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After a night-time sitting on 24 October 2026, the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic rejected both the motion to throw out and the motion to return the government's bill abolishing the television and radio licence fee at first reading, and sent it to the committee for media and culture.
During the night protest outside the Chamber of Deputies, police detained a person on suspicion of a misdemeanour for trying to throw a paving stone at the building; Sněmovní and Nerudova Street were closed intermittently during the protest.
In the night to Saturday 24 October the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, with the votes of government deputies, pushed through in first reading an amendment that abolishes television and radio fees and moves the funding of Czech Television and Czech Radio to the state budget.
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) urged the opposition in a video on social media to stop provoking unrest and dividing society, and rejected claims that abolishing the fees threatens the independence of Czech Television and Czech Radio.
A worker died after falling from a bridge at the D11 motorway construction site near Bernartice.
President Petr Pavel wrote on the social network X that the unexpected scheduling and the night vote on abolishing television and radio fees raise doubts about the intentions of the bill's sponsors, and called on politicians to calm emotions and observe the rules of the Chamber of Deputies.
On Saturday 24 October, after the sitting of the Chamber of Deputies was interrupted, STAN leader Vít Rakušan and ODS leader Martin Kupka sharply criticised the coalition's handling of the first-reading vote on abolishing television and radio fees and promised to fight the bill in the rest of the legislative process.
Czech Pirate Party leader Zdeněk Hřib announced on the social network X that the party wants to propose the dismissal of Chamber of Deputies Speaker Tomio Okamura (SPD) at the next sitting, because, according to the Pirates, he restricted public access to the Chamber's premises during the debate on abolishing the fees.
The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement announced that it has convened its national presidium for 8 November to deal with the movement's failure in the elections.
According to an analysis of the promotional flyers of the seven largest retail chains prepared by the company Česká distribuční, people will pay on average 13 percent more for All Souls' Day goods this year than last year.
The Police of the Czech Republic said that removing visitors from the public gallery of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic at the presiding officer's request, and temporarily closing the entrances to the building after demonstrators tried to enter, were in accordance with the law.
In the night leading into 24 October 2026, deputies of the governing coalition sent to second reading, in an expedited procedure, a bill that abolishes television and radio licence fees and moves the funding of Czech Television and Czech Radio to the state budget.
After the premiere of the production Zkouška orchestru on 24 October 2026, the drama company of the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre delivered a statement supporting Czech Television and Czech Radio against a government bill that abolishes licence fees for public service media.
One person died and three others were taken to Cheb hospital after paramedics treated them following a night fire at a family house in Velká Hleďsebe in the Cheb District of the Karlovy Vary Region on Saturday.
Several thousand people gathered on Svobody Square in Brno at a rally in support of public service media.
The Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic, over the opposition's resistance, passed in first reading the government's bill that transfers the funding of Czech Television and Czech Radio to the state and cuts their budgets; committees will now consider the bill.
Writer Jan Štifter dived to the submerged remains of Dolní Vltavice in the Lipno Reservoir, while the Regional Museum in Český Krumlov completed the relocation of more than 90 gravestones from the village cemetery.
In the Orlické Ústí region, a paraglider became stuck in a tree about twenty metres above the ground and was freed by firefighters together with paramedics.
Kamil Kubica, lead candidate of the Czech Pirate Party and Starostové in Hradec Králové, sprayed a slogan in support of Czech Television on the pavement outside the ANO office overnight into 24 October 2026; ANO called it damage to city property, while Kubica said it was liquid chalk.
In the first reading, the Chamber of Deputies did not reject the government's bill abolishing television and radio licence fees; 81 of the 177 deputies present voted for rejection, and the bill went to the Committee on Media and Culture.
Protests against the abolition of licence fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio took place in Brno, Liberec and České Budějovice, among other places, after coalition MPs sent the abolition bill to a second reading; according to Novinky, thousands of people gathered on Náměstí Svobody in Brno.
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