Monday

Chronicle of November 2, 2026

40 entries

• The Government of the Czech Republic, with President Petr Pavel in attendance, discussed a new concept for the development of the Czech Armed Forces until 2040, which sets a target of at least 32,000 professional soldiers and 10,000 active reserve members by 2030.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz · Lidovky.cz · Parlamentní listy
  

• The Supreme Audit Office stated in its summary report that Czech subjects have learned to formally draw EU funds correctly, but part of the money goes into unnecessary or quickly outdated projects.

  ČTK / České noviny · FORUM 24 · Echo24 · Novinky.cz · Hospodářské noviny · iROZHLAS
  

• The Regional Court in Liberec opened the main hearing in a wide-ranging corruption case involving the DPMLJ transport company, with eight people and twelve firms facing charges of bribing public contracts, including businessman Jiří Vařil as the central figure of the case.

  iROZHLAS · Lidovky.cz · iDNES.cz: Liberec
  

• A poll by agency NMS for Právo and Novinky.cz showed that Czechs' satisfaction with the ANO, SPD and Motoristé government fell to 37 percent, while 53 percent of people rated it negatively.

  Parlamentní listy · ČTK / České noviny · Hospodářské noviny · FORUM 24 · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz

• The Supreme Court rejected the appeals of firefighter Jiří Pochyla and official Věra Šulová and upheld their fines for misconduct during the 2020 Bečva River environmental disaster.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · iROZHLAS · Lidovky.cz · Blesk.cz · iDNES.cz: Zlín

• Czech Radio will restrict its news coverage, live broadcasting and online services during a nationwide staff strike on Tuesday, 3 November 2026.

  iROZHLAS · Lupa.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Hospodářské noviny · MediaGuru

• Karviná will continue to be governed in the new term by the coalition of Žijeme pro Karvinou and ANO, with Jan Wolf, who faces charges in a football corruption case, remaining mayor.

  ČT24 · Novinky.cz · FORUM 24 · iROZHLAS · Deník.cz · iDNES.cz

• The protective service of the Police of the Czech Republic concluded its review of the intervention on the gallery of the Chamber of Deputies, finding that the officers' actions were justified and proportionate, while deeming the order for the demonstrators to kneel disproportionate.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Seznam Zprávy · Deník.cz · Pražský deník · Echo24
  

• The coalition of Starostové pro Liberecký kraj (SLK), Lepší Liberec and the Liberec otevřený lidem group with the Czech Pirate Party agreed on Liberec's leadership, with Lukáš Hájek set to become mayor and the eleven-member council to include eight paid deputy mayors and two unpaid councillors.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz · Deník: Liberecký kraj · Liberecká Drbna

• Former General Health Insurance Company of the Czech Republic deputy director Tomáš Knížek testified in court in the Dozimetr case that a group led by defendant Redl had influence over appointed managers at the Prague Public Transit Company and used them to influence contracts.

  iROZHLAS · Blesk.cz

• The Plzeň city council elected Roman Zarzycký of ANO as mayor for the second time at its inaugural meeting, with 33 of 47 councillors voting in favour.

  ČTK / České noviny · iROZHLAS · Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz · iDNES.cz: Plzeň · Deník: Plzeňský kraj
  

• President Petr Pavel criticised the proposed Concept for the Development of the Armed Forces until 2040, saying it would not allow Czechia to meet its NATO commitments, on the day the government discussed it at its meeting.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník.cz · FORUM 24 · Ekonomický deník
  

• Employees of Czech Television and Czech Radio announced a strike for 3 November against the government's proposal to nationalise the funding of public broadcasters, backed by rallies in Ústí nad Labem and Jihlava.

  Deník: Ústecký kraj · Český rozhlas Sever (Ústí, Karlovy Vary) · Deník: Vysočina
  

• The Prague Botanical Garden in Troja will raise admission prices from 3 November 2026, with adults paying 240 crowns on site instead of the previous 180 crowns.

  Pražský deník · Pražský patriot

• The Municipal Court in Prague acquitted, in a judgment that is not yet final, a Chinese citizen whom the prosecution had charged over activity for a Chinese intelligence service, because in the court's view the act was not a criminal offence.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24

• The Jihlava city council elected Petr Ryška of ODS mayor again at its inaugural meeting; he received 33 of the 35 votes in an open ballot. The new coalition consists of Tým pro Jihlavu and STAN, and the ANO movement moved into opposition.

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

• Czech Television announced that because of the strike on 3 November 2026 it will change its programme schedule and limit its news coverage and digital services; the strike was called by the Veřejnoprávně initiative in protest against a draft law abolishing television and radio fees.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Seznam Zprávy
  

• According to the Veřejnoprávně initiative, a clear majority of employees of Czech Television and Czech Radio have joined the strike on 3 November 2026, so both institutions will have to limit their live broadcasting.

  ČTK / České noviny · FORUM 24
  

• The Government of the Czech Republic approved the Concept for the Development of the Armed Forces until 2040 and the Long-Term Outlook for Defence 2045; President Petr Pavel, who attended the meeting, said afterwards that in his view the concept would not ensure that allied commitments are met.

  Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny
  

• Politicians, including Petr Fiala, Miroslav Kalousek and Martin Kupka, reacted to the death of Josef Mašín, the last surviving member of the anti-communist resistance group of the Mašín brothers.

  Novinky.cz · Blesk.cz

• Police in Prague warned that more than ten rallies and marches in support of Czech Television and Czech Radio will restrict traffic in the city centre on the afternoon of 3 November 2026, especially on the route from Kavčí hory over the Nusle Bridge to the National Museum.

  Pražský deník · Pražský patriot · Echo24

• The Divadlo Na zábradlí (Theatre on the Balustrade) supported the strike of Czech Television and Czech Radio and the Divadlo pod Palmovkou entered strike readiness; Táňa Medvecká and Igor Orozovič of the National Theatre drama company are due to speak on behalf of the theatres at the rally in Wenceslas Square on 3 November 2026.

  iDNES.cz · Pražský deník
  

• A collision between a van and a lorry closed the D1 motorway in the direction of Prague near Velké Meziříčí at about 4:45; one person was injured, and before one lane was reopened the queue was more than ten kilometres long.

  Novinky.cz · Jihlavská Drbna
  

• In Kyjov, 2,178 people gathered in a park and formed a living poppy flower from balloons in honour of war veterans, setting a new Czech record.

  Brněnská Drbna · Blesk.cz · Novinky.cz

• President Petr Pavel said that Russian athletes should not compete in international events under the Russian flag until the end of the war in Ukraine, and according to Prime Minister Andrej Babiš the return of Russian ice hockey players would give the impression that the war is normal.

  ČTK / České noviny · Hospodářské noviny

• The state budget ended October 2026 with a deficit of 230.9 billion crowns, the Ministry of Finance reported; the deficit stood at 194.5 billion crowns at the end of September and at 183.1 billion crowns at the end of October 2025.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČTK / České noviny · ČT24
  

• Povodí Moravy announced that the South Moravian Region drought commission approved reducing the outflow from the Vranov Dam to an extraordinary minimum from November 2026 to March 2027, which is expected to save about 4.5 million cubic metres of water.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz

• The Government of the Czech Republic approved, as originally proposed, the 2027 budget of the Státní fond audiovize of 2.39 billion crowns, of which 1.5 billion crowns is for film incentives.

  ČTK / České noviny · ČT24

• Students of Charles University and other universities are planning a protest on 10 November 2026 in support of Czech Television and Czech Radio; the rector of Charles University, Jiří Zima, will grant a half-day rector's leave from classes for that day, and the students are to give details on 4 November.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražský deník
  

• Voting began in Zlín in the Tvoříme Zlín participatory budget, in which residents choose from 26 projects; seven million crowns have been set aside in the city budget for 2027 for the winning projects, and voting is open until 22 November 2026.

  Deník: Zlínský kraj

• The Přerov city council elected Petr Vrána of the ANO movement mayor again; 24 of the 33 members present voted for him. The coalition consists of ANO, ODS and the Přerováci s podporou nových lidovců grouping.

  Novinky.cz · Hanácká Drbna
  

• Police in Cheb detained a woman suspected of offering money for votes in the municipal elections in Mariánské Lázně and opened criminal proceedings on suspicion of the offence of obstructing the preparation and conduct of elections and referendums.

  Seznam Zprávy · iDNES.cz
  

• The Government of the Czech Republic approved a draft amendment to several laws based on the European confiscation directive, under which the police could secure suspect property in Czechia for up to seven working days where there is a risk of it being hidden or transferred.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz

• A substance leaked at the premises of a company in Jablonec nad Nisou and paramedics treated thirteen people with mild breathing difficulties; firefighters evacuated 55 people, and the first measurements found no hazardous substance.

  Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz

• A collision between a car that crossed into the oncoming lane and a truck closed road I/20 near Sedlec in the České Budějovice district, with a rescue helicopter dispatched to a severely injured woman.

  Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy · Budějcká Drbna · Deník: České Budějovice / Jižní Čechy
  

• The Prague Public Transit Company began preparatory works for a complete modernisation of the Hradčanská metro station on Line A, which will be fully closed from 16 January 2027 until the end of 2027.

  Zdopravy.cz · Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Blesk.cz · Pražský deník
  

• Josef Mašín, the last surviving member of the resistance group of the Mašín brothers and Milan Paumer, who fled Czechoslovakia for the West in the early 1950s, died at the age of 94 in Santa Barbara, USA.

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

• A survey by STEM/MARK for Czech Television showed that two-thirds of Czechs do not want public-service media to be under state control.

  ČT24 · ČTK / České noviny · MediaGuru

• Representatives of the winning coalition of the Hradecký demokratický klub (HDK), TOP 09, the Czech Pirate Party, STAN, the Změna pro Hradec association, the Greens and KDU-ČSL signed a coalition agreement in Hradec Králové, under which Pavlína Springerová (HDK) will remain mayor.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Královéhradecký kraj · Novinky.cz · iDNES.cz · Echo24 · iROZHLAS

• The council of Mladá Boleslav elected Jiří Bouška of the ANO and Volba pro Mladou Boleslav grouping as mayor at its inaugural session, with 28 votes from 30 members present; the city will have three deputy mayors instead of the four originally agreed.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Boleslavský deník

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