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10/19/2026
The Czech Foreign Ministry has advised Czech citizens visiting France to avoid demonstrations and large gatherings amid a wave of street violence in several big cities.
Hundreds of thousands of people protested against the rising cost of living at the weekend with demonstrations escalated into violence, looting and attacks on public buildings. Police arrested around 2,400 people, while about 1,000 officers were injured.
A nationwide general strike is also planned for November 5, with disruption expected across transport, healthcare, education and other public and private services, the ministry says.
It urges travellers, particularly those visiting major cities, to monitor updates from transport operators, plan for possible disruption and follow instructions from local authorities and security forces.
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10/19/2026
Senate President Miloš Vystrčil (ODS) has announced that senators will prepare a petition to the Constitutional Court seeking to overturn parts of the Civil Service Act.
The lower house this week overrode President Petr Pavel's veto of the legislation, which the ruling coalition says should make it easier to replace civil servants by bringing their employment conditions closer to those in the regular labour market.
In his veto justification, Pavel argued that the law runs counter to the European Commission's recommendation to provide senior civil servants with greater protection against political interference.
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10/19/2026
The government coalition is postponing a cut in corporate income tax from 21 to 19 percent, despite it being one of its major economic promises. According to a new Finance Ministry estimate, the two-percentage-point reduction would cost public budgets CZK 30 billion a year.
Finance Minister Alena Schillerová (ANO) told Czech Television that the state could not currently afford such a substantial loss of revenue. Instead, the cabinet plans to offer companies more favourable depreciation rules, for example for investment in research and development or for newly established businesses.
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10/19/2026
A historic Spitfire fighter plane that flew with the Czechoslovak squadron of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War will be officially presented to the public at Točná Airport in Prague on Monday afternoon.
The aircraft, serial number 633 and bearing the designation JT-10, was built in 1945. After the war, Czechoslovak pilots brought it home, but in 1948 it was sent to Israel. It later ended up in Burma before becoming part of a private collection. It has now been bought by Seznam.cz owner Ivo Lukačovič and brought back to Czechia.
The presentation is scheduled for 3 p.m. Weather permitting, visitors will also see a historic Hawker Hurricane, one of the key aircraft of the Battle of Britain, flying alongside the Spitfire.
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10/19/2026
The Czech government and trade unions are due to resume talks on public sector pay rises for next year on Monday. The government has proposed increasing basic salaries by five to nine percent, depending on the profession, but unions want further negotiations.
Around 858,000 people work in the public and state sectors in Czechia. According to the Labour Ministry, 263,000 currently earn less than the guaranteed pay level or minimum wage. Without changes, that number would rise to 468,000 next year.
The minimum monthly wage is set to rise from CZK 22,400 to CZK 24,900 in January. The government says no public sector pay tariff should fall below the relevant minimum or guaranteed pay level.
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10/18/2026
ANO deputy leader Radek Vondráček wants to discuss switching Czech Senate elections to a single-round system, arguing that low turnout in run-offs undermines the upper house’s representativeness. ANO failed to win any seats in this year’s elections, despite 13 of its candidates reaching the second round.
Speaking on a debate programme on Prima TV, Vondráček said that in some run-offs, a candidate could win a Senate seat with just a few hundred votes. Turnout in the second round was 21.22 percent, the highest since 2010.
STAN deputy leader Karel Dvořák opposed the proposal in the same debate, arguing that a two-round system helps elect candidates with broader public support and contributes to the Senate’s stability. STAN won ten seats in this year’s elections, more than any other party.
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10/18/2026
Monday will be mostly cloudy, with occasional light rain in the north and northeast. Temperatures will reach 10 to 14 degrees Celsius.
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10/18/2026
Around 100 people gathered in Prague on Sunday to urge Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to support the preservation and repair of the historic railway bridge at Výtoň. The protest marked 125 years since the bridge opened.
The bridge is in poor condition, forcing major restrictions on rail traffic, but experts consider its riveted steel structure an important part of Prague’s industrial heritage.
In 2022, the Railway Administration selected a plan to replace the protected steel structure with a new one on the existing pillars. The proposal faced opposition from local authorities, civic groups and heritage organisations, prompting a review of the plans.
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10/18/2026
Czech Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil wants Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to start attending Senate sessions. He plans to invite him to the upper house’s inaugural session on November 19, following this year’s Senate elections.
Vystrčil criticised Babiš for claiming last week that the Senate was pursuing an anti-Babiš agenda. He argued that the upper house was simply fulfilling its constitutional role, noting that it had returned only around 20 of some 150 bills to the Chamber of Deputies during its last term. In seven cases, MPs accepted the Senate’s proposed changes.
The ANO party failed to win a single Senate seat in this year’s elections, despite 13 of its candidates reaching the run-off round. Babiš called the result “catastrophic” and said the party needed to examine the work of its regional organisations.
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10/18/2026
The number of women in the Czech Senate will fall from 17 to 14 following this year’s elections. Two senators failed to defend their seats, while two others did not stand for re-election.
The only woman elected this year was Zuzana Ceralová Petrofová of the Civic Democrats (ODS), head of the piano maker PETROF. Women will now make up around 17 percent of the Senate, down from 21 percent. In the Chamber of Deputies, they account for about a third of MPs.
The previous total of 17 women senators was the highest since the upper chamber was established in 1996. The new figure is the lowest number of women elected to the Senate in its history.
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