What people talked about on 28 October 2026

Conversations picked up on this day. 8 topics

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Foreign Minister Petr Macinka wants to drop the short name "Czechia," but the Czech Geographic Society says the country officially adopted it back in 2016; meanwhile President Petr Pavel called for tougher sanctions on Russia and more support for Ukraine.

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- Dispute over the short name Czechia between the foreign ministry and geographers ProUkraïnu.cz (ukrajinsky) · Telegram · 1,970 views
- President Pavel calls for tougher sanctions on Russia and support for Ukraine Gromada.cz (ukrajinsky) · Telegram · 2,780 views
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The debate over funding Czech public television and radio from the state budget instead of licence fees draws on a new comparison site, poplatkyvevrope.cz, showing such a move would be unusual in Europe.

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- Funding public media from the state budget is more common in Europe than media fees mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon
- A clear comparison of public media fees across Europe mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon · 3 likes, 1 share
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The Student Solidarity Committee has called a nationwide university strike for Tuesday, November 3, against the government's plan to scrap the ČT and ČRo licence fees and fund them from the state budget, joined by public broadcaster employees from the Veřejnoprávně initiative.

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- Students call strike over scrapping public media fees mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon
- Student Solidarity Committee calls nationwide strike against scrapping ČT and ČRo fees mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon · 1 like, 1 share
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Students in Brno, after protesting against scrapping licence fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio, called a strike for 3 November and urged other schools to join.

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- Brno students call strike for 3 November against scrapping fees for Czech TV and Radio mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon · 1 comment
- Students declare strike over scrapping of fees for Czech TV and Radio mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon
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The European Commission says it is closely monitoring the bill to change the funding of Czech Television and Czech Radio prepared by the governing coalition.

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- European Commission monitors bill on ČT and ČRo funding mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon
- Commission watches change in public media funding mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon · 1 comment
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A list of banned car brands at a parking lot in one Czech town is drawing attention online: cars are reportedly barred because of their origin, and commenters note a similar move happened in Poland.

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- City issues list of banned car brands. They can't enter the parking lot because of their origin mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon
- A topic I wrote about recently is alive in Poland too mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon · 1 like
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On Czechoslovak Independence Day, President Petr Pavel promoted sixteen officers at Prague Castle, including Chief of General Staff Miroslav Hlaváč to full general and prison service chief Tomáš Hůlka to lieutenant general.

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- Pavel promotes 16 officers, names Chief of Staff Hlaváč a full general mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon
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Czech studio Warhorse Studios faces a hacker breach of its systems, raising fears of a leak involving the upcoming Kingdom Come sequel and its Lord of the Rings game.

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- Is a leak of Kingdom Come 3 and the Lord of the Rings game looming? Hackers breached Warhorse mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon
- Hackers breached the systems of Kingdom Come creators, studio investigates attack mastodonczech.cz · Mastodon

Foreign Minister Petr Macinka wants to drop the short name "Czechia," but the Czech Geographic Society says the country officially adopted it back in 2016; meanwhile President Petr Pavel called for tougher sanctions on Russia and more support for Ukraine.

The debate over funding Czech public television and radio from the state budget instead of licence fees draws on a new comparison site, poplatkyvevrope.cz, showing such a move would be unusual in Europe.

The Student Solidarity Committee has called a nationwide university strike for Tuesday, November 3, against the government's plan to scrap the ČT and ČRo licence fees and fund them from the state budget, joined by public broadcaster employees from the Veřejnoprávně initiative.

Students in Brno, after protesting against scrapping licence fees for Czech Television and Czech Radio, called a strike for 3 November and urged other schools to join.

The European Commission says it is closely monitoring the bill to change the funding of Czech Television and Czech Radio prepared by the governing coalition.

A list of banned car brands at a parking lot in one Czech town is drawing attention online: cars are reportedly barred because of their origin, and commenters note a similar move happened in Poland.

On Czechoslovak Independence Day, President Petr Pavel promoted sixteen officers at Prague Castle, including Chief of General Staff Miroslav Hlaváč to full general and prison service chief Tomáš Hůlka to lieutenant general.

Czech studio Warhorse Studios faces a hacker breach of its systems, raising fears of a leak involving the upcoming Kingdom Come sequel and its Lord of the Rings game.