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03/06/2026
President Petr Pavel will travel to Lithuania and Latvia next week to discuss security threats to Europe from Russia and Belarus, as well as continued support for Ukraine. In both countries, he will meet with presidents, prime ministers, and parliamentary leaders.
The visits will focus on security, including strengthening NATO’s eastern flank. Pavel will be accompanied by a business delegation focused on biotechnology, defense, security, and transport.
According to the Presidential office, both Lithuania and Latvia are among the most active supporters of Ukraine. Both countries also contributed to the Czech ammunition initiative. In defense, they cooperate with Czechia on NATO missions in the Baltics, and Czechia has repeatedly participated in the mission to protect Baltic airspace.
The three countries also share similar views on EU issues, the Office says. They are among the most active in sanctions policy toward Russia, support EU expansion, and hold similar innovative approaches to migration.
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03/06/2026
The Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic will begin monitoring profit margins at petrol stations to prevent excessive increases as global oil prices rise following the conflict involving Iran.
Finance Minister Alena Schillerová said higher fuel purchase prices must not be used as an excuse to artificially raise margins. If margins increase disproportionately, the government may introduce measures, including setting a fixed margin.
Fuel prices in the Czechia have already risen since fighting began in the Middle East. Diesel now averages about 35.10 CZK per litre, up 2.13 CZK from a week ago, while Natural 95 petrol costs around 34.68 CZK per litre, about 1.21 CZK more. Analysts expect prices to continue rising.
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03/06/2026
The average wage in the Czech Republic rose by 7.2 percent last year to 49,215 CZK. On average, people received 3,316 CZK more on their payslips. For the second year in a row, the average wage also increased in real terms—after adjusting for inflation, it grew by 4.6 percent. According to analysts, real wages have thus approached the 2019 level, before the pandemic and the subsequent wave of inflation. This year, they are expected to surpass that level.
The median wage—the midpoint where half of people earn more and half earn less—was 45,523 CZK in the fourth quarter, representing a year-on-year increase of 8.8 percent. The median wage for men was 48,342 CZK, while for women it was 42,692 CZK. According to the statistical office, 80 percent of employees earned between 23,282 CZK and 89,006 CZK.
The highest salaries last year were in information and communication technologies, where the annual average exceeded 89,000 CZK. In the financial and banking sector, the average wage surpassed 80,000 CZK. The lowest wages were in accommodation and food services, with an annual average below 30,000 CZK, although income in these jobs is often supplemented by tips.
Meanwhile, the average wage only in Prague rose by 7.9 percent year-on-year last year to 62,723 CZK. Compared with the previous year, employees received on average 4,575 CZK more in their paychecks. After accounting for inflation, which reached 2.5 percent last year, real earnings in the capital increased by 5.3 percent. Average wages in Prague have long been the highest in the country.
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03/06/2026
Health authorities in the South Moravian Region expect the number of hepatitis cases to rise in spring. They say people will spend more time outdoors and may eat outside more often. Renata Ciupek, head of the anti-epidemic department, told journalists today that the outbreak did not slow down during winter, even when people were wearing gloves.
More frequent disinfection of public spaces and public transport vehicles also failed to reduce the spread. Ciupek partly attributes this to people not following basic hygiene habits and urges thorough handwashing and preventive vaccination.
The outbreak of Hepatitis A in the Czech Republic began last year. In the South Moravian Region, cases rose quickly in autumn and have remained high since. Health officials recorded 115 infections in January and 87 in February, nearly a third of the nationwide total. The city most affected is Brno.
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03/06/2026
About 4,900 Czechs are currently registered in the DROZD travel system (Voluntary registration of citizens of the Czech Republic when traveling abroad) in countries affected by the conflict between the United States, Israel and Iran, around 500 fewer than on Thursday. This follows information provided today by the Czech Foreign Ministry.
The largest number of Czechs remain in the United Arab Emirates, where 2,885 people are currently registered, down from 3,186 on Thursday. Around 900 Czechs are registered in Oman, compared with more than 1,000 previously.
Lower hundreds remain in Jordan, Qatar, Israel and Saudi Arabia.
Czech citizens are leaving the region using commercial flights as well as government repatriation planes.
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03/06/2026
Another government repatriation flight carrying Czech citizens affected by the current Middle East conflict landed in Prague overnight. A military Airbus with capacity for more than 90 passengers brought travellers from Muscat in Oman, the Foreign Ministry said.
A smaller military aircraft sent earlier to Oman had to turn back to Egypt because Muscat airport was congested. It is now waiting in the Egyptian resort of Sharm el-Sheikh until conditions allow the mission to continue.
The Foreign Ministry is also negotiating with airline Smartwings to arrange another repatriation flight this weekend to bring Czech citizens from Riyadh in Saudi Arabia. According to the Drozd voluntary registration system, about 5,400 Czechs were in the conflict-affected region on Thursday, including around 3,200 in the United Arab Emirates.
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03/06/2026
Bulgaria’s snowboard star Malena Zamfirova was seriously injured after being hit by a skier while preparing for Saturday’s Snowboard World Cup race in Špindlerův Mlýn, the Czech Television reported on Thursday. The 16-year-old was struck from behind on Tuesday by an intoxicated skier reportedly speeding out of control downhill.
The crash happened in the run-out section of a black slope, outside the official race training area. Zamfirova was airlifted by helicopter to hospital in Hradec Králové with multiple fractures, including a broken femur, and a concussion, and underwent emergency surgery to stabilise her condition.
Zamfirova is considered one of the brightest talents in alpine snowboarding. She debuted in the World Cup last season and already has three podium finishes. She currently ranks tenth overall in the World Cup parallel events standings and also finished tenth at the recent Olympic Games.
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03/05/2026
The Czech Republic risks ranking among the NATO countries with the lowest defence spending relative to gross domestic product, US Ambassador to Prague Nicholas Merrick said on Thursday.
Speaking at the conference Our Security Is Not a Given, Merrick warned that under the current draft state budget the country could also fail to meet its NATO commitments on developing military capabilities. He added that he did not need to remind anyone how important it is for allies to fulfil those commitments.
Reacting to Merrick’s remarks, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš told Czech Television on Thursday that the defence spending proposed in this year’s draft budget is the maximum possible under current conditions. He added that the state must also address healthcare, social issues and the everyday lives of citizens.
NATO members agreed last year to raise defence spending to 3.5 percent of GDP by 2035, with a further 1.5 percent for related investments. The previous government of Petr Fiala had planned to gradually increase Czech defence spending to three percent of GDP by 2030.
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03/05/2026
Friday will bring clear to partly clear skies across most of the country. Daytime highs will range between 12 and 17°C, dropping to around 9°C in the mountains.
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03/05/2026
The Literary Archive of the Museum of Czech Literature has acquired an authentic suitcase belonging to journalist, writer and translator Milena Jesenská, who died in the Ravensbrück concentration camp in 1944. The institution announced the acquisition at a press conference on Thursday.
Other recent additions include the literary estates of poet Jiří Kuběna and poet Vladimíra Čerepková. Artistic acquisitions include the Japanese collection of Sigismund Bouška, literary works by artist Kateřina Černá, and illustrations by early 20th-century caricaturist Zdeněk Kratochvíl.
According to archivist Petr Kotyk, the suitcase was donated by Arno Pařík of a Prague Jewish family and has been in the family since 1940, when his mother Božena Paříková brought it home from prison at Prague’s Pankrác. Jesenská had exchanged her smaller suitcase for the larger one before being taken to Dresden for interrogation.
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