Thursday

Chronicle of October 29, 2026

40 entries

• Repairs to half of the bridge on the I/35 through-route in Liberec towards Děčín have been completed, and from Sunday, 1 November, traffic will run without restrictions.

  Deník: Liberecký kraj · Liberecká Drbna
  

• Temelín Nuclear Power Station is preparing to replace its tap-changer transformers for hundreds of millions of crowns as another step towards extending operation to 80 years, until 2080 and 2082.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy
  

• The Volkswagen group reported an operating profit of 0.1 billion euros for the first nine months of 2026, down 98.7 percent year-on-year, while its subsidiary Škoda Auto increased its operating profit by 7.4 percent to 1.92 billion euros.

  Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Echo24 · Echo24 · ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• The ANO movement lost all its municipal representatives in Turnov, who will now act as unaffiliated, and the local ANO branch thereby ceased to exist.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24 · Hospodářské noviny · ČT24 · Echo24 · iROZHLAS
  

• The Úřad pro ochranu hospodářské soutěže stopped part of the administrative proceedings against the company Pražské služby concerning construction work on the waste-to-energy facility in Malešice and, in the other part, reduced the fine from CZK 300,000 to CZK 180,000.

  Pražský patriot · Parlamentní listy
  

• Police charged two people with negligent endangerment and negligent environmental damage in connection with last year's train accident involving benzene in Hustopeče nad Bečvou near Přerov, facing up to eight years in prison.

  iROZHLAS · iDNES.cz · ČTK / České noviny · ČT24 · Novinky.cz · Deník.cz

• Police charged three men with attempting to influence municipal elections in the village of Chožov in the Louny district, where they allegedly promised people money for changing their permanent residence and a reward for voting according to agreed instructions, though the actual vote-buying did not take place.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24: regiony · iROZHLAS · iDNES.cz · Deník.cz · Seznam Zprávy
  

• In Prague 15, the winning grouping Patnáctka náš domov signed a coalition agreement with the Czech Pirate Party and Praha sobě, giving it 18 of 31 seats on the council, with Marcel Pencák to become mayor.

  Blesk.cz · Pražský deník · Pražský patriot
  

• Třinec will be led by a minority coalition of Volte Třinec, KDU-ČSL and Společně pro Třinec, with Volte Třinec leader Marian Plucnar expected to become mayor.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz
  

• A draft concept for army development until 2040, due to be discussed by the government, states that the Czech army fails to meet 70 percent of NATO requirements and lacks the strength for a major conflict.

  iROZHLAS · iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz
  

• Neurosurgeon Boris Živný from Jesenice near Prague, already charged with raping and abusing child patients, has been newly charged with further sexual offences against three additional victims, and a court has frozen his assets after he tried to transfer a flat to his wife.

  Pražský deník · ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz

• The court, in a non-final ruling, acquitted former judge Kamil Kydalka of charges of leaking a confidential verdict in the Stork's Nest case to journalists, and the public prosecutor appealed on the spot.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz · Seznam Zprávy · Novinky.cz · Pražský deník

• The government of Andrej Babiš held the first joint consultations with the Hungarian government of Péter Magyar at Kramář's Villa in Prague, and in the afternoon President Petr Pavel received the Hungarian prime minister.

  ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz · Deník.cz · Echo24 · Novinky.cz · FORUM 24
  

• The District Public Prosecutor's Office in Bruntál has filed charges against four men and four companies over the illegal import of roughly 600 tonnes of waste from Germany to Czechia, and the case will now be heard by the District Court in Bruntál.

  Novinky.cz · Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz · iROZHLAS

• The defendant, former deputy director of the Central Military Hospital, Brabec, denied at the Prague 6 District Court the charge of using a forged lustration certificate to be promoted to colonel and deputy director.

  Pražský deník · Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz

• Romana Ptáčková has stepped down after more than four years as head coach of the Czech women's basketball national team, with assistant Martin Bašta temporarily taking over.

  iROZHLAS · Deník.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Deník.cz
  

• The coalition of the ProMost movement and ANO in Most signed a cooperation agreement for the 2026–2030 term, with Marek Hrvol remaining mayor.

  Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz · ČT24: regiony
  

• Cave divers in the Amatérská Cave in the Moravian Karst most likely discovered the place where the Punkva river originates from the confluence of the Sloupský Stream and the Bílá Voda, and physically connected the Šolimova Mísa with the chamber below Rodeo.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Deník.cz · iROZHLAS · Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz

• Ice hockey club Berani Zlín dismissed its coaching staff led by coach Oremus and appointed Antonín Stavjaňa as new head coach.

  ZLIN.CZ · iDNES.cz: Zlín
  

• The Office for the Documentation and Investigation of the Crimes of Communism has opened criminal proceedings following the discovery of human remains in the area of former barracks in Postoloprty, investigating suspected murder under the old criminal code.

  Blesk.cz · FORUM 24 · ČT24

• Hospital bed manufacturer Linet achieved record revenue of 9.7 billion crowns in the 2025/2026 business year and produced 90,000 beds, while operating profit slightly declined to 1.4 billion crowns.

  ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy · E15
  

• The Chamber of Deputies' media committee debated a government bill abolishing licence fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio and shifting their funding to the state budget, Culture Minister Oto Klempíř accused the opposition of dragging public-service media into a political fight, and employees of both broadcasters announced an all-day strike for 3 November.

  ČTK / České noviny · Blesk.cz · Ekonomický deník · ČT24 · iROZHLAS
  

• Hungarian Prime Minister Péter Magyar and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš signed a memorandum on transport cooperation during intergovernmental consultations in Prague, and Magyar dismissed the idea that Viktor Orbán could be a suitable candidate for UN Secretary-General.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS

• An internal audit by the Czech National Bank confirmed that an employee accused of stealing tens of millions of crowns at its Brno workplace abused his managerial position, knowledge of internal processes and the trust of his subordinates, prompting the bank to strengthen its control procedures based on the findings.

  ČTK / České noviny · Ekonomický deník
  

• Czech Television's director general Hynek Chudárek warned the Chamber of Deputies' media and culture committee that if the budget is cut by about a billion crowns, the television will not be able to function as it should, as the government proposal abolishes television and radio licence fees and shifts the funding of Czech Television and Czech Radio to the state budget.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24 · FORUM 24
  

• The European Commission preliminarily approved the seventh and final payment of CZK 23 billion (EUR 951 million) for Czechia from the National Recovery Plan, intended among other things for electrifying Prague public transport, quantum communication infrastructure, affordable rental housing and the construction of the Czech Oncology Institute at Motol University Hospital.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Ekonomický deník · ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Blesk.cz
  

• Newly elected senator Petr Půta announced his candidacy for mayor of Hrádek nad Nisou, a post he held from 2002 to 2012 before becoming governor of the Liberec Region.

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

• The Český ráj Museum in Turnov will display from 29 October to 29 November 2026 the new reliquary of Saint Wenceslas, an eight-kilogram treasure of silver and precious stones made by goldsmith Jiří Urban.

  Liberecká Drbna · Český rozhlas Liberec
  

• The environmental association Arnika published its ranking of the largest polluters in Czechia for 2025, in which facilities from the Ústí nad Labem Region ranked most often, followed by the Moravian-Silesian Region and the Pardubice Region.

  ČTK / České noviny · Ekolist.cz
  

• The South Bohemian Region issued, as part of the environmental impact assessment (EIA), a negative opinion on the construction of the Sandl wind farm on the Austrian side of the Novohradské hory, which is to have 19 masts up to 285 metres high.

  Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · Ekolist.cz
  

• The University of Hradec Králové declared a rector's day off and cancelled teaching on Friday, 30 October, for the final farewell to its deceased rector Jan Kříž.

  Deník: Královéhradecký kraj · Hradecká Drbna

• The literary magazines A2, Host, iLiteratura.cz, Plav, Revolver Revue, Revue Prostor, Souvislosti and Tvar protested in a joint statement against the Ministry of Culture's new funding condition banning writing about politics.

  ČTK / České noviny · MediaGuru
  

• Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, at a meeting with Czech Television Director General Hynek Chudárek, admitted the possibility of a different way of funding Czech Television and Czech Radio outside the state budget, without specifying a concrete model.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Echo24 · Seznam Zprávy · Hospodářské noviny · iROZHLAS
  

• The Chamber of Deputies' Committee for Media and Culture postponed until 10 December its debate on the government bill to abolish television and radio licence fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio, and plans to hold a public hearing on changing their funding at the end of November.

  Deník.cz · Echo24
  

• Michal Strnad offered approximately 30 billion euros (730 billion crowns) for the Italian holding company Delfin, which owns eyewear maker EssilorLuxottica.

  Echo24 · E15 · Seznam Zprávy · Hospodářské noviny
  

• The Chamber of Deputies' media committee recommended approving the Ministry of Culture's budget for next year with expenditures of 19.3 billion koruna, an annual increase of about 1.7 billion koruna.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24
  

• The Ministry of Agriculture proposed in a draft decree, now in the comment procedure, that names such as sausage, frankfurter or salami could only be used for meat products, while the organisation ProVeg Česko sees it as an attempt to harm plant-based alternatives.

  ČTK / České noviny · Echo24

• South Korean company KHNP ended without agreement its negotiations with a consortium of Daewoo Engineering & Construction and Doosan Enerbility on a contract for construction works on the project of new nuclear units in Dukovany.

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

• In Jerusalem, the first secretary of the Jerusalem branch of the Czech embassy in Tel Aviv died in a road accident; Israeli police are investigating the circumstances.

  Novinky.cz · Seznam Zprávy
  

• Komerční banka published its results for the first three quarters of 2026: net profit fell by 2.8 percent to CZK 13.2 billion, while operating profit rose by 5.2 percent to CZK 15.5 billion.

  Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy · E15 · Hospodářské noviny · Hospodářské noviny
  

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