Tuesday

Chronicle of October 13, 2026

40 entries

• The International Monetary Fund worsened its outlook for the Czech economy, now forecasting this year's GDP growth at 1.8 percent instead of the previously expected 2.2 percent.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz · ČTK / České noviny · ČT24 · Seznam Zprávy
  

• A collision between a car and a lorry stopped traffic on the D2 motorway near Břeclav in the direction of Slovakia on Tuesday morning.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz: Brno

• The Chamber of Deputies began debating the government's proposal for a windfall tax on refineries' rising margins, which would mainly affect the plants in Litvínov and Kralupy nad Vltavou.

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

• In the municipal election in Trhové Sviny, the Naše Česko movement led by incumbent mayor David Štojdl won more than 68 percent of the vote and 18 of 23 council seats.

  Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · Český rozhlas České Budějovice
  

• The armaments and engineering group Czechoslovak Group (CSG) of businessman Michal Strnad acquired a 9.5 percent stake in the Canadian space technology manufacturer MDA Space, becoming its largest shareholder.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Hospodářské noviny · Deník.cz · Info.cz · Ekonomický deník

• The existing coalition of Starostové, ODS, Společně pro Jablonec and the Czech Pirate Party signed a memorandum to continue leading Jablonec nad Nisou for the 2026–2030 term, with Miloš Vele remaining mayor, while the winning ANO movement stays in opposition.

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

• The Regional Court in Hradec Králové overturned a ruling by the District Court in Semily in the Walderode restitution case and sent it back for a new hearing, requiring more precise identification of more than a thousand disputed plots of land.

  Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · ČT24 · Echo24 · iDNES.cz: Liberec
  

• Police in Brno today switched off traffic lights at several intersections in the south-western part of the city and directed traffic themselves because of extreme congestion caused by the closure of the Pisárecký tunnel and Tunel Hlinky.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy · Blesk.cz · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj · ČT24: regiony
  

• Mělník's new coalition has agreed that Ctirad Mikeš will become mayor again, with Jindřich Špergl and Petr Volf as deputy mayors, and plans to sign the coalition agreement by the end of the week.

  iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz
  

• A man charged with murdering his young son at a hostel in Drahomyšl in the Louny district pleaded guilty before the Regional Court in Ústí nad Labem.

  iDNES.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Echo24
  

• Police charged a 33-year-old express train driver with negligent endangerment over last year's train collision near Zliv, in which 47 people were injured.

  Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · Seznam Zprávy
  

• The National Technical Museum in Prague opened the exhibition Saga of the Hainz Family, marking 190 years since the founding of the oldest Czech clockmaking firm Hainz.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražská Drbna
  

• The ANO movement and Starostové pro Ostravu announced an agreement on post-election cooperation in Ostrava, where together they hold 30 of the 55 council seats, and are looking for a third coalition partner.

  ČT24 · FORUM 24

• The MILUJEME OLOMOUC coalition decided to file a court complaint over the municipal election because of an apparent error in recording results in polling district 59 in Olomouc, the correction of which would give a Pirates candidate the council seat instead of a TOP 09 candidate.

  Hanácká Drbna · iDNES.cz
  

• On 13 October 2026 officials of the Central Bohemian Region reported that 180 tonnes of shredded plastic waste from Italy with forged documents had been dumped on a field near Hořovice in summer 2026, and that the police are investigating.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24
  

• České Radiokomunikace switched off the lights on both masts of the Vysílač Liblice transmitter, at 355 metres the tallest structures in Czechia, and began removing them as preparation for the planned demolition of the masts.

  Novinky.cz · Médiář
  

• During a working trip to Azerbaijan by Transport Minister Ivan Bednárik, one of the government Airbus A319CJ aircraft broke down on 13 October 2026, and the Czech delegation is to continue to Kyrgyzstan on a commercial flight.

  Zdopravy.cz · iROZHLAS · ČTK / České noviny
  

• On 13 October 2026 deputies of the coalition parties ANO, SPD and Motoristé called on President Petr Pavel to publish the costs of his holiday in Morocco.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24 · FORUM 24
  

• On 13 October 2026 the Ministry of Culture announced on Facebook the start of a review of memoranda and cooperation agreements with major cultural bodies, including the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival and the Prague Spring International Music Festival.

  Novinky.cz · ČT24
  

• On 13 October 2026 ODS chairman Petr Fiala criticised a senator of his party for supporting an ANO movement candidate in the Senate elections.

  iDNES.cz · FORUM 24
  

• After meeting with the Czech Pirate Party and Praha sobě, Prague STAN leader Petr Hlaváček announced he wants to present the shape of a new Prague coalition next week.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražský deník · Blesk.cz · ČT24: regiony · Pražský patriot · Pražská Drbna
  

• In the municipality of Dynín in the České Budějovice area, a photovoltaic power plant with an installed capacity of 36.73 MWp and sun-tracking panels has been built; according to its operators it is the third largest in Czechia.

  Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · ČT24
  

• The bridge over road I/35 in Hodkovice nad Mohelkou in the Liberec area, replaced after demolition by a new structure costing 72 million crowns excluding VAT, is to reopen on Thursday 15 October 2026 after half a year of restrictions.

  Deník: Liberecký kraj · Liberecká Drbna
  

• On 13 October 2026 the movements STAN, ProOlomouc, KDU-ČSL, spOLečně and Milujeme Olomouc agreed to negotiate a city hall coalition in Olomouc with 25 seats in the 45-member council; STAN leader Marek Zelenka is to become mayor, and the election-winning ANO movement is likely to go into opposition.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24 · Deník: Olomoucký kraj
  

• Year-on-year inflation in Czechia accelerated to 2.5 percent in September, as confirmed by the Czech Statistical Office; according to Seznam Zprávy, the rise in prices was driven mainly by fuels.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy
  

• A new paid car park with 66 spaces is to be built near the railway station in Otrokovice by the end of 2026.

  ZLIN.CZ · Deník: Zlínský kraj
  

• According to Filip Chvátal, leader of the winning Christian Democrats, a post-election coalition of KDU-ČSL, STAN, the Greens, Žít Brno, ODS with TOP 09 and the Pirates with Fakt Brno TU! has agreed to govern Brno-střed, with 37 of 45 seats; Chvátal is to replace mayor Vojtěch Mencl, while ANO and SPD are to stay in opposition.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj · Brněnská Drbna
  

• Opposition parties announced that they want to turn to the Constitutional Court over the law on civil servants; according to Pirates MP Kateřina Stojanová, the Pirates are preparing the submission, and TOP 09 and Starostové are to join.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · FORUM 24
  

• Police charged a juvenile with attempted murder over the stabbing of a woman jogger near Velký Bolevecký rybník in Plzeň, which took place on 10 October 2026.

  Blesk.cz · iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz
  

• The Czech Agriculture and Food Inspection Authority announced that it found the limit for the pesticide quizalofop exceeded almost threefold in Chinese cabbage from Kaufland, and it will start administrative proceedings with the retail chain over a fine.

  iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz · Blesk.cz

• In Jablonec nad Nisou, in Pražská street, the driver of a courier-service van reversed into a pedestrian, who died at the scene; the police are investigating the circumstances.

  Deník.cz · Novinky.cz
  

• The police dropped the investigation of Miroslava Zavadilová, the mayor of Majetín in the Olomouc Region, in connection with the fraudulent transfer of money from the municipal accounts in May, because they found no facts indicating a crime; the decision is final, as the district public prosecutor's office in Olomouc rejected the municipality's complaint. The police are still investigating the fraud itself.

  Deník: Olomoucký kraj · Hanácká Drbna

• A government Airbus broke down during a Czech delegation's trip to Asia; Transport Minister Ivan Bednárik is to return with the delegation on the second government Airbus.

  iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz · Blesk.cz
  

• At the Golden Drum festival in Portorož, Slovenia, the Czech agency Punk Film won the title of production agency of the year, and the Czech agencies VML, Leo Prague and Dentsu Creative took home gold awards.

  Médiář · MediaGuru
  

• On 13 October 2026, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic voted, with 92 of 174 deputies present in favour, to put a debate on President Petr Pavel's trip to Morocco on the agenda of its session.

  iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz

• The town of Znojmo put the Book of Town Rights on display for a few days, a volume more than five hundred years old that weighs 23 kilograms and is otherwise kept in a vault.

  iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz
  

• The results of the municipal elections were promulgated in the Collection of Laws on 13 October; meanwhile, parties reached preliminary agreements on coalitions without the winning ANO movement in Olomouc and Děčín.

  ČTK / České noviny
  

• Babiš said that ČEZ Group will challenge the regulation concerning the Diag Human case before the court in Luxembourg.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24
  

• The negotiating team of the STAN movement met representatives of the Pirates and Praha sobě in talks on a coalition in Prague, in which STAN would like to cooperate with SPOLU pro Prahu; together the two groupings hold a narrow majority of 34 seats on the council of the capital.

  Dvojka / Radiožurnál · Dvojka / Radiožurnál
  

• The coalition of STAN, ODS and KDU-ČSL and Prague 6 for Ourselves, supported by the Greens, signed a memorandum of cooperation in Prague 6, where Petr Prokop (STAN) is to become mayor.

  Echo24 · Novinky.cz
  

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