insisting stricter rules are needed to prevent conflicts of interest. He told a parliamentary committee that people involved in projects receiving public funding should not serve on panels allocating grants. Former culture minister Martin Baxa (Civic Democratic Party) criticised the changes, warning they could encourage self-censorship. Several grant committee members have resigned in protest, while professional associations have warned that the reforms could threaten artistic freedom. Klempíř insists the changes are necessary to ensure transparent and impartial distribution of public money.
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10/30/2026
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) is considering alternative funding for Czech Television and Czech Radio, inspired by Nordic countries. Czech Television director-general Hynek Chudárek said after Thursday’s meeting that no agreement had been reached. The government plans to abolish licence fees and fund both broadcasters directly from the state budget, significantly reducing their funding. Chudárek insists Czech Television needs to maintain its annual budget of 8.5 billion crowns and secure guarantees of independence. The controversial reform has sparked mass protests, with public media employees planning a strike next Tuesday.
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10/29/2026
Speaking at a press briefing in Prague, Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar said he did not consider his predecessor Viktor Orbán a suitable leader for the United Nations, adding that Orbán could only be a good choice if the aim were to destroy the organisation.
Magyar was responding to a report by The Wall Street Journal that US President Donald Trump’s administration supports Orbán as a candidate to become the next UN secretary-general. According to the newspaper, Washington approached Orbán with the idea and encouraged him to run for the post.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš did not comment on the matter.
The current UN Secretary-General, António Guterres, is due to leave office on December 31.
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10/29/2026
Central European countries are much stronger when they speak with one voice, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said after the first joint meeting of the Czech and Hungarian governments in Prague on Thursday. He welcomed the revival of cooperation within the Visegrad Group (V4), comprising Czechia, Slovakia, Poland and Hungary.
Babiš described Thursday’s talks, held at Kramář Villa and the Straka Academy in Prague, as a milestone in bilateral relations. Eight Hungarian ministers accompanied Magyar to the meeting.
According to the Czech prime minister, the two sides discussed trade and European Union affairs as well as security cooperation and activities within NATO.
Czechia and Hungary will seek EU funding for the development of high-speed rail lines in negotiations on the bloc’s next seven-year budget framework. The two countries’ transport ministers signed a memorandum of cooperation during the meeting, which also addresses high-speed rail projects.
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10/29/2026
The number of foreign nationals living in Prague is growing every year, according to data from the Czech Statistics Office. While the number of Czech citizens residing in the capital has stagnated or declined slightly over the long term, the number of international residents has increased almost sixfold over the past 20 years. They now account for a quarter of Prague’s 1.4 million inhabitants.
Without them, the capital would have been losing population over the long term, with negative consequences for the city’s economy, according to an analysis by the Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR).
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10/29/2026
Friday should be partly cloudy to overcast and mostly dry with daytime highs between 8 and 13 degrees Celsius.
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10/29/2026
The Temelín nuclear power plant is preparing to replace its tap-changing transformers, which supply electricity for the plant’s own operations. The new equipment is being manufactured and is due to replace the existing transformers over the next two years.
The investment, worth hundreds of millions of crowns, will improve the reliability of power supplies to the plant’s technological systems and represents another step towards extending its long-term operation, plant spokesman Marek Sviták told journalists.
Temelín’s operating life is expected to be extended to 80 years, until 2080 and 2082 for its two units, respectively.
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10/29/2026
Czech tennis player Kateřina Siniaková has withdrawn from the Guangzhou tournament ahead of her second-round match.
The world’s top-ranked doubles player, who won her first singles title in three years in Osaka on Sunday, appeared tired in her opening match in Guangzhou on Wednesday after travelling from Japan, but still defeated Thailand’s Lanlana Tararudee, the tournament’s third seed, 2-6, 6-1, 6-4.
During the match, she requested medical attention several times for problems with her shoulder and neck.
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