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07/17/2026
Czech mountaineer Jaroslav Bánský, 46, has died in Pakistan's Karakoram mountain range while attempting the first recorded ascent of Biarchedi II. He was climbing with fellow Czech alpinists Zdeněk Hák and Radoslav Groh, although the circumstances of the accident remain unknown. The Czech Foreign Ministry confirmed the death, saying the Czech embassy in Islamabad is working with local police. Bánský is the third Czech to die in the mountains abroad this week, following the deaths of two climbers on Mont Blanc. Bánský had previously completed several pioneering ascents in the Karakoram with his teammates.
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07/17/2026
MP Filip Turek of the Motorists party has received fines totalling CZK 200,000 over two construction projects he carried out without planning permission, the Czech News Agency reported on Friday. The Building Authority classified one case as negligence and the other as intent.
Mr. Turek has been in the news this week after being involved in a traffic accident that saw a medical vehicle overturned in central Prague. He says he will step down as government commissioner for climate police and the Green Deal if found guilty of causing the collision.
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07/17/2026
Czech banks and building societies provided mortgages worth 48.9 billion crowns in June, down seven percent from May but 32 percent higher than a year earlier. New mortgages excluding refinancing fell four percent month-on-month to 36.5 billion crowns, while the average interest rate rose to 4.79 percent from 4.67 percent in May. Despite the monthly slowdown, lending remained strong, with total mortgage volumes reaching 294 billion crowns in the first half of the year, up 59 percent year-on-year. Analysts say tighter central bank rules, higher market interest rates and rising property prices helped cool demand after several exceptionally strong months.
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07/16/2026
US singing star Diana Ross is set to perform in the Czech Republic for the first time this month. The concert will take place on July 29 at the Lochotín Amphitheatre in Plzeň as part of her In Motion Tour, which includes three stops in Europe this year.
The Czech vocal group 4 Tenors will perform before the American star, a concert organiser said on Thursday. Diana Ross, who is 82, scored successes with the Supremes before a hugely successful solo career.
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07/16/2026
Employment offices in Czechia are set to assist people at risk of homelessness, taking over some responsibilities in this area from municipalities, under an amendment to the Housing Support Act that President Petr Pavel signed on Thursday.
Among other things, employment offices will now decide on applications for support measures. Recipients will include victims of domestic violence, those going through a divorce, or people ending a partnership.
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07/16/2026
The European Commission has approved a Czech system of “capacity mechanisms” for the construction of new power generation sources, it said on Thursday. Under this system, the government is expected to guarantee investors – via state aid – at least a partial return on their investments in new power generation sources in the coming years.
Establishing capacity mechanisms was one of the priorities of the Czech coalition government in the energy field.
The scheme is intended to ensure a year-round supply of energy in the grids, even during periods of peak demand.
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07/16/2026
It should be mainly overcast in Czechia on Friday, with an average high temperature of 28 degrees Celsius. The weekend is expected to see some sunshine and lower temperatures.
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07/16/2026
A 126-metre high skyscraper with a design by Czech sculptor David Černý bringing to mind the wreck of a ship has received planning permission, a local official in Prague 13 said.
The Top Tower in the district of Nové Butovice is set to be erected by the development company Trigema, with which Mr. Černý has worked before. It will feature around 250 apartments and include 44 floors, seven of which will be underground.
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07/16/2026
MP Filip Turek of the Motorists party will no longer participate in negotiations, official meetings or management consultations at the Ministry of the Environment, a ministry spokesperson said on Thursday. Mr. Turek has hitherto worked there as government commissioner for climate policy and the Green Deal, but has suspended this role in connection with a police investigation into a road traffic accident he was involved in.
A collision in central Prague between a jeep driven by Mr. Turek and a medical vehicle, which flipped over, causing injury to the driver, has dominated headlines in Czechia this week. The MP says he will step down as government commissioner if found responsible for the crash.
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07/16/2026
Chinese officials says a Czech citizen detained in China is suspected of endangering state security, the Reuters news agency reported. The Czech news outlet Seznam Zprávy said on Wednesday that the Czech, who works in the business sector, was arrested late last month.
Seznam Zprávy said the Czech security services believe China might seek to exchange the man for Yang Yi-min, a Chinese propagandist in custody in Czechia on spying charges.
The Czech man works with Eldis, a company that is part of the Czech arms giant CSG, Deník N reported.
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