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10/23/2026
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico will visit the Czech Republic on Tuesday, on the eve of celebrations marking the founding of Czechoslovakia in 1918.
Together with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of ANO, he will unveil a statue celebrating Czech-Slovak friendship in the garden of the Straka Academy, the Czech government’s headquarters. Babiš and Fico are then expected to deliver speeches, the government's office said in a press release.
Prime Minister Babiš visited Slovakia in February of this year.
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10/23/2026
Saturday should be cloudy to overcast with scattered showers in the western parts of the country and day temperatures between 9 and 13 degrees Celsius.
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10/23/2026
The ruling coalition on Friday pushed through a motion in the Chamber of Deputies to give priority to the government’s bill abolishing television and radio licence fees. The motion was tabled by Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) parliamentary group leader Radim Fiala. At his request, the lower house also voted to allow Saturday sittings, in addition to overnight sessions in view of a longer debate.
The government wants to replace licence fees with funding for Czech Television and Czech Radio from the state budget.
Opposition parties describe the proposal as an attempt to bring both public-service broadcasters under state control and warn that it threatens their independence. They have vowed to obstruct it in every possible way.
Employees of Czech Radio and Czech Television have announced a one-day strike on Novermber 3 .
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10/23/2026
People have donated more than CZK 6.5 million to this year’s November 17 commemorations on Národní třída in Prague. The South Bohemian Region has pledged a further CZK 300,000, which is not included in the public fundraising total.
Donations stated pouring in after the Culture Ministry refused to provide funding to the Díky, že můžem association for the traditional celebrations of the Velvet Revolution on Prague’s Národní třída. Culture Minister Oto Klempíř told journalists that the organisers did not meet the conditions for receiving a grant this year. The association had applied for CZK 1 million.
The organisers have expressed disappointment with the ministry’s approach, but said that the planned program will go ahead in full this year. This year’s budget for the Korzo Národní event is around CZK 5.5 million.
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10/23/2026
Martina Sáblíková, the most successful Czech speed skater in history, will join the national team’s coaching staff as an assistant to head coach Petr Novák after ending her competitive career. The news was reported by Sportegy, the agency representing her.
The three-time Olympic champion retired from competition after the World Championships in Heerenveen in March. She is gradually adjusting to her new role, which she says brings its own challenges.
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10/23/2026
The lower house of Parliament has approved the main parameters of the draft state budget for 2027 with a planned deficit of CZK 386 billion.
Revenue is projected to increase by CZK 80.8 billion year-on-year to CZK 2.199 trillion, while expenditure is expected to rise by CZK 156.8 billion to CZK 2.585 trillion. The government plans to cover the deficit mainly by increasing state debt.
Opposition parties, who strongly oppose the size of the deficit, failed to push through a proposal to return the draft budget to the government for revision.
In the second reading, expected in November, MPs will no longer be able to amend the budget's main parameters. They will only debate individual budget chapters and propose reallocations of funds within the overall budget.
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10/23/2026
Czech President Petr Pavel is one of five politicians being considered by European leaders for the role of chief negotiator with Russian President Vladimir Putin on ending the war in Ukraine, according to The Telegraph. The paper cites diplomatic sources who said some of the potential candidates had already been approached.
Europe wants to play a more prominent role in negotiations with Russia after more than a year and a half of US-led mediation failed to produce a tangible breakthrough. Concerns have also grown that US President Donald Trump no longer represents the interests of Europe and is favouring Moscow in efforts to end the conflict.
According to The Telegraph, the other politicians under consideration are Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, Finnish President Alexander Stubb, Danish Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre.
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10/22/2026
The Czech Technical University in Prague (CTU) has been targeted by a cyberattack, forcing it to take some of its systems offline. The university said on Thursday that it had managed to stop the attack and was working to resolve the problem and restore its services.
According to CTU, the incident is linked to a global wave of attacks targeting websites that use the PHP programming language, following the disclosure of critical security vulnerabilities.
The Czech Government Office temporarily took its website offline on Wednesday because of the same vulnerabilities.
CTU said some of its systems would remain unavailable until a solution was found. The university has not specified which services have been affected or when they are expected to be restored.
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10/22/2026
Police are investigating a violent road-rage attack on the D6 motorway, west of Prague, where a driver first forced a car carrying a young woman and her 8-year-old daughter to brake sharply before opening the driver’s door and violently assaulting her for respecting the lowered speed limit and slowing him down.
When the woman told him that the incident was being recorded by a dashboard camera, which her daughter was holding at the time, he tried to snatch the device. The girl managed to hide it under the seat, preserving crucial footage for the police.
Investigators are handling the case under expedited proceedings on suspicion of attempted bodily harm, disorderly conduct and theft.
A police spokesperson said both the woman and her daughter were in a state of shock.
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10/22/2026
The Czech Republic is breaching EU law by allowing criminal suspects to be questioned without a lawyer if their defence counsel fails to arrive within 48 hours of their arrest, the European Court of Justice ruled on Thursday, upholding a complaint brought by the European Commission.
The court found a similar breach in Hungary, where suspects can be questioned without a lawyer if their counsel fails to arrive within two hours of being notified of the arrest. Czech law sets the deadline at 48 hours after an arrest and also permits questioning if a lawyer is unavailable.
The court did not impose a fine on the Czech Republic. However, if the country fails to comply with the ruling, the European Commission can refer the case back to the court and propose financial penalties.
The Commission first raised concerns about the Czech legislation’s compliance with the relevant EU directive in 2021. The Justice Ministry rejected its objections at the time.
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