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07/01/2026
Six people needed medical attention on Tuesday when lightning hit a tree near a summer camp for children in the vicinity of Jindřichův Hradec, South Moravia. An adult was momentarily knocked unconscious and was transported to hospital by helicopter, a spokesperson for the emergency services said. Five minors affected by the lightning strike were also taken to hospital, where they were in a stable state.
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06/30/2026
Coalition party Freedom and Direct Democracy want Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to be stripped of the highest Czech state honour, the Order of the White Lion. Jindřich Rajchl, a member of the grouping’s parliamentary party, said on Tuesday that this should be done following Poland’s example; it president removed Mr. Zelensky’s Order of the White Eagle after he named a Ukrainian special forces unit the “Heroes of the Ukrainian Insurgent Army”.
Freedom and Direct Democracy will push within the governing coalition for the Chamber of Deputies to propose to President Petr Pavel that the Czech honour be revoked.
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06/30/2026
Two women are set to serve 12 and nine years in prison, respectively, for the murder of the leader of a group known as the Kutná Hora sect. The Prague High Court on Tuesday reduced the women’s original sentences, thereby partly granting appeals they had filed.
The defendants had said that they were fulfilling the wishes of the cult leader to have his life ended. They said they were not of sound mind at the time of the crime due to psychological manipulation on his part.
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06/30/2026
A total of 53 experts from Czech government human rights councils, committees and working groups resigned with immediate effect on Tuesday.
The specialists say they are opposed to the transfer of agendas from the central Office of the Government to three different ministries. They say this move will undermine the protection of vulnerable people in the Czech Republic and that what is really needed is cross-sectoral coordination.
They also object to the fact that the cabinet did not consult its advisory bodies on the changes in advance and did not take their subsequent comments into account. The outgoing members served on the councils and committees without pay and an estimated one-third of them are leaving.
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06/30/2026
The new head of the Czech Army, Miroslav Hlaváč, symbolically took over the post from his predecessor, Karel Řehka, in a ceremony at Prague’s Vítkov National Memorial on Tuesday, with General Řehka handing his successor the battle flag of the General Staff.
Earlier Lieutenant General Hlaváč had been appointed by President Petr Pavel at Prague Castle. He officially takes over the role on Wednesday, July 1 and his term is set to last four years.
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06/30/2026
ANO would have won general elections in May with 35.5 percent of the vote, suggests a new poll by the Median agency published on Tuesday. The survey indicates the Mayors and Independents would have come second on 14.5 percent, ahead of the Civic Democrats on 12 percent.
The Pirates (8.5 percent) and Freedom and Direct Democracy (6.5 percent) would also make it into the lower house in the poll. The Motorists would receive 3.5 percent, thus failing to make the 5-percent cut-off.
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06/30/2026
The Czech minister of foreign affairs, Petr Macinka, has apologised for what he called “unintended promotion” of a festival at which he was booed by audience members on Saturday. The previous day his Motorists party colleague, Culture Minister Ota Klempíř, had also faced catcalls at the traditional folklore festival in Strážnice.
Mr. Macinka told reporters he had not gone to the event in order to provoke people. He said the festival would pay for the incident and that was not his intention.
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06/30/2026
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Wednesday, with an average high temperature of 24 degrees Celsius. Sunny skies are expected at the weekend.
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06/30/2026
The coach of the Czech international football squad, Miroslav Koubek, has stood down following a disappointing showing for the country at the World Cup in North America. Koubek, who is 74, said he had resigned following what he called a media campaign against him, saying it made no sense for him to continue in the post given the present atmosphere.
Koubek’s first two games at the helm were playoff ties that the Czechs won to qualify for their first World Cup in two decades. However, in the competition they finished bottom of their group with only one point, amid widespread criticism of the team’s style of play.
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06/29/2026
A Czech rescue team of firefighters, structural engineers and search-and-rescue dog handlers with their dogs is continuing its systematic search of buildings that collapsed or were damaged in the recent devastating earthquake in Venezuela. The team is searching for survivors, assessing the structural stability of buildings, cooperating with Venezuelan authorities, and following up on information provided by local residents.
Early this morning local time, the Czech team experienced a minor aftershock. The tremor did not disrupt their operations, and all team members are safe. One of the rescue dogs suffered a minor injury, which was treated on site, Klára Ochmanová, spokesperson for the Czech Fire Rescue Service's General Directorate, told ČTK today.
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