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12/21/2025
A memorial concert held on Sunday at the packed Evangelical Church of St Salvator in Prague commemorated the victims of the deadly shooting at Charles University’s Faculty of Arts in December 2023.
The concert featured a composition written specifically in memory of the victims of the attack, in which 14 students and teachers were killed on 21 December 2023. Proceeds from the benefit concert, titled Two years later, will support the mental-health organisation Nevypusť duši, which focuses on children and young people.
After the concert, university representatives, students and bereaved families gathered at Jan Palach Square to pay tribute to the victims at a memorial sculpture opposite the faculty building. They laid wreaths and flowers and lit lanterns and candles. People came to honour the victims throughout the day, with hundreds of candles burning at the site by the afternoon.
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12/21/2025
Monday will be overcast with low cloud. Fog may appear in places in the morning, becoming rare later in the day. In the mountains, skies will be mostly clear. Highs will range from 2 to 6 degrees Celsius.
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12/21/2025
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš says he wants to discuss the planned reorganisation of the Foreign Ministry with Foreign Minister Petr Macinka at Monday’s coalition meeting, he told Deník N.
According to the outlet, the proposal would abolish several departments, including the security and multilateral section, which oversees sanctions, cybersecurity and protection against hybrid threats. The department for global risks and resilience could also be scrapped.
According to some media reports, several senior directors may leave the ministry, and the post of state secretary could also change. Macinka says the reorganisation is comprehensive, prepared with experts, and that no one has been dismissed so far.
The opposition STAN movement has criticised the plans, saying the changes are rushed and lack proper analysis. Former foreign minister Jan Lipavský has gone further, calling the developments the harshest political purge at the ministry since the 1989 revolution.
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12/21/2025
Charles University will treat safety and security as a permanent task in the years ahead, its rector Milena Králíčková said on Sunday. Speaking at a memorial event for the victims of the deadly shooting at the Faculty of Arts, she stressed that stronger security measures must be introduced sensitively.
Králíčková said many students and staff are still affected by the tragedy two years on. In response, the university has set up a resilience centre focused on mental wellbeing, expanded counselling services and increased support for those impacted.
Alongside physical security upgrades, the university is focusing on so-called “soft measures”, including more training and drills on how to escape buildings or secure rooms during an emergency. A new security department has also been established at the rector’s office to coordinate safety efforts across all faculties.
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12/21/2025
Donors have contributed around CZK 100 billion to an international ammunition initiative for Ukraine, with Czechia providing between two to three billion crowns, former foreign minister Jan Lipavský said on CNN Prima News on Sunday.
Czechia is cooperating mainly with the Netherlands and Denmark on the initiative. Ukraine received 1.8 million rounds of ammunition this year, and more than four million in total since the programme began. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is due to discuss the initiative on Monday with the head of the Czech defence cooperation agency AMOS.
Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna said Czech support for Ukraine will continue, while adding that forms of assistance should be carefully assessed. He said the future of the initiative will be decided by the government as a whole.
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12/21/2025
Train services in Prague were disrupted on Saturday morning after cable theft on the line between Prague Vršovice and the main railway station. Trains ran on only one track, and delays lasted more than nine hours. Operations were fully restored only after 3 p.m.
The disruption affected dozens of services, including regional and long-distance trains, and some local connections were cancelled. According to rail officials, around 70 metres of signalling cable were stolen near the main station. The suspect was detained by railway staff and handed over to police.
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12/21/2025
Czechs are marking two years since the deadly shooting at the Faculty of Arts of Charles University in central Prague, the worst mass shooting in the country’s history, in which 14 students and teachers were killed.
Speaking at a memorial event at Jan Palach Square, near the faculty building, Czech Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil urged the public not to forget the tragedy, saying remembrance is essential to preventing similar violence in the future.
Other politicians also attended the ceremony, while President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš expressed support for the victims’ families in statements released on social media.
The anniversary is also being marked by a charity concert and a memorial mass. Proceeds from the benefit concert, titled Two Years On, will support the mental health charity Nevypusť duši.
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12/20/2025
On Sunday, much of the country will be covered by low cloud, with fog in places and occasional drizzle. Highs will be between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius, reaching around 7 in parts of Moravia and Silesia, and about 5 degrees in the mountains.
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12/20/2025
Czech snowboarder Zuzana Maděrová finished second in the parallel slalom at the Snowboard World Cup event in Davos on Saturday, narrowly missing out on her first career victory. The final against Italy’s Elisa Caffontová was decided by a photo finish.
The 22-year-old claimed her fourth World Cup medal and her second silver. She has now finished in the top four in all five parallel events this Olympic season, with women competing in slalom for the first time this winter.
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12/20/2025
Czech Finance Minister Alena Schillerová says it is likely that next year’s state budget deficit will have to be increased. Speaking to Czech Television on Saturday she said the draft prepared by the previous government projected a shortfall of CZK 286 billion.
Schillerová said she has tried to limit spending demands in talks with ministers, but added that areas such as transport and social affairs are short of funds. She did not say how much higher the deficit could be, calling the current proposal unrealistic.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the cabinet is expected to discuss a new draft budget on 19 January. Until then, Czechia will operate under a provisional budget, limiting monthly spending to one twelfth of this year’s total.
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