Tuesday

Chronicle of October 6, 2026

36 entries

• Czech Television announced that it will not take part in the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, citing ongoing budget adjustments.

  Seznam Zprávy · Lupa.cz
  

• South Bohemian Region declared a state of drought for its entire territory, and the Husinec reservoir in Prachatice District has almost run dry because of the prolonged drought.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČTK / České noviny
  

• The Czech Republic received its first payment from the EU defence instrument SAFE, 309 million euros or 15 percent of the 2 billion euros allocated, the European Commission announced.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24
  

• The Ministry of Transport selected the ViaAlliance35 consortium as winner of the tender to complete the D35 motorway section between Opatovec and Mohelnice as a public-private partnership, with the net value of the proposed payments at 71.3 billion crowns.

  Hanácká Drbna · Ekonomický deník
  

• Year-on-year inflation in the Czech Republic accelerated in September to 2.5 percent from 1.9 percent in August, according to the preliminary estimate of the Czech Statistical Office.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) criticised the European emissions trading system at the opening of the International Engineering Fair in Brno, calling for ETS 1 allowances to be abolished for refineries and for the introduction of ETS 2 to be postponed.

  Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny
  

• The Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže announced that it had carried out an unannounced on-site inspection at a beer producer over a suspected abuse of a dominant position in beer sales to restaurants and pubs; Plzeňský Prazdroj confirmed that the inspection took place at its premises, doubts the lawfulness of the authority's procedure and intends to defend itself.

  Novinky.cz · Hospodářské noviny
  

• Some voters in Stará Ves nad Ondřejnicí in the Moravian-Silesian Region received wrongly printed ballot papers for the municipal elections in their letterboxes, with candidates from another municipality on the reverse; the municipality said it was a printing error by the supplier and that faulty ballots will be replaced.

  Deník: Moravskoslezský kraj · iDNES.cz
  

• Czech Television announced that the chairs of ODS, the Pirates, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09 and Motoristé will not appear in the final pre-election Superdebate, because they are standing in the municipal or Senate elections, in which the broadcaster's rules do not allow such appearances.

  ČTK / České noviny · FORUM 24
  

• Prague public health officials have recorded 20 new cases of hepatitis A for September 2026, 11 more than in August, and 342 people in Prague have fallen ill since the start of 2026.

  Pražská Drbna · Pražský patriot
  

• The company Scio has announced a plan to found a private university in Prague that would offer two bachelor's programmes from September 2027, and it is awaiting state approval and the opinion of the accreditation body.

  Pražský deník · Novinky.cz
  

• The mayor of Špindlerův Mlýn, Martin Jandura, said that the town has taken legal steps over 40 new people registering for permanent residence there since the start of 2026, 11 of them at a single address, which he considers purpose-driven ahead of the municipal elections on 9 and 10 October 2026.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz
  

• A hostel in Šumperk caught fire during the night of 6 October 2026; firefighters evacuated 14 people and the damage exceeded CZK 1 million.

  iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz
  

• Health Minister Adam Vojtěch announced on 6 October 2026 that from 2027 the state will no longer procure the COVID-19 vaccine, and that the State Institute for Drug Control will assess its possible reimbursement from public health insurance.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24
  

• New central laboratories of Pražské vodovody a kanalizace for drinking-water analysis have been put into operation at the waterworks in Prague's Podolí district, bringing together workplaces that had been spread across several sites; the cost was almost 152 million crowns.

  Pražský deník · iDNES.cz, Praha
  

• In Prague 8, the district handed the Fund for Endangered Children a reconstructed house for the Klokánek facility, which is to move into two houses with about twenty places and increase its capacity by four places.

  Pražský deník · Pražská Drbna
  

• Construction began in Vysočany in Prague 9 on a new building for the GAELY grammar school and economics lyceum, which is meant to raise the school's capacity to up to 360 students and be finished in summer 2028.

  Pražský patriot · Pražský deník
  

• The Terezín Memorial announced that the Ghetto Museum in Terezín will close from 2 November for reconstruction based on the winning architectural design and is due to reopen in 2029.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz: Ústí nad Labem
  

• In Brno, on what would have been Václav Havel's 90th birthday, several dozen people gathered on Moravské náměstí and called on the government to declare Havel a national monument; they also drew up a petition to the Ministry of Culture.

  Brněnská Drbna · iDNES.cz
  

• A seminar on Czech statehood hosted by SPD deputy Tomáš Doležal took place in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, with Speaker Tomio Okamura and former president Miloš Zeman among the speakers.

  FORUM 24 · Lidovky.cz

• The PPF group announced that it had obtained a licence from the Czech National Bank for the investment company Arvum, which is to prepare investment funds for clients of Air Bank and PPF banka.

  ČTK / České noviny · E15
  

• In the Economic Freedom of the World index of the Canadian Fraser Institute, published with data from 2024, Czechia ranked 23rd of 165 countries, up 12 places.

  Hospodářské noviny
  

• During the speech by Culture Minister Oto Klempíř at the opening of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Czechia is the guest of honour, the audience called out in disapproval and whistled; writer Radka Denemarková then criticised culture ministers in her address and received applause.

  Hospodářské noviny · iDNES.cz · Deník N
  

• Prisoner Filip Flanier escaped on Tuesday from an unguarded workplace in Poděbrady, prompting police to launch a nationwide search for him.

  iDNES.cz · Deník: Pardubický kraj
  

• First Lady Eva Pavlová criticised the state for not allowing people to vote more flexibly from abroad or from another location within the Czech Republic, amid criticism of President Petr Pavel for his absence from the municipal elections.

  Seznam Zprávy · iROZHLAS · Echo24 · ČTK / České noviny · Deník.cz
  

• Karlovy Vary Region has begun signing lease contracts with the first eight tenants of the Karlovy Vary Innovation Centre being completed next to the regional office.

  Karlovarská Drbna · Deník: Karlovarský kraj
  

• The repair of a one-kilometre section of the four-lane ring road in Hradec Králové between the bridge over the Orlice and the Brněnská roundabout was completed after two and a half months, and traffic restrictions ended overnight.

  Deník: Královéhradecký kraj · iDNES.cz · Deník: Královéhradecký kraj · Hradecká Drbna · Hradecká Drbna
  

• The Tomáš Baťa Regional Hospital in Zlín has joined the nationwide PARK project, which offers patients with Parkinson's disease interdisciplinary rehabilitation care.

  Deník: Zlínský kraj · iROZHLAS · ZLIN.CZ
  

• Tomáš Tichý, who succeeded in the selection procedure, is to become director of the state enterprise NAKIT; the government committee for personnel nominations is to discuss his appointment on 13 October.

  Lupa.cz · iDNES.cz · Ekonomický deník
  

• A ceremonial parade marking the establishment of the Deployable Forces Support Regiment, which replaced the previous battalion on 1 October and is to have 1,200 soldiers, took place in Rakovník in the Central Bohemian Region.

  ČTK / České noviny · Ekonomický deník · iDNES.cz
  

• The city of Ústí nad Labem has announced a tender for a third cremation line at its crematorium because, according to Deputy Mayor Věra Nechybová, the capacity of the two existing lines is not sufficient.

  Deník: Ústecký kraj · iDNES.cz: Ústí nad Labem
  

• Seven of the twelve members of the supervisory board of Pražské služby wrote an open letter to the city leadership complaining of personal attacks and intimidation at board meetings; the board chairman, Lukáš Wagenknecht, rejects the allegations.

  iDNES.cz, Praha · Pražský deník
  

• The Vysočina Region is adding two floors and a roof to the parking garage under construction at the hospital in Jihlava, so that it will have up to 704 spaces instead of the original 431, and its completion will therefore slip past this year.

  Jihlavská Drbna · Deník: Vysočina
  

• At the opening ceremony of the Frankfurt Book Fair, where Czechia is the guest of honour, writer Radka Denemarková gave the keynote speech and Minister of Culture Oto Klempíř also spoke; part of the audience interrupted his speech with shouts and whistling.

  Seznam Zprávy · Novinky.cz · FORUM 24

• From 6 October 2026, a new exhibition called Strážce bezpečí (Guardian of Safety) has been open in the Svatomikulášská městská zvonice on Malá Strana in Prague, where visitors can play the sound of the 16th-century bell Mikuláš.

  Pražský patriot · Pražský deník
  

• On 6 October 2026, the 78th Frankfurt Book Fair opened in Frankfurt am Main, with Czechia as the guest of honour.

  Echo24 · Dvojka / Radiožurnál
  

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