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Around 2,800 shops across Czechia are taking part in the autumn round of the national Food Collection on Saturday. From eight in the morning until six in the evening, people can donate food and hygiene products for those in need — seniors living alone, families in crisis, or the homeless. Donations can also be made through six online shops, where the campaign has already been running since Tuesday.

Last autumn, the collection gathered 684 tonnes of food and goods, about 34 tonnes less than the year before. Organizers say that could be because many people had already donated in September to help flood-hit regions. The Food Collection has been held twice a year since 2019, and overall since 2013.

The Prague City Council has, for the first time, approved a group of law firms to manage public tenders for the next four years, according to iRozhlas.cz. This marks the city’s first attempt at a more systematic approach that is meant to bring greater transparency. Until now, legal representation in such matters was typically awarded on an ad hoc basis, often without open competition.

Among the chosen firms are Rowan Legal, Řanda Havel Legal, and Havel & Partners, all of which are prominent in the Czech legal market but many of which have faced criticism in the past, some for their connections to influential figures in the public and state sectors.

Pope Leo XIV. praised the late Czech Cardinal Dominik Duka for promoting reconciliation, religious freedom, and dialogue between faith and society. In a condolence letter to Prague Archbishop Jan Graubner, the pope highlighted Duka’s courage under the communist regime, noting that he remained loyal to the Church despite persecution and imprisonment.

Duka passed away on Tuesday at the age of 82. The public can pay their respects at the All Saints Church at the Prague Castle on 13–14 November, with his funeral mass being held the following day at St. Vitus Cathedral. The service will be led by Archbishop Graubner and attended by Czech, Moravian, and international bishops. He will be laid to rest in the archbishops’ tomb in St. Vitus Chapel.

Archaeologists have found the remains of several prehistoric settlements and over 300 artefacts dating from the Late Stone Age to the Iron Age during excavations ahead of the D55 motorway construction between Kokory and Přerov in eastern Czechia. Notable discoveries include a 7,000-year-old stone axe fragment, a bronze brooch from the 3rd–2nd century BC, and a large clay-extraction site once used for pottery and building materials. Researchers say the finds could reveal new insights into early settlement in the region.

The construction of the motorway section linking Olomouc and Přerov is due to begin next year.