Sunday

Chronicle of October 18, 2026

23 entries

• In Babice nad Svitavou near Brno in the South Moravian Region, a family house and a farm building were on fire from the early morning hours; firefighters declared a third-degree alarm and evacuated three people.

  Deník: Jihomoravský kraj · iROZHLAS
  

• The new Sumatran tiger at Brno Zoo, brought from Krefeld in Germany at the end of September, has settled in quickly, according to the zoo's spokesperson, and is to enter the outdoor enclosure for the first time next week; a female from Indonesia is awaiting approval of her export.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj
  

• Senator Róbert Šlachta (Přísaha) announced on Czech Television's Sunday debate that he is negotiating a possible move out of the ANO Senate group; the group's chair, Jana Mračková Vildumetzová, called the ANO result in the Senate elections a failure.

  ČT24 · iDNES.cz
  

• Radek Vondráček, a vice-chair of ANO, called for a discussion on changing the electoral system after the movement's setback in the Senate elections.

  iDNES.cz · FORUM 24
  

• Senate President Miloš Vystrčil (ODS) announced that senators will file a proposal with the Constitutional Court to annul parts of the civil service act, which the Chamber of Deputies passed by overriding the president's veto.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24
  

• The City of Prague has launched a project of crisis volunteers, whom it intends to prepare for emergencies.

  Pražská Drbna · Pražský patriot
  

• In the Děčín area, a train hit the rear of a van at a level crossing after the van had broken through the barriers; the van driver suffered a minor injury.

  iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz

• Senator and Přísaha movement leader Róbert Šlachta announced on a Czech Television programme that he is considering leaving the ANO Senate caucus, citing the ANO movement's campaign against him in the Znojmo area.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy
  

• About a hundred people gathered at the Výtoň railway bridge in Prague on its 125th anniversary and called on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to help preserve and repair it.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražský deník

• The Senate club of the STAN movement re-elected Jan Sobotka as chairman and elected Miroslav Plevný and Zbyněk Linhart as vice-chairmen; the club is to have 18 members and remain the second-largest group in the Senate.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy
  

• From 18 October the South Bohemian Region adjusted bus timetables in the IDESKA system, reportedly the sixth change in three months; several services in the Jindřichův Hradec District were cancelled.

  Budějcká Drbna · Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy
  

• In Přerov, the ANO movement, ODS and KDU-ČSL are to form a coalition, and the current mayor Vrána, the coalition's leader, is to remain mayor.

  iROZHLAS · Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz
  

• Actor, presenter and artist Otakar Jirák has died; he was known as the voice of the characters Alf and Hele from Studio Kamarád.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražská Drbna

• Liberec Region wants to protect the surroundings of the planned I/35 road near Český ráj from the construction of large logistics centres.

  iROZHLAS · Liberecká Drbna
  

• A benefit evening for the actress Zdena Herfortová, who recently received the Thalia Award for lifetime achievement, took place at Městské divadlo Brno.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj
  

• In the Děčín area, police are investigating a violent crime in Jílové in which, according to them, a man killed his mother and attacked his wife; he then crashed on the D8 motorway in the Mělník area and was seriously injured.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČTK / České noviny
  

• The actor and dubbing artist Ota Jirák has died at the age of 77; among other roles, he voiced the character Alf in the Czech dub.

  Echo24 · iDNES.cz

• Vojenské lesy opened a facility for organic cattle farming in Javorná in the Doupov area.

  Karlovarská Drbna · Deník: Karlovarský kraj
  

• Městské lesy Česká Lípa completed the restoration work in the Špičák area and also modified a singletrack.

  Ekolist.cz
  

• The speed limit on the D1 motorway near Velké Meziříčí and Velká Bíteš has been reduced because of planned bridge repairs.

  Jihlavská Drbna
  

• After the municipal elections, ANO, Starostové pro Ostravu and the Ostravak movement agreed on a coalition in Ostrava.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · ČT24: regiony
  

• Správa železnic stated that the first two platforms have been completed at the Praha-Smíchov railway station, which is being rebuilt; full commissioning of the station is planned for summer 2028 and the reconstruction is to cost four billion crowns.

  Novinky.cz
  

• Miroslav Čerbák, a physician and former member of parliament who coordinated the medical team of President Václav Havel, died aged 90 in Dolní Řasnice in the Frýdlant area.

  Novinky.cz · Blesk.cz

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