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10/27/2026
The opposition plans to challenge a law pushed through by the ruling coalition that limits the president's powers. The motion to challenge the law at the Constitutional Court received backing from 53 MPs and 38 senators.
The disputed amendment transfers the authority to appoint and dismiss heads of Czech permanent missions to international organisations, including NATO and the United Nations, from the president to the foreign minister.
The opposition argues that the change interferes with the powers of the head of state in violation of the constitutioal order.
The president himself vetoed the law, but the veto was overridden by the ruling parties’ majority in the lower house.
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10/27/2026
The internal affairs unit of the police force is investigating Friday’s incident in which visitors were removed from the public gallery of the Czech lower house. Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar said that the parliamentary security committee would also examine the circumstances at its next meeting on November 3.
A group of visitors was removed while MPs were debating a controversial bill to abolish license fees for the country’s public broadcasters. Some of them had been shouting and whistling at MPs during the session.
Metnar defended the police response, saying officers had called for order and warned visitors of possible consequences before removing them.
He added however that the incident needed to be clarified and reviewed.
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10/26/2026
The government has backed an amendment to the Criminal Code that would limit the powers of appeal courts.
The bill also includes other controversial provisions, including the possibility of disclosing a person's nationality in criminal proceedings and an explicit obligation for prosecutors not to withhold evidence in court that could support the defence.
Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc said after the cabinet meeting that the amendment addressed the most pressing problems in criminal proceedings and was intended to make them more efficient. A comprehensive revision of the law is expected to be drafted in around a year and a half.
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10/26/2026
The government has extended fuel price regulation until November 30, Finance Minister Alena Schillerová said after Monday’s government session.
The measures, in force since October 1, include price caps on petrol and diesel and a reduction in diesel excise duty. The government sets maximum prices for both fuels, while petrol stations are limited to a margin of CZK 2.50 per litre. Diesel excise duty has been cut by CZK 2.35 per litre.
Schillerová said the tax reduction was the maximum permitted under EU legislation.
Fuel price regulation was also introduced earlier this year, remaining in place from early April until mid-July.
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10/26/2026
The government has nodded to a proposal to enshrine the Czech crown as the country’s currency in the Constitution, Czech Television reported on Monday.
The proposal was submitted by a group of coalition politicians from Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and the Motorists’ party. Representatives of ANO, the leading party in the ruling coalition, are notably absent from the list of signatories.
As the proposal involves a constitutional amendment, it would require support from 120 MPs to pass, that is 12 more than the ruling coalition has in the lower house. Its sponsors hope to secure support mainly from the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), although its leader, Martin Kupka, has rejected the proposal.
Upon joining the European Union, Czechia committed to taking steps towards adopting the common European currency.
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10/26/2026
President Petr Pavel will promote Chief of the General Staff Miroslav Hlaváč to army general, the highest rank in the Czech military, at a state ceremony at Prague Castle on October 28.
On the government’s recommendation, Pavel will also promote Prison Service Director General Tomáš Hůlka to lieutenant general, the highest rank in the country’s security services.
In the military, Deputy Chiefs of the General Staff Petr Čepelka and Pavel Lipka, as well as Operations Command chief Jaroslav Míka, are also to be promoted to lieutenant general.
The government has proposed a total of 16 men from the armed forces and security services for promotion.
The president promotes members of the armed forces, police, fire service and other security forces to general ranks twice a year, on Czechoslovak Independence Day and May 8.
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10/26/2026
Veterinarians have started will culling thousands of hens in Dynín, near České Budějovice, following repeated cases of salmonella at the farm. More than 30,000 laying hens will have to be slaughtered, State Veterinary Administration spokesman Petr Majer told the Czech News Agency. No fresh eggs from the Mavela Dynín farm have reached the market since the infection was confirmed, Majer said.
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10/26/2026
Tuesday should be partly cloudy and mostly dry with daytime highs between 8 and 12 degrees Celsius.
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10/26/2026
Czech tennis player Kateřina Siniaková has climbed 37 places to 49th in the world singles rankings after winning the tournament in Osaka.
The world’s top-ranked doubles player claimed the sixth singles title of her career on the WTA Tour in Japan on Sunday, and her first in three years.
Two Czech players remain in the world’s top 10: Karolína Muchová in seventh place and Linda Nosková in ninth. Both are set to compete at the WTA Finals in Indian Wells in November.
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10/26/2026
The decline in confidence in the Czech economy in October reflects concerns over sharply rising energy commodity prices, the geopolitical situation and weakening demand, according to analysts cited by the Czech News Agency.
Economic confidence fell by 1.6 points month-on-month to 97.9 points, its lowest level since April last year.
The outlook for economic growth has weakened slightly further in recent months, while the risk of faster inflation is increasing, according to Miroslav Novák, an analyst at Citfin.
He said rising energy prices and the possibility that higher costs would gradually curb household spending were the main risks to the economy.
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