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05/12/2026
Deputy Prime Minister Karel Havlíček says the Czech government will not increase this year’s budget deficit over the country’s defence commitments, Novinky.cz reported on Tuesday. Mr. Havlíček said the cabinet would instead seek out expenditures that could be classed as defence spending in projects already approved by the ministries of health, industry and, above all, transport. He did not rule out another possible approach: the placing of such projects directly beneath the Ministry of Defence.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said on Monday that the government would do everything it could to fulfil the state’s commitment, as a NATO member, to spending 2 percent of GDP on defence.
Czech president Petr Pavel and US officials criticised the government after the 2026 state budget set defence spending below 2 percent.
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05/12/2026
Officers from the Czech police’s organised crime unit made 11 arrests in connection with a raid at the Central Military Hospital in Prague on Tuesday. Those detained are suspected of obstruction of justice, fraud, accepting bribes, bribery, forging medical records and issuing false expert opinions, a prosecutor’s office representative said in a statement.
The news website Odkryto.cz said that the case centred on the falsification of medical reports and that one of those arrested was a senior consultant.
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05/12/2026
The 81st edition of the Prague Spring music festival gets underway at the Smetana Hall of the Czech capital’s Municipal House on Tuesday evening. The traditional curtain-raising composition, Bedřich Smetana’s My Country, will be performed by the Prague Radio Symphony Orchestra; it will be the 11th time the ensemble has opened Czechia’s most prestigious classical music event.
The Prague Spring festival will deliver a total of 41 concerts and is set to conclude on June 4.
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05/12/2026
President Petr Pavel and Prime Minister Andrej Babiš have agreed to four changes in a proposed list of new Czech ambassadors, the former said on Tuesday, adding that he would not comment on the matter further at present.
The previous government approved a list of new ambassadors but a resolution to that effect was revoked by Mr. Babiš’s cabinet in January. At that time, the minister of foreign affairs, Petr Macinka, said he would choose ambassadors in line with the current government’s priorities.
The president must put his signature to all ambassadorial appointments.
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05/12/2026
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Wednesday, with an average high temperature of 13 degrees Celsius. The following days are expected to see similar weather.
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05/12/2026
Two players sidelined by Slavia Prague after a match against Sparta Prague that ended in turmoil have been included in the preliminary selection for Czechia’s World Cup squad. David Douděra and Tomáš Chorý were dropped from Slavia’s squad after being sent off in Saturday’s derby and have been told to find new clubs.
The Czech FA had to register the 54-man selection by Monday. The actual squad to go to the World Cup in North America will include 26 players, including three goalkeepers.
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05/12/2026
The association of environmental organisations, known as the Green Circle, has sent an open letter to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš urging him to stop the spiral of verbal attacks against them from the Motorists’ party of the ruling coalition. In a statement released on Monday, Green Circle said the Motorists were spreading hatred in society and that their verbal aggression toward the non-profit sector and state employees was steadily intensifying.
The association cited remarks by party leader Petr Macinka, who describes environmental organisations as “green terrorists” and comments by Motorist MP and government commissioner for climate policy Filip Turek, who referred to some state employees as “parasites” that the Motorists intended to gradually “exterminate.”
Following the statements, the Czech branch of Friends of the Earth sent pre-litigation notices to both Macinka and Turek.
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05/12/2026
Bavarian Premier Markus Söder will visit Brno next week to attend the Sudeten German Congress despite an increasingly heated political debate in the Czech Republic over the event.
Söder announced the trip at a press conference in Munich following a meeting of the leadership of his Christian Social Union (CSU) party. According to the Sudeten German Association, Söder is scheduled to deliver a speech at the congress on Sunday, May 24.
From Brno, Söder will travel to Prague for talks with Czech President Petr Pavel, who invited him to Prague Castle.
The congress has sparked controversy in Czech politics. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said that instead of reconciliation, the event would reopen old wounds. His governing coalition plans to push through a parliamentary motion calling for the congress not to be held in the Czech Republic.
The Sudeten German issue remains historically sensitive in the Czech Republic because of the post-war expulsion of ethnic Germans following World War Two.
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05/12/2026
The government of Andrej Babiš plans to increase the Defense Ministry’s budget later this year in order to meet the country’s commitments to NATO, Defense Minister Jaromír Zůna said in an interview with Seznam Zprávy, to be published in full on Tuesday. According to Zůna the Defense Ministry is set to receive roughly CZK 20 billion in additional funding, which would allow the Czech Republic to fulfil its pledge to spend two percent of GDP on defense. The move should take place before the upcoming North Atlantic Alliance summit. The sum roughly corresponds to the amount by which the Babiš administration had reduced the defense budget for this year in the draft prepared by the previous cabinet of Petr Fiala.
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05/11/2026
Sports Minister Boris Šťastný said he wants to establish a working group to review legislation on stadium security following violence at the close of Saturday’s Prague derby between Slavia Prague and Sparta Prague.
Šťastný said the sports sector had voiced a number of demands since the incident, including broader use of CCTV footage, tighter controls on movement inside stadiums, and a review of the role of private security services at sports venues.
Speaking to reporters before Monday’s cabinet meeting, Šťastný said he is in contact over the matter with Chamber of Deputies Vice Speaker Patrik Nacher and Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar.
Police are investigating the assault on Sparta players on suspicion of disorderly conduct, an offence punishable by up to two years in prison.
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