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Chronicle of October 21, 2026

40 entries

• The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is to consider in first reading the government's draft state budget for 2027, with a deficit of CZK 386 billion, revenues of CZK 2.199 trillion and expenditures of CZK 2.585 trillion.

  ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz
  

• Pražské vodovody a kanalizace announced that, because of a failure of the main supply water pipe in the north of Prague, several tens of thousands of customers in Ďáblice and Prosek will be without water from about 10 p.m. on Wednesday 21 October 2026 until Thursday, with tanker trucks to be placed in the area.

  Pražská Drbna · iDNES.cz
  

• In Karviná, the 69.3-metre skip hoist tower of the former Československé armády (ČSA) Mine was demolished by blasting, carried out by the state enterprise DIAMO.

  iDNES.cz: Ostrava
  

• At the opening of the Future Forces Forum in Prague, President Petr Pavel said that successful defence will depend on the rapid adoption of new technologies and on the resolve of the population.

  ČTK / České noviny
  

• Czech Television director general Hynek Chudárek said that the broadcaster needs 8.5 billion crowns next year to maintain the current scope of its public service.

  Seznam Zprávy
  

• Czech Television has put the modernisation of its news building at Kavčí hory on hold but still plans it; it expects the building permit in April 2027.

  Hospodářské noviny
  

• The Senate had on the agenda of its session a bill abolishing the indexation of motorway vignette prices, to which its economic committee proposes adding a larger share of the fuel excise tax for the regions.

  ČTK / České noviny
  

• The state collected 15.08 billion crowns in road tolls over the first three quarters of the year, about five percent more than a year earlier, according to the operator CzechToll.

  ČTK / České noviny
  

• MEP Kateřina Konečná announced that she is joining the Patriots for Europe group in the European Parliament.

  iROZHLAS
  

• A failure of the primary pipeline in Konstantinova street in Prague 11 left about 23,000 households without heat and hot water in Jižní Město, Háje, Opatov and partly Chodov, the city district said.

  Echo24 · Deník.cz
  

• Police are intervening in Žeravice in the Hodonín region against a man who endangered people around him and then barricaded himself in.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz

• According to ČTK, Opava will be led by a coalition of OK Změna pro Opavu, ODS and Zelená pro Opavu, while ANO, the winner of the election, will go into opposition.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• A man charged with poisoning drinks at an arms factory in Šternberk and in Olomouc faces an exceptional sentence.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz

• Price regulation of metered taxis is again in force in Prague, with a cap of 42 crowns per kilometre and seven crowns per minute of waiting, a City Hall spokesman said, citing complaints about high fares.

  ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz
  

• Jan Kříž, rector of the University of Hradec Králové, has died.

  ČT24 · iROZHLAS

• Michal Chaloupka, a 23-year-old Christian Democrat, is to become mayor of the Brno district of Brno-Líšeň, the youngest mayor in the history of Brno; the coalition of five groups holding 16 of 29 seats was formed by the New Christian Democrats, ODS, TOP 09, Neighbours from Líšeň, ANO and STAN.

  iDNES.cz · Brněnská Drbna
  

• Prime Minister Andrej Babiš sharply criticised banks as greedy, promised talks on mortgage rates and also directed criticism at the Czech National Bank.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Hospodářské noviny · Blesk.cz
  

• The Municipal Court in Prague imposed a fine of 7.2 million crowns on businessman Martin Shenar for tax evasion in the sale of three companies to ČEZ Group; it was the fifth hearing of the case, and the defendant appealed against the verdict.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24 · iROZHLAS
  

• In the trial over the alleged poisoning of colleagues at an arms factory in Šternberk, the prosecutor sought an exceptional sentence of 23 to 25 years for the defendant, while the defence asked for an acquittal and challenged his sanity; the court is to deliver its verdict on Friday 23 October.

  ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz

• Anežka Pavlišová, another daughter of the late politician Josef Lux, is to become mayor of Choceň after the municipal elections; her sister Marie Kršková is a Christian Democrat member of parliament.

  iDNES.cz · Deník.cz
  

• Czech Television announced that from 2 November 2026 the ČT sport channel will broadcast automatic closed captions around the clock, and that ČT24 already uses automated audio description.

  MediaGuru · Lupa.cz
  

• Eurostat published data showing that prices of fuels and lubricants for personal transport in Czechia rose by 37.5 percent year on year in September, the fourth-largest increase in the European Union.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• Media reported the death of musician David Šmídt, a former member of the band Eddie Stoilow and director of the radio station Evropa 2.

  Novinky.cz · Deník.cz

• The PPF group announced that it posted a net profit of EUR 834 million, roughly CZK 20.3 billion, in the first half of 2026, up 157 percent year on year.

  ČTK / České noviny · Hospodářské noviny
  

• The STAN movement presented the Praha sobě team with an offer to take part in a Prague city hall coalition with Spolu, and wants to decide on the coalition format by the end of the week.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• President Petr Pavel held talks in Berlin with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz on Czech-German relations and on foreign and security policy.

  ČTK / České noviny · FORUM 24
  

• The SEN 21 Senate club resumed its work after Senator Hana Kordová Marvanová moved over from the ODS and TOP 09 club and new Senator Petr Kazík joined; with five members it is the smallest group in the Senate.

  Seznam Zprávy

• The National Cyber and Information Security Agency advised operators of websites running PHP to update quickly because of critical vulnerabilities, and the Úřad vlády České republiky took its websites offline.

  ČTK / České noviny · Hospodářské noviny · Lupa.cz
  

• President Petr Pavel said during a visit to Berlin that he does not intend to veto the government's draft state budget, although he called it not good.

  ČTK / České noviny · FORUM 24 · iDNES.cz
  

• An initiative of public-service media staff objected to an episode of the programme Rozpleteno, aired by Czech Television, on the origin of the covid pandemic, in which MP Jindřich Rajchl and biologist Soňa Peková appeared among others; the programme's dramaturg rejected the criticism.

  Deník N · iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz
  

• Representatives of the company AVE CZ odpadové hospodářství rejected the indictment before the regional court in the Central Bohemian Region, under which the firm underpaid landfill fees at four landfills between 2016 and 2020; the prosecutor puts the damage at 940 million crowns and proposes a fine exceeding one billion crowns.

  iDNES.cz, Praha · iROZHLAS · Ekolist.cz
  

• Finance Minister Alena Schillerová defended the government's draft state budget for 2027, with a deficit of 386 billion crowns, in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic and said that savings and new revenue are meant to reduce the deficit in the coming years.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Echo24
  

• The bobsleigh track in Prosek, Prague 9, resumed operation after reconstruction; a new Alpine Coaster track, on which the sled runs on a rail, was added to the original track from 2003, and according to the operator the investment came to roughly 100 million crowns.

  Pražský patriot · Pražský deník · iROZHLAS
  

• The urban planning and architectural competition for the redevelopment of the former Dům družby centre in the Černá cesta housing estate in Olomouc is to be announced in early December 2026; residents can fill in an online questionnaire until 8 November 2026, and a neighbourhood meeting is to be held in the centre's building on 3 November 2026.

  Hanácká Drbna · Deník: Olomoucký kraj
  

• New toilets with year-round operation and card payment have been installed at the Štěrkoviště recreation area in Otrokovice; outside the season, a fee is to be charged for using them.

  Deník: Zlínský kraj · ZLIN.CZ
  

• The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic opened the first reading of the government's draft state budget for 2027, with a deficit of CZK 386 billion, on 21 October 2026; it did not finish the opening debate and is to continue it on 22 October 2026.

  iDNES.cz · ČT24
  

• Police charged a 35-year-old man with attempted murder after he stabbed a sleeping man several times in front of the main railway station in Plzeň on 21 October 2026; the investigation is continuing.

  Deník: Plzeňský kraj · Novinky.cz
  

• After talks with the Zlín 21 movement, STAN in Zlín said it would consider a broad coalition that would not include the winning ANO.

  Deník: Zlínský kraj · iDNES.cz · Novinky.cz
  

• After about 13 hours, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic interrupted the first reading of the draft state budget with a deficit of 386 billion crowns, after opposition clubs requested breaks for caucus meetings.

  ČTK / České noviny · Hospodářské noviny · FORUM 24
  

• According to the company CCS, on 21 October 2026 diesel in Czechia cost 47.63 koruna per litre on average and Natural 95 petrol 44.85 koruna, while the state has been setting maximum fuel prices since the beginning of October.

  ČTK / České noviny
  

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