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Chronicle of October 11, 2026

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In the first round of elections to the Senate of the Czech Republic, the Starostové movement won the most seats: 14 of its candidates were elected or advance to the second round, and five candidates were already elected in the first round.
ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · iROZHLAS
In the municipal council elections of 9 and 10 October 2026, the ANO movement won in six regional capitals, did worse in Prague and lost one of its traditional strongholds.
Echo24 · Ekonomický deník
In a referendum held alongside the municipal elections, residents of Majetín in the Olomouc Region voted against extending gravel and sand extraction in the municipality; 497 of the 640 voters who cast a valid ballot were against.
Hanácká Drbna · iDNES.cz
Coalition talks began in Jablonec nad Nisou after the municipal elections; Milan Kroupa, the leader of the ANO movement, which won the vote in the city, said the movement is aiming for the post of mayor.
Novinky.cz
In a referendum in Maršov u Úpice, residents voted against the construction of wind turbines; three quarters of voters took part.
Hradecká Drbna · iROZHLAS
The Capital City of Prague announced that it will provide interest-free loans to private secondary schools to expand capacity, totalling 300 million crowns.
Pražský patriot · Parlamentní listy
In Havířov, a governing coalition including the ANO movement was agreed after the municipal elections, and the city will continue to be led by Mayor Kočí Palkovská; the grouping Havířov sobě remains in opposition.
ČT24 · Novinky.cz
In his Sunday video, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš called the result of the ANO movement in the municipal elections in Prague a "total flop" and said the movement must reflect on it.
Echo24 · Ekonomický deník
The actor Jiří Štěpnička has died; in dubbing he lent his voice to the actors Ford and Douglas, and he also played the character of Gottwald.
iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz
In Pohořelice, the winning ODS of Mayor Miroslav Novák wants to continue after the municipal elections in a coalition with ANO, Naše Pohořelice and STAN, while Přísaha is to be offered seats on the finance and audit committees.
iDNES.cz · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj
In Pardubice, after the municipal elections, ANO of Mayor Jan Nadrchal, STAN and the Žijeme Pardubice association agreed to cooperate and want to bring ODS or Progresivní Pardubice into a broader coalition.
iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz
In Hradec Králové, 24 of the 37 members of the city council are new after the municipal elections; the winning HDK and TOP 09 want to negotiate a coalition with the Pirates and STAN and with the Změna pro Hradec, Zelení a KDU-ČSL association, which would hold 20 seats.
Deník: Královéhradecký kraj · Hradecká Drbna
In Prague 2, the ODS and TOP 09 coalition Spolu won the municipal elections with 12 seats, ahead of Praha 2 sobě in second place; the Pirates took four seats and ANO three.
Pražský deník
Správa železnic and the Ministry of Transport are to decide around the turn of the year when to start modernising the Brno–Nezamyslice line, which is to be built as a public-private partnership; the adjoining section towards Přerov has been under modernisation since last year.
Zdopravy.cz · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj
On Czech Television, Petr Hlaváček, leader of the winning STAN movement, said he expects a Prague coalition agreement during November, rules out a coalition with ANO, and wants to negotiate first with Spolu pro Prahu and then with Praha sobě and the Pirates.
Echo24 · ČTK / České noviny
In Chrastava, a paved area collapsed under a lorry, and firefighters temporarily closed Liberecká street during the intervention.
Deník: Liberecký kraj · Liberecká Drbna
After the municipal elections, Petr Prokop of STAN, whose movement won the vote in Prague 6 with 12 of 45 seats, is to become mayor, and the existing coalition is to govern.
iDNES.cz · Pražský deník
Jan Čižinský, mayor of Prague 7, said that after the Praha 7 sobě group won the municipal elections, he will begin coalition talks with the Pirates and STAN.
Pražský deník · iDNES.cz
After the municipal elections, the communists have no representation on the Ostrava city council for the first time since 1945; the Ostravská levice list won 1.69 percent of the vote.
Deník: Moravskoslezský kraj · Novinky.cz
After the municipal elections, the ANO movement in Plzeň joined forces with PRO Plzeň and intends to negotiate about a further coalition partner.
Novinky.cz · Plzeňská Drbna
The online grocer Rohlík.cz announced that part of its users' data was stolen and passed the case to the authorities.
ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz
In a referendum held alongside the municipal elections, residents of Záhorovice voted to keep all three railway crossings in the village.
iDNES.cz: Zlín · iROZHLAS
ANO, the Pro Plzeň group and STAN agreed on a coalition in Pilsen; Roman Zarzycký of ANO will remain mayor.
Echo24 · Blesk.cz
The STAN council group in Prague elected Michal Biskup as its chairman; the STAN and Spolu negotiating teams are to start coalition talks on Monday, 12 October.
ČTK / České noviny · Pražský deník
Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (ANO) left for India with a business delegation, where from Monday to Thursday he is to meet, among others, Prime Minister Modi and visit Delhi, Bengaluru and Mumbai.
ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz
In Hluboká nad Vltavou, after the municipal elections, a coalition of ODS, Společně pro Hlubokou, ANO, Hluboká pro rodinu and Město pro život was agreed; Tomáš Jirsa (ODS) is to remain mayor and the winning group Politika je služba will be in opposition.
Budějcká Drbna · iDNES.cz
STAN won the municipal election in Prague: led by Petr Hlaváček, the movement took 23.16 percent of the vote and 17 seats on the city council, and according to Hospodářské noviny it is STAN that will decide on the coalition.
Hospodářské noviny · Seznam Zprávy
Five ambulances are to be sent from Ústí nad Labem to Ukraine, with the first vehicles due to reach Kyiv in the second half of October.
iROZHLAS
On 11 October 2026, after coalition talks in Brno, Jakub Hruška, leader of the winning KDU-ČSL and STAN slate, said there is agreement with the potential partners on a number of programme points; no agreement has been signed yet and talks are to continue the following week.
ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj
Representatives of the winning Spolu pro Prahu 4 coalition of ODS and TOP 09 have been negotiating since 11 October 2026 with the ANO movement on continuing the coalition at the town hall of the Prague 4 district; together they would hold 24 seats in the 45-member council.
Pražský patriot · Pražský deník · iROZHLAS
In Břeclav, South Moravian Region, ANO and Mladí a neklidní, who have signed a coalition agreement, will continue to form the coalition after the municipal elections; Martin Marták (ANO) is to be mayor and the coalition holds 16 seats in the 27-member council.
Brněnská Drbna · Novinky.cz
In an interview with iDNES.cz on 11 October 2026, Prime Minister and ANO leader Andrej Babiš said that ANO's result in the municipal elections was worse than in 2022, and called the result in Prague, where ANO finished fourth, a "total defeat" ("totální prohra").
iDNES.cz · FORUM 24
On 11 October 2026, after the elections, Zdeněk Hřib called on supporters of the Czech Pirate Party to make regular monthly contributions to the party and compared the campaign to a streaming-service subscription.
iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz · Pražský deník
On 11 October 2026 an environmental centre opened in the Janúšova usedlost homestead in Žítková in the Uherské Hradiště District; it presents the results of a Czech-Slovak project aimed at saving old varieties of fruit trees.
Ekolist.cz · iDNES.cz: Zlín
On 11 October 2026 the band Kabát announced that, for health reasons, it would not play five concerts in Slovakia planned for 13 to 22 October on the original dates.
Deník.cz · Blesk.cz
Petr Hlaváček of STAN said on 11 October 2026, regarding post-election negotiations in Prague, that a coalition of STAN and Spolu pro Prahu, which hold 17 of 65 seats each, would be fragile, and that he was unsure a coalition of four groupings would function.
Novinky.cz
The farewell to the actor Jiří Štěpnička is to take place on 20 October 2026 at the National Theatre in Prague.
ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · MediaGuru
After the municipal elections, Jihlava mayor Petr Ryška (Tým pro Jihlavu) held coalition talks with the leaders of ANO, Starostové a nezávislí and the Piráti and Fórum Jihlava list; no meeting with SPD took place.
Jihlavská Drbna · Deník: Vysočina
In the municipal elections in Ústí nad Labem the Jedno Ústí coalition won 22 seats, is to govern without further partners, and Tomáš Vohryzka is to become mayor.
ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
After the municipal elections in Hradec Králové, the coalition of the Hradec Democratic Club and TOP 09, the Pirates and Mayors, and the Change for Hradec, Greens and KDU-ČSL association agreed to negotiate jointly; together they hold 20 of the 37 seats.
Novinky.cz · ČT24: regiony

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