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10/26/2026
The first Czech-Hungarian intergovernmental consultations will take place in Prague this Thursday, the Government Office has announced.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) will hold bilateral talks with his Hungarian counterpart, Péter Magyar. Individual ministers are also planning bilateral meetings.
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10/26/2026
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on Monday began a two-day visit to Algeria aimed at strengthening bilateral trade and developing cooperation in the energy and defence industries.
He is accompanied by Industry and Trade Minister Karel Havlíček , who told reporters ahead of departure that the delegation wanted to discuss possible gas imports with Algeria within Czechia’s diversification strategy. He added that it was too early to say how much gas the country might purchase, as this would depend on what Algeria offered.
Representatives of energy company ČEZ are part of the business delegation, which has also held talks on gas supplies in the United States and Azerbaijan, and is planning a visit to Norway.
Czechia has traditionally maintained a positive trade balance with Algeria, recording a surplus of CZK 2.4 billion in 2024. Its main exports to the country are cars and machinery, while chemical raw materials are among the goods imported into Czechia.
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10/26/2026
The governing coalition will not withdraw its bill changing the funding of the country's public broadcasters, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said in the wake of a massive protest against the bill on Old Town Square. He said further talks would be held on its specific provisions, with voluntary license fee payments among the options under consideration.
Babiš maintained that abolishing license fees would merely change the funding model, not threaten media independence, and pledged that the government would not interfere in the broadcasters’ editorial work or personnel matters.
Reacting to Sunday’s protest and further demonstrations planned in the coming days, the prime minister accused the opposition and the Million Moments for Democracy association of fueling divisions in society and urged them to stop.
Babiš also said he had information suggesting the issue was to be exploited in connection with events marking the anniversary of November 17, the day commemorating the struggle for freedom and democracy in the Czech Republic.
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10/25/2026
Thousands of people gathered in Prague’s Old Town Square on Sunday afternoon to protest against plans to abolish television and radio licence fees and transfer funding for Czech Television (ČT) and Czech Radio (ČRo) to the state budget.
The demonstration, titled Hands Off the Media, was organised by the Million Moments for Democracy association.
Around 4,000 people gathered in central Brno on Saturday to show their support for public service media.
In response to developments in the Chamber of Deputies, ČT and ČRo employees have called a full-day strike for Tuesday, November 3.
The opposition has described the proposed changes as a move towards state control of the two public broadcasters and warned that they threaten media independence. It plans to challenge the way the governing coalition pushed the bill through its first reading in the lower house before the Constitutional Court and the European Commission.
President Petr Pavel said the unexpected inclusion of the bill on the agenda and the overnight weekend vote undermined confidence in the government’s good intentions and raised serious doubts about the motives of its proponents.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, by contrast, has accused the opposition of exploiting the issue to escalate tensions in the Czech Republic.
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10/25/2026
Juvenile crime is not on the rise, but its nature is changing, with children shifting from theft to violent offences, including murder, Supreme State Prosecutor Lenka Bradáčová said in a debate on Czech Television on Sunday.
If the age of criminal responsibility were lowered, she would support reducing it from the current 15 to 13 years. The Justice Ministry is considering such a change, which could apply, for example, to offences punishable by exceptional sentences in the Czech Republic.
Justice Minister Jeroným Tejc told Czech Television that he plans to present the proposal in January.
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10/25/2026
Monday should be partly cloudy to overcast with daytime highs between 8 and 13 degrees Celsius.
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10/25/2026
The Czech Foreign Ministry has warned against travel to Saudi Arabia following attacks by Yemen's Houthi rebels on airports and other infrastructure in the country. The updated travel advisory was published on the ministry's website on Saturday evening.
The ministry warned that even airports that remain open could face closures. Saudi Arabia reopened Riyadh's airport to international flights on Sunday.
As of Sunday, 72 Czech citizens were registered in the ministry's Drozd traveller registration system in Saudi Arabia and three in Yemen, ministry spokesman Adam Čörgő told the Czech News Agency. At the beginning of last week, when the ministry advised travelling to Saudi Arabia only in absolutely necessary cases, 85 people were registered in Saudi Arabia and 16 in Yemen.
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10/25/2026
Kateřina Siniaková has won the tennis tournament in Osaka, claiming her sixth WTA singles title. In the final, the world’s top-ranked doubles player thrashed American Ashlyn Krueger 6-1, 6-0 in just 64 minutes.
Siniaková’s triumph marks her first singles title in three years.
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10/25/2026
Strong winds have halted the upper section of the cable car to Sněžka, the highest mountain in the Czech Republic, the Czech News Agency reported.
According to measurements taken at the summit, wind gusts exceeded 117 kph on Saturday. The cable car can operate only when wind speeds remain below 60 kph. The summit is also covered in ice, with temperatures at minus 3 degrees Celsius.
The lower section of the cable car, running from Pec pod Sněžkou to Růžová hora, remains in operation. The situation may change, and the latest updates are available on the cable car’s website.
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10/25/2026
A total of CZK 8.5 million has been raised in just a few days for cultural projects commemorating the start of the Velvet Revolution on November 17, 1989, which brought about the end of communist rule in Czechoslovakia. That is more than three times the amount provided by the state over the past four years.
The fundraising success was driven by spontaneous initiatives on social media launched in response to Culture Minister Oto Klempíř (Motorists) deciding not to provide any funding for cultural events marking the national holiday.
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