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06/27/2026
František Wiendl, a Czech resistance fighter who opposed both the Nazi occupation and the communist regime, has died at the age of 102. His death was announced on Saturday by the Memory of Nations project, with his family saying he passed away late on Friday in a Prague hospital.
During the Second World War, Wiendl took part in the anti-Nazi resistance. After the communist takeover in 1948, he helped 28 people flee across the border to the West before being arrested in 1949. He was sentenced to 18 years in prison for treason and spent a decade behind bars, including six years performing forced labour in the uranium mines of Jáchymov.
Following the Velvet Revolution, Wiendl was rehabilitated and became honorary chairman of the Confederation of Political Prisoners, helping preserve the memory of those persecuted under the communist regime.
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06/27/2026
Czechia recorded its highest temperature on record on Saturday, when the weather station in Doksany, northern Bohemia, measured 40.6 degrees Celsius. The previous national record of 40.4 degrees, set in Dobřichovice in August 2012, had stood for nearly 14 years.
Earlier in the afternoon, a temperature of exactly 40 degrees Celsius was recorded in Řež near Prague, marking the first time a Czech Hydrometeorological Institute station had reached that level in June. The previous June record of 39 degrees Celsius was also set in Řež in 2022.
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06/27/2026
Karolína Muchová won the WTA title in Bad Homburg, Germany, on Saturday after former world number one Naomi Osaka retired through illness early in the second set of the final. The Czech had dominated the opening set 6–1 and was leading 1–0 in the second when the match ended.
The 28-year-old reached the final without dropping a set and continued her impressive form on grass. The title is the third WTA singles crown of her career and gives her a timely confidence boost ahead of Wimbledon, which begins on Monday.
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06/27/2026
Around one fifth of Czech weather stations recorded a tropical night from Friday into Saturday, with temperatures staying above 20 degrees Celsius until morning, the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute has said. Such conditions were reported across almost the entire country, from lowlands to mountain areas.
The warmest night was recorded in central Prague, where temperatures at the Klementinum weather station did not fall below 23.7 degrees Celsius. Forecasters expect tropical nights to continue through Sunday and Monday, with overnight temperatures in some parts of Moravia remaining above 25 degrees.
Czechia has been experiencing an intense heatwave in recent days, with meteorologists warning that the country's all-time temperature record of 40.4 degrees Celsius, set in August 2012, could be broken later on Saturday.
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06/27/2026
Friday was the deadliest day on Czech roads so far this year, with five people losing their lives in traffic accidents on the last day of the school year. According to preliminary police data, the June death toll has now risen to 40, compared with 46 for the whole of June last year. Nine other people were seriously injured in Friday's crashes.
Since the beginning of the year, 181 people have died in traffic accidents in Czechia, just two fewer than during the first half of last year. Friday was also the deadliest day on Czech roads since 15 June last year, when eight people were killed.
Two of Friday's victims were pedestrians. An elderly man was struck and killed by a car in Prague, whose driver later tested positive for cocaine, while a 70-year-old woman died after being hit on a pedestrian crossing in Český Těšín.
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06/27/2026
A 70-member Czech Urban Search and Rescue (USAR) team, accompanied by eight specially trained search dogs, departed for Venezuela on Saturday to assist with rescue efforts following two powerful earthquakes that struck the country on Wednesday. The team is expected to arrive later that day and will begin searching for survivors trapped beneath collapsed buildings.
Team commander Petr Vodička said the devastation resembles what Czech rescuers encountered after the 2023 earthquakes in Türkiye. While some buildings appear to have been completely destroyed, others could still contain survivors, he said. After arriving in Venezuela, the team will coordinate with local authorities before deploying to its assigned search area.
Venezuela requested international assistance after the disaster, with Czechia among the first countries to respond. According to the latest figures, the earthquakes have claimed 920 lives and injured more than 3,300 people. Transport for the heavy rescue team was secured with the help of NATO and the Czech Army.
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06/26/2026
With ongoing climate change, summer can be just as dangerous as winter in terms of risks to life and health for people without housing, and this situation is expected to worsen in the future, the regional director for Bohemia at the Salvation Army, Jan Desenský, told CTK today. He said systemic measures similar to those implemented by cities in winter should be introduced in response. Field workers are currently distributing water and inviting people without shelter to day centers.
In humanitarian services, winter has traditionally been considered the critical period, but this is changing in recent years, Desenský said. “Data from southern countries show that extreme temperatures can be just as dangerous as frost,” he said. According to him, cities are not yet prepared with systemic plans for extreme temperatures, which can pose risks such as dehydration or heart problems.
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06/26/2026
A law aimed at making it easier to replace civil servants and bringing the rules of their employment closer to the Labour Code was approved today by the Chamber of Deputies with votes from ruling coalition lawmakers.
The opposition, as expected, failed to push through a rejection of the bill, which it says politicizes the civil service and prioritizes loyalty over expertise.
The current Civil Service Act, which aims to depoliticize the civil service, has been in force since 2015. The Czech Republic was required to adopt it under European Union rules to ensure the neutrality and independence of decision-making within the state administration.
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06/26/2026
The widespread power outage that affected parts of Czechia last July was caused by a combination of several unrelated technical and operational incidents, a group of international experts said, confirming the findings of last year's investigation by the Czech power grid operator.
To help prevent similar incidents, the experts also recommended tightening certain grid operation standards, expanding preventive measures, and revising some operational procedures.
The massive power outage on July 4 last year, which lasted several hours, affected about one million of the Czech Republic's 6.3 million electricity customers.
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06/26/2026
Clear skies during the day, by evening, high cloud cover will appear in western Bohemia. The highest daytime temperatures will range from 34°C to 38°C, with isolated locations reaching up to 39°C.
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