Saturday

Chronicle of October 3, 2026

23 entries

• At an illegal car-tuning meeting in Prague, police dealt with 176 misdemeanours, and the fines imposed amounted to roughly 272,000 crowns.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražská Drbna · Novinky.cz · ČT24 · Blesk.cz
  

• Prime Minister Andrej Babiš rejected the Russian ambassador's statement that the Czech government had softened its anti-Russian rhetoric, and the opposition responded by urging the government not to underestimate Russian threats.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz · ČT24 · Novinky.cz
  

• Russia called on foreign diplomats and foreigners to leave Kyiv, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic said that the staff of the Czech embassy in Kyiv are staying in place.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · iROZHLAS · Echo24 · FORUM 24
  

• Water flooded a storage room at Motol University Hospital in Prague where clothing of patients after radiological treatment is kept.

  Pražský deník · ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz · Pražský patriot
  

• Former judge Zdeněk Sovák, who had been indicted on corruption charges over a bribe of 150 million crowns, has died.

  Seznam Zprávy · ČT24 · iDNES.cz

• The food inspection authority is warning against a vlašský salát (a mayonnaise-based vegetable salad) from Klatovy that contains Listeria bacteria.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz
  

• On the D10 motorway near Mladá Boleslav a driver died after hitting a parked construction machine in a closed section, and near Přerov nad Labem a 20-year-old female driver died of her injuries.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz
  

• In Soběslav an ambulance of the South Bohemian Region rescue service collided with a car, and the driver, a paramedic and the transported patient were lightly injured.

  Budějcká Drbna · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz
  

• Volkswagen Group is recalling about 200,000 vehicles in the Czech Republic over possible steering problems, around 150,000 of them of the Škoda brand.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24 · iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz
  

• Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna and Senator Jana Mračková Vildumetzová announced in Karlovy Vary a plan for a pilot course called Civil Protection for future reserve officers, to be taught in the Karlovy Vary Region by a military department in cooperation with the Czech Technical University in Prague.

  Karlovarská Drbna · Deník: Karlovarský kraj
  

• Lucie Žáčková and Stanislav Majer won the Thalia Awards in the drama category.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník.cz

• From 3 October 2026, the exit ramp from the D2 motorway from Bratislava to the D1 towards Ostrava is closed in Brno until 28 November, while traffic is being moved to a new ramp from the D1 from Prague to the D2.

  Deník: Jihomoravský kraj · Zdopravy.cz
  

• From Saturday 3 October 2026, all traffic on the I/20 road between České Budějovice and Pištín is to be moved onto the first half of the new relocated road, with one lane in each direction and the speed limited to 70 km/h.

  Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · Budějcká Drbna

• The Ministry of Transport extended the trial operation of the increased speed limit of 150 km/h on a section of the D3 motorway between the Tábor area and České Budějovice until the end of 2026.

  Novinky.cz · Budějcká Drbna · Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy
  

• Natálie Tichánková of the Moravian Theatre Olomouc received the Thálie Award at the National Theatre for her role as Eva Perón in the musical Evita.

  Hanácká Drbna · iDNES.cz
  

• A Czech citizen whom a Moscow court sentenced in September to 13 days in jail over a protest on Red Square was released and, according to the Czech Foreign Ministry, has left Russia.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy
  

• The Prague 8 district has completed a bronze replica of the sculpture Prameník by Vladimír Kýn, which was stolen in 2007 from the Ďáblice housing estate; it will return to the estate only after the necessary infrastructure has been built.

  Pražská Drbna · Pražský deník
  

• Several dozen people gathered at Lesser Town Square in Prague at a rally against the deployment of nuclear weapons on Czech territory and against the government's positions.

  FORUM 24
  

• The Moravian-Silesian Region and the Prison Service of the Czech Republic presented a memorandum on involving prisoners in voluntary, unpaid auxiliary work at regional facilities.

  Ostravská Drbna · iDNES.cz: Ostrava
  

• The main prize of the 29th Sportfilm international film festival in Liberec went to the film Heysel 85, about the 1985 tragedy at a stadium in Brussels.

  Liberecká Drbna
  

• During a night inspection of public transport in Ostrava, transport assistants and municipal police officers checked more than 1,500 people on 65 services, and over 200 passengers had to leave the vehicles for breaching the conditions of carriage.

  Ostravská Drbna
  

• After a Mass and a funeral procession, the remains of Baron Jan Antonín Starck were returned to the tomb in Město Touškov in the Plzeň Region.

  Deník: Plzeňský kraj · iDNES.cz: Plzeň
  

• The Prototyp festival took place in Brno over three nights, for the first time also in the streets, involving young people through, among other things, light graffiti and video mapping.

  iROZHLAS · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj
  

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