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06/19/2026
This week, Prague officially began the main construction work on the second section of Metro Line D, running from Olbrachtova to Nové Dvory, after a delay of more than two and a half years.
Representatives of the city, the Prague Public Transit Company (DPP), and construction firms attended the ceremonial launch today. Preparatory work on the new phase began in April after DPP signed a contract worth approximately CZK 30 billion (excluding VAT) with a consortium led by the company Subterra.
Metro Line D will connect Písnice with Náměstí Míru and help ease traffic congestion in the southern part of the Czech capital.
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06/19/2026
The Czech Republic will not meet its commitment to the NATO to spend 2% of its GDP on defense this year, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš announced on social media. He said he is confident that Czechia will meet the 2% target from next year onward.
On Wednesday, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte said that Czechia also failed to meet the 2% target last year, along with Albania and Slovenia.
Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna (SPD) said on Thursday during talks in Brussels that the government is working to meet its commitments on increasing defence spending. According to Zůna, Czechia will explain its previous failure to meet these commitments at the NATO summit in Ankara in July.
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06/19/2026
The Czech Republic will no longer continue the process of adopting the so-called Istanbul Convention on violence against women and domestic violence. At its most recent meeting on Monday, the government withdrew the previous cabinet’s approval for ratifying the document.
Czechia signed the Council of Europe convention in 2016. The previous government approved the ratification process in June 2023, but six months later the Senate of the Czech Republic did not approve the document.
According to opponents, the convention is unnecessary, contains elements of gender ideology, pits women against men, and addresses issues that are already covered by Czech law. Supporters argue that adopting the document would represent a commitment by the Czech Republic to ensure adequate support services for those in need and to affirm that violence is unacceptable in the country.
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06/19/2026
The ashes of acclaimed Czech writer Milan Kundera and his wife Věra were laid to rest on Thursday in the last available grave in the honorary burial section of Brno’s Central Cemetery.
Family members, friends, and representatives of the French Embassy and the city of Brno attended the ceremony.
Kundera died in Paris in July 2023 at the age of 94. His wife Věra died in September 2024. Their ashes were returned from Paris to Kundera’s native Brno in January last year and had been kept at the Moravian Library before being interred.
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06/19/2026
Prague councillors have approved new rules allowing city districts to ban fireworks on their territory. Twenty of Prague’s 57 districts have already opted for a complete ban.
The rules also shorten the New Year period during which fireworks are allowed, but do not affect professional displays.
Fireworks are already banned year-round in Prague’s historic centre and several other locations. Elsewhere in the city, they have so far been permitted on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day. The changes follow a national law amendment that came into force last December, giving municipalities greater powers to regulate the sale and use of fireworks.
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06/19/2026
Czechia's hopes of reaching the World Cup knockout stage took a significant hit after a 1-1 draw with South Africa in its second Group A match in Atlanta. The result leaves the Czechs with just one point from two games following an opening 2-1 defeat to South Korea.
Michal Sadílek put Czechia ahead after six minutes with the fastest goal of the tournament so far. However, the Czechs were unable to hold on to their lead and Teboho Mokoena equalised from the penalty spot seven minutes from time.
The draw earned Czechia its first point of the tournament but left its qualification hopes hanging in the balance. Czechia face hosts Mexico in their final group match next week in Mexico City and will likely need a victory to keep their World Cup campaign alive. The top two teams from each group and the eight best third-placed sides advance to the knockout rounds.
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06/18/2026
Friday will be mostly sunny and very hot, with temperatures climbing to between 30 and 35 degrees Celsius. Isolated showers or thunderstorms are possible in the mountains.
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06/18/2026
Jiří Wolf, a former political prisoner and signatory of Charter 77, has died at the age of 74. The news was announced by historian Petr Blažek on Facebook and reported by Aktuálně.cz on Thursday.
Wolf was arrested in 1977 for supporting Charter 77 and opposing the communist regime. After documenting conditions in prison and sending information abroad, he was arrested again and sentenced to six years in prison. He was released in poor health and later took part in the anti-communist demonstrations of 1989.
In 2006, Wolf was among three former prisoners who accused former communist MP and prison officer Josef Vondruška of abusing inmates at the Minkovice prison. However, Vondruška was later acquitted by the courts.
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06/18/2026
A new composition by Czech composer Ivo Bartoš will receive its world premiere on the new organ at Prague’s St. Vitus Cathedral on Friday. His Fantasy on the St. Wenceslas Chorale won a public vote organised by Czech Radio, receiving 50 percent of the votes cast.
The premiere will be one of the highlights of the St. Vitus Organ Octave festival, which began this week with the blessing of the cathedral’s new organ. Bartoš will receive a prize of CZK 30,000.
The new instrument was built by German organ maker Gerhard Grenzing in Catalonia. The project is expected to cost up to CZK 160 million, with most of the funding raised through a public collection.
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06/18/2026
Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar says he will dismiss the head of the State Institute for Nuclear, Chemical and Biological Protection over the training of Chinese military experts at the facility. Speaking to Deník N on Thursday, he described the cooperation as a security risk.
According to the news site, experts from a military academy in Beijing have been attending courses at the institute near Příbram for the past three years. A training programme held in May reportedly cost almost CZK 800,000, with another planned for the autumn.
Institute director Tomáš Dropa told Deník N that the Chinese side had requested the training and that the cooperation benefited Czech research. Metnar said he wanted to discuss the matter with the intelligence services and determine what information the visitors may have obtained.
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