Monday

Chronicle of October 19, 2026

40 entries

• The government had on its agenda an amendment from the Ministry of Education that is meant to change the funding of teaching assistants in primary schools.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz
  

• The Supreme Audit Office published findings that subsidies for public spaces produced less green space, and noted that some public benches cost up to 200,000 crowns.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24
  

• The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic advised Czech citizens in France to avoid demonstrations and public gatherings.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz
  

• In Plzeň, 34 councillors of ANO, STAN and Pro Plzeň signed a coalition agreement; Roman Zarzycký of ANO is to remain mayor.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• The IG Metall trade union said that the Volkswagen group, which includes Škoda Auto, plans to freeze its employees' wages until 2030; Volkswagen did not comment on the information.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24
  

• Foreign Minister Petr Macinka confirmed that Czechia did not back Finland's proposal for an EU-wide ban on tourist visas for Russians and said it is keeping its national rules.

  Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz
  

• Kladno is to be run by a coalition of Volby pro Kladno, ANO and ODS with 21 of the 33 seats on the city council; Milan Volf is to remain mayor.

  ČT24: regiony · Kladenský deník
  

• The Municipal Court in Prague opened the trial of opera singer Gabriela Beňačková, whom the indictment accuses of attempted fraud involving a will worth about 70 million crowns; after the hearing Beňačková said she felt innocent.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz
  

• The Czech Union of Nature Conservationists (Český svaz ochránců přírody), the state enterprise Povodí Vltavy and the Czech Fishing Union (Český rybářský svaz) announced a clean-up of waste exposed on the shores of Slapy Reservoir after its level was lowered because of drought; it is scheduled for 28 October to 1 November 2026.

  Ekolist.cz · Pražský deník
  

• A lorry with a superstructure hit a bridge structure in Hradec Králové between Svinárky and Slatina; the road was impassable and train services towards Třebechovice pod Orebem were halted.

  Hradecká Drbna · Deník: Královéhradecký kraj
  

• After a meeting of the V4 countries with EU Energy Commissioner Dan Jørgensen in Bratislava, Czech Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček said that, should energy prices rise, Czechia is ready to set a maximum electricity price for producers and add a cap for traders.

  ČTK / České noviny
  

• The Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Finance propose that, after the change in remuneration rules, salaries from January rise by up to 10,160 crowns in the public sphere and up to 11,260 crowns in the civil service; the government was to discuss the proposal with trade unions the same day.

  ČTK / České noviny
  

• Černý, an unsuccessful candidate in the Senate elections who missed the runoff by a single vote, announced that he will file a petition to invalidate the election and wants a recount.

  iROZHLAS · Seznam Zprávy
  

• On 19 October 2026, Prague Castle announced that President Petr Pavel will attend a meeting of the Bezpečnostní rada státu on Tuesday, 20 October.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz

• On 19 October 2026, at about 14:30, a police service vehicle driving with its emergency lights on collided with a pedestrian in Kutnohorská Street in Prague 10; the street was closed and a helicopter was sent to the scene.

  Echo24 · Deník.cz

• Prague has selected two contractors to monitor the geotechnical survey for the completion of the inner ring road: a consortium led by SG Geotechnika will cover the section between Pelc-Tyrolka and U Kříže for about CZK 104.4 million, and a consortium led by Pudis the section between Balabenka and Rybníčky for about CZK 192.2 million, both excluding VAT.

  Pražský deník · iDNES.cz, Praha
  

• On 19 October 2026, at a press conference after a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) read a statement calling on the Czech media not to take information out of context, not to manipulate public opinion and to reject personal attacks; he was responding to an appeal by the editors-in-chief of forty media outlets from the beginning of October.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy · Ekonomický deník
  

• On 19 October 2026, the assembly of the Karlovy Vary Region approved the transfer of Karlovy Vary Airport to the state; the airport, whose assets are valued at CZK 1.361 billion, is to be run by the state company LOM and to serve civilian traffic as well as the army.

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

• On 19 October 2026, the Prague Pirates heard an offer from the STAN movement on a possible coalition in the talks on forming the new leadership of Prague, and are to reply by Wednesday, 21 October 2026.

  ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz · Pražský deník
  

• On 19 October 2026, the Road and Motorway Directorate announced that it will open the Sezemice bypass on the I/36 road in the Pardubice Region in its full length on 2 November 2026, about half a year later than originally planned; part of it has been in operation since the end of August 2026.

  Zdopravy.cz · Deník: Pardubický kraj

• On 19 October 2026, after a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) announced that the ministries of health, finance, the interior and defence will prepare an analysis of the finances of the Zdravotní pojišťovna Ministerstva vnitra ČR and the Vojenská zdravotní pojišťovna, including an assessment of their possible merger.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy

• A historic Spitfire aircraft of Czechoslovak airmen returned to the Czech Republic and was on display on 19 October 2026 at Točná airfield in Prague.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• In Semily, the groupings Moje Semily, ANO 2011 and Volba pro Semily, which together hold 18 of the 21 seats in the town assembly, agreed on a coalition; the mayor is to be the Member of Parliament David Pražák (ANO).

  Novinky.cz · Liberecká Drbna
  

• At a tripartite meeting on 19 October 2026, representatives of the government, trade unions and employers agreed on a change in pay in public and state services from January 2027; the lowest tariff in the new tables is to correspond to the minimum wage, which will be 24,900 crowns.

  ČTK / České noviny

• At its meeting on 19 October 2026 the government approved extending the validity of the extraordinary work visas in agriculture to 31 December 2028; each year up to 1,500 visas can be granted to workers from Ukraine and a total of 1,000 to workers from Georgia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Moldova and North Macedonia.

  Seznam Zprávy
  

• The army is building an access road to a contaminated area in the Šumava.

  Novinky.cz · Ekolist.cz

• The 42nd Prix Bohemia Radio festival of radio production began in Olomouc; at its opening the actress Magdaléna Borová received the radio Thalia Award, and Lada Klokočníková and Eva Ješutová were inducted into the Czech Radio Hall of Fame.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Olomoucký kraj
  

• The Senate of the Czech Republic will pay former senators a total of 8.25 million crowns in severance pay.

  ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz
  

• 36 firms submitted bids in the tender of the state enterprise Lesy České republiky for forestry work and timber harvesting in 2027–2031, with an estimated value of CZK 4.18 billion; they include Uniles, part of the Agrofert group, after a year's pause.

  Hospodářské noviny
  

• The STAN movement rejected cooperation with the grouping Praha 5 sobě, which won the municipal elections in the Prague 5 district.

  Blesk.cz · Pražský deník
  

• The Supreme Administrative Court of the Czech Republic dismissed the cassation complaint of the municipality of Temelín in the South Bohemian Region against the delimitation of the Janoch exploration area, one of four sites under consideration for a deep repository of spent nuclear fuel, and upheld the ruling of the Municipal Court in Prague.

  Ekolist.cz · Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy
  

• The Central Bohemian Region unveiled a new visual identity and a communication style that uses humour.

  iROZHLAS · Pražská Drbna
  

• Tickets and shorter-term passes in the Plzeň Region will become more expensive from January.

  iDNES.cz: Plzeň · Plzeňská Drbna
  

• Dopravní podnik Ostrava has chosen a designer for the tram line in Poruba, with the documentation costing 97 million crowns.

  Deník: Moravskoslezský kraj · Ostravská Drbna
  

• Timetables of public transport in Brno are to be adjusted because of delayed services.

  Zdopravy.cz · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj
  

• The Council of the Capital City of Prague approved a gift of CZK 82,185 to the Prison Service of the Czech Republic for the purchase of 15 tablets for the remand prison in Pankrác.

  Pražský patriot

• The football coach Alois Skácel, a former coach of clubs in Zlín and Kroměříž, has died at the age of 67.

  Deník: Zlínský kraj · ZLIN.CZ
  

• In Vsetín, the VS21 movement, ODS and the Koalice pro otevřený Vsetín coalition have signed a coalition agreement, under which Martin Metelka is to become mayor in place of Jiří Čunek.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · ZLIN.CZ
  

• Detectives in Cheb are examining a report of possible vote buying in the municipal elections in the Cheb area; it was prompted by a video in which, according to its author, a woman offers 800 crowns for a vote for the Naše Česko movement.

  Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz
  

• As in the previous term, the coalition in Prague 4 will be formed by SPOLU pro PRAHU 4 (ODS and TOP 09) and ANO; the leaders of both groupings, Ondřej Kubín and Jan Hušbauer, signed a coalition agreement for 2026 to 2030, and Kubín will remain mayor.

  Pražská Drbna · Pražský patriot · iROZHLAS
  

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