Tuesday

Chronicle of November 3, 2026

28 entries

• Employees of Czech Television and Czech Radio began a day-long strike at midnight against the government's proposal to abolish licence fees and switch to funding from the state budget.

  Deník N · Seznam Zprávy · E15
  

• The Frýdek-Místek council elected Petr Korč of the Naše Město F-M movement as mayor again at its inaugural session, returning him to the post five months after his dismissal.

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

• Wooden pallets and plastic crates caught fire on an area of about 20 by 30 metres at an industrial site in Litovel, firefighters stopped the blaze and saved a neighbouring warehouse, damage was estimated at 200,000 koruna and no one was injured.

  Deník.cz · Deník: Olomoucký kraj · Novinky.cz

• Employees of Czech Television called a day-long strike against the planned abolition of television and radio licence fees, forcing the news channel ČT24 into a limited broadcasting mode.

  Karlovarská Drbna · Jihlavská Drbna · Hradecká Drbna · Pražská Drbna · Budějcká Drbna · Brněnská Drbna
  

• The National Library of the Czech Republic opened a new Central Depository in Prague's Hostivař district, with capacity for around three million library items.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražský deník
  

• Brno's city council elected Jakub Hruška (KDU-ČSL), leader of the winning Lidovci a STAN grouping, as mayor at its inaugural session, replacing Markéta Vaňková after eight years.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Deník: Jihomoravský kraj · Blesk.cz · Echo24 · Brněnská Drbna

• The Zlín branch of the Krajský soud v Brně kept in custody a man indicted for last year's kidnapping and imprisonment of a twelve-year-old boy from Halenkovice in the Zlín Region.

  Novinky.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Zlínský kraj · Seznam Zprávy · Blesk.cz · Deník.cz
  

• Students of the Faculty of Music and Dance of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague supported, with music, dance and a minute of silence on Prague's Klárov, a day-long strike by employees of Czech Television and Czech Radio against the coalition's proposal to change the financing of public broadcasters.

  ČTK / České noviny · Pražský deník
  

• A coalition of ANO and Starostové will lead the Ostrava-Jih district, with Martin Bednář of ANO remaining mayor.

  Deník: Moravskoslezský kraj · Ostravská Drbna

• The Jihlava tunnel will be closed over the weekend for routine cleaning, with traffic diverted along a detour route through the city centre.

  Jihlavská Drbna · Deník: Vysočina

• BIS director Michal Koudelka told the parliamentary Security Committee that a criminal court had for the first time in history confirmed information from the Security Information Service, in a non-final ruling in which the Prague Municipal Court on Monday acquitted a Chinese national charged with espionage, while the court also confirmed he had been a member of Chinese intelligence and had gathered information in the Czech Republic.

  ČTK / České noviny · Ekonomický deník · Seznam Zprávy

• A man living in a cave near Dubá testified before the court in Liberec, describing how he was robbed last July of hundreds of thousands of crowns in cash and a gold piece of jewellery, in the trial of defendants Jan Hero, Petr Kokeš and Roman Pokuta.

  iDNES.cz · Lidovky.cz · Blesk.cz · Novinky.cz
  

• The Ústí nad Labem Regional Court declared the vote in the Moldava municipal elections in the Teplice district invalid because 22 voters had been unlawfully removed from the voter list, and the vote will be repeated.

  iDNES.cz: Ústí nad Labem · ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Deník.cz · ČTK / České noviny

• A sculpture called Archimedon by artist Lukáš Rais has been installed at Šilingrovo náměstí in Brno, where it will remain on display in the outdoor gallery for at least a year.

  Deník: Jihomoravský kraj · Brněnská Drbna

• The director of the Krkonoše National Park Administration, Petr Moravec, dismissed two of his deputies, who say they were given no reason; the Ministry of the Environment called a briefing for the same day on the results of an audit of the park's management.

  Seznam Zprávy · ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz

• The president of the ice hockey federation, Alois Hadamczik, announced that Czech hockey is joining the European federations whose national teams refuse to play matches against Russia.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Echo24

• The Regional Court in Ostrava ruled, after a recount of votes in one polling district in Karviná, that the SPD had gained 13 more votes and will hold two seats on the city council; the Žijeme pro Karvinou group lost one seat and the Srdcem pro Karvinou coalition lost one.

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

• The UNESCO Global Geoparks Council decided to exclude the Český ráj Geopark, based in Turnov; it will lose the designation at the end of 2026, and according to its director Jana Lebedová it did not convince the council that it had resolved the problem of the sale of precious stones of unclear origin.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Echo24

• Excavation began on the Kamenný vrch tunnel on the D11 motorway between Jaroměř and Trutnov, with a mined section 684 metres long; the excavation is to take about a year and the whole section is to be finished in autumn 2029.

  ČTK / České noviny · Ekonomický deník · iDNES.cz: Hradec Králové
  

• The Regional Court in Plzeň annulled the election of a candidate of the Pro Plzeň with the support of the People's Party group to the council of the first Plzeň city district because of an error in the transcription of results (293 extra votes) and declared the first substitute on the same list elected; the group's number of seats did not change.

  ČTK / České noviny · Deník: Plzeňský kraj
  

• Thousands of people gathered at Wenceslas Square in Prague for a demonstration in support of the independence of Czech Television and Czech Radio; university students and striking employees of both institutions took part.

  MediaGuru · Echo24 · Pražský patriot
  

• Actors of the National Theatre called on Minister of Culture Oto Klempíř to resign at a demonstration in Prague.

  ČTK / České noviny · iDNES.cz · Pražský patriot
  

• The Teplice council elected Jiří Štábl of ANO as mayor at its inaugural meeting; the coalition consists of ANO and Volba pro Teplice, and the election-winning ODS remains in opposition.

  ČTK / České noviny · Novinky.cz · Echo24

• The leaders of five opposition parties called in a letter on Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to hold a joint meeting on the future of Czech Television and Czech Radio, with their directors and independent experts taking part.

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

• German energy company LEAG, part of Daniel Křetínský's EP Group, won seven of eleven contracts awarded by the German government for building gas-fired power plants worth around €12 billion.

  Seznam Zprávy · Hospodářské noviny · E15

• The Prague Spring festival announced that its 2027 edition will for the first time in its history be opened by a non-European orchestra – the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra led by Jaap van Zweden, on 12 May at the Municipal House in Prague.

  iDNES.cz · ČTK / České noviny · Seznam Zprávy

• Czech hospitals have begun using bovine vein grafts as an alternative to leg amputation in patients with peripheral arterial disease of the lower limbs.

  Blesk.cz · iDNES.cz

• The Chamber of Deputies, voting 72 to 87, rejected the opposition's proposal to add a motion to recall Speaker Tomio Okamura to the session agenda.

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

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