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The Prague Stock Exchange improved its record once again as the PX index surpassed 2,700 points. Before the weekend, it rose by 0.56 percent to 2,700.62 points. Trading in 2026 thus began immediately with a new record. The rise was supported by gains in most of the main issues. This follows from the trading results published on the exchange’s website.

The chairmen of the Senate caucuses of ODS and TOP 09, STAN, KDU-ČSL, SEN 21 and the Pirates jointly called on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) to make it clear to Tomio Okamura, the head of the Chamber of Deputies and the governing SPD movement, that his statements regarding Ukraine harm the Czech Republic and are incompatible with the responsible performance of the highest constitutional offices as well as with the declared principles of the foreign policy of the current ANO, SPD and Motorists government. Opposition politicians distanced themselves from Okamura’s remarks, which were made in his New Year’s address. In a statement issued on Sunday and sent by representatives of four Senate caucuses to the Czech News Agency (ČTK), they described them as scandalous.

The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs now considers it important to calm the situation in Venezuela and to conduct diplomatic negotiations, including with the local opposition. This was stated by the head of Czech diplomacy, Petr Macinka (Motorists), in a statement sent to ČTK. Today, the United States carried out extensive air strikes in this South American country, detained its authoritarian president Nicolás Maduro, and removed him from Venezuela. Macinka identified the safety of Czech citizens as the top priority of his office.

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) will fly to Paris on Tuesday, January 6, where he will take part in a meeting of leaders of the so-called ‘coalition of the willing,’ that is, countries supporting Ukraine following Russia’s invasion. He said this in a video posted today on his social media accounts. At the same time, he did not comment on the New Year’s address by the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Tomio Okamura, in which the leader of the governing SPD movement criticized the provision of weapons to Ukraine as well as Ukraine’s leadership—remarks that sparked a sharp reaction from the opposition, as well as from Ukrainian politicians and diplomats.