Sunday

Chronicle of November 1, 2026

14 entries

• A fire destroyed the 1908 Hořec hotel in the centre of Pec pod Sněžkou overnight, with firefighters evacuating 35 people and paramedics treating three for injuries.

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

• Lyricist, composer and radio director Pavel Žák, author of the lyrics to the songs Holky z naší školky and Duhová víla, died at the age of 85.

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

• Police are investigating threatening comments posted under a message by MP Jindřich Rajchl, who on social media accused Bára Stárek, founder of the Díky, že můžem association, of organising the student protests.

  iROZHLAS · FORUM 24
  

• A new Správa železnic car park with 226 spaces opened by the Kladno train station, offering the first 20 minutes of parking free of charge.

  Kladenský deník · iROZHLAS
  

• The Ministry of Culture awarded the State Prizes for Literature and Translation and the Ministry of Culture Prizes in a closed-door format in the Suk Hall of the Rudolfinum, without an audience or a Czech Television broadcast, which prompted a protest reading by artists in front of the building.

  Deník N · ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS
  

• The Komorní scéna Aréna theatre in Ostrava premiered the production Sexual Perversity in Chicago, based on David Mamet's play, directed by Ivan Krejčí.

  iROZHLAS · Ostravan.cz
  

• In ponds near Telč in the Jihlava region, a project by the town and the Institute of Vertebrate Biology of the Czech Academy of Sciences continues to reduce the invasive black bullhead in the Telčský potok and Myslůvka river basins.

  Ekolist.cz · iROZHLAS · Jihlavská Drbna
  

• A night fire broke out at the Hořec hotel in Pec pod Sněžkou, destroying the building's roof, with 35 people evacuated and damage estimated at 15 million crowns.

  Novinky.cz · Hradecká Drbna
  

• The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for Czech manufacturing rose in October to 55 points, the highest level since February 2022.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Seznam Zprávy

• Three anglers in the Třeboňsko region escaped carbon monoxide poisoning that had built up in their tent from a running gas heater, after a hooked carp woke one of them and allowed them to call for rescuers.

  iDNES.cz · Budějcká Drbna
  

• A fire at the Hořec hotel in Pec pod Sněžkou during the night to Sunday caused an estimated 15 million koruna in damage and injured three people, with police investigating suspicion of general endangerment and damage to another's property.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · iROZHLAS
  

• The Ministry of Culture presented five of the seven State Prizes and Ministry of Culture Prizes for outstanding contribution to culture at the Rudolfinum; Culture Minister Oto Klempíř did not attend the ceremony, and a protest against its format took place outside the building.

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

• Representatives of Na rovinu! and the Prostějov Democrats (ODS and independents) signed a memorandum in Prostějov on forming a ruling coalition holding 18 of 35 council seats, which will put ANO into opposition after four years in power.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz: Olomouc · ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Hanácká Drbna · Novinky.cz

• In Zlín, the coalition of STAN, Zlín 21 and the three-party bloc of ODS, Společně pro Zlín and Zlín Srdcem with the Czech Pirate Party has been agreed, they intend to sign the coalition agreement within a week, and the mayor's post will go to a STAN or Zlín 21 representative.

  iROZHLAS · ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Deník: Zlínský kraj · Deník: Zlínský kraj · ČTK / České noviny

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