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12/22/2025
Charity organisations in Prague are preparing holiday meals and Christmas gatherings for the homeless. On 24 December, the charity Naděje will distribute food at several locations. On Christmas Day, the Prague Archbishopric will host a meal for 200 people on its premises. The Prague City Hall is also providing assistance, offering 700 beds in shelters as well as heated facilities with social services. More outreach workers are active on the streets, providing food and basic medical assistance.
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12/22/2025
Triple Olympic champion Ester Ledecká finished ninth in the women’s Super-G at the Alpine Ski World Cup in Val d’Isère. After placing sixth in Saturday’s downhill, she secured her second top-ten finish of the season. Italy’s Sofia Goggia won the race, with Ledecká finishing 0.94 seconds behind.
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12/22/2025
Czech nuclear plants Temelín and Dukovany have generated over 31.02 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity this year, setting a new annual record. Increased output is attributed to fuel cycle adjustments and plant modernization, ČEZ spokesman Ladislav Kříž said.
This year’s production surpasses 2022’s record of just over 31 TWh, with nuclear power now contributing more than 40% of the country’s electricity.
Dukovany now operates on an extended 16-month fuel cycle, while Temelín will complete its transition next year. Future production will depend on the number of plant outages, with higher outages lowering annual output.
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12/22/2025
President Petr Pavel will receive Filip Turek, honorary president of the Motorists party and a member of parliament, at Prague Castle on Monday to discuss his possible appointment as minister of the environment, a nomination the president has so far declined to approve.
The Motorists party continues to insist that Turek be appointed to the post, which is currently being led on an interim basis by Foreign Minister and party chairman Petr Macinka.
Pavel appointed the new coalition government of ANO, SPD and the Motorists last week. Before doing so, he met with all ministerial nominees except Turek, who was unable to attend due to health reasons. The president has repeatedly said he has reservations about Turek’s appointment, citing concerns about his respect for the rule of law and established rules.
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12/21/2025
A memorial concert held on Sunday at the packed Evangelical Church of St Salvator in Prague commemorated the victims of the deadly shooting at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts in December 2023.
The concert featured a composition written specifically in memory of the victims of the attack, in which 14 students and teachers were killed on 21 December 2023. Proceeds from the benefit concert, titled Two years later, will support the mental-health organisation Nevypusť duši, which focuses on children and young people.
After the concert, university representatives, students and bereaved families gathered at Jan Palach Square to pay tribute to the victims at a memorial sculpture opposite the faculty building. They laid wreaths and flowers and lit lanterns and candles. People came to honour the victims throughout the day, with hundreds of candles burning at the site by the afternoon.
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12/21/2025
Monday will be overcast with low cloud. Fog may appear in places in the morning, becoming rare later in the day. In the mountains, skies will be mostly clear. Highs will range from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius.
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12/21/2025
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš says he wants to discuss the planned reorganisation of the Foreign Ministry with Foreign Minister Petr Macinka at Monday’s coalition meeting, he told Deník N.
According to the outlet, the proposal would abolish several departments, including the security and multilateral section, which oversees sanctions, cybersecurity and protection against hybrid threats. The department for global risks and resilience could also be scrapped.
According to some media reports, several senior directors may leave the ministry, and the post of state secretary could also change. Macinka says the reorganisation is comprehensive, prepared with experts, and that no one has been dismissed so far.
The opposition STAN movement has criticised the plans, saying the changes are rushed and lack proper analysis. Former foreign minister Jan Lipavský has gone further, calling the developments the harshest political purge at the ministry since the 1989 revolution.
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12/21/2025
Charles University will treat safety and security as a permanent task in the years ahead, its rector Milena Králíčková said on Sunday. Speaking at a memorial event for the victims of the deadly shooting at the Faculty of Arts, she stressed that stronger security measures must be introduced sensitively.
Králíčková said many students and staff are still affected by the tragedy two years on. In response, the university has set up a resilience centre focused on mental wellbeing, expanded counselling services and increased support for those impacted.
Alongside physical security upgrades, the university is focusing on so-called “soft measures”, including more training and drills on how to escape buildings or secure rooms during an emergency. A new security department has also been established at the rector’s office to coordinate safety efforts across all faculties.
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12/21/2025
Donors have contributed around CZK 100 billion to an international ammunition initiative for Ukraine, with Czechia providing between two to three billion crowns, former foreign minister Jan Lipavský said on CNN Prima News on Sunday.
Czechia is cooperating mainly with the Netherlands and Denmark on the initiative. Ukraine received 1.8 million rounds of ammunition this year, and more than four million in total since the programme began. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is due to discuss the initiative on Monday with the head of the Czech defence cooperation agency AMOS.
Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna said Czech support for Ukraine will continue, while adding that forms of assistance should be carefully assessed. He said the future of the initiative will be decided by the government as a whole.
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12/21/2025
Train services in Prague were disrupted on Saturday morning after cable theft on the line between Prague Vršovice and the main railway station. Trains ran on only one track, and delays lasted more than nine hours. Operations were fully restored only after 3 p.m.
The disruption affected dozens of services, including regional and long-distance trains, and some local connections were cancelled. According to rail officials, around 70 metres of signalling cable were stolen near the main station. The suspect was detained by railway staff and handed over to police.
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