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September 1, 2026

Index prosperity

Czechia moves from fourteenth to seventh in the EU on digitalisation and infrastructure

In the digitalisation and infrastructure pillar the country rose from fourteenth to seventh among the EU's twenty-seven, between Estonia and Hungary. Public transport and progress in e-government drove the gain. Broadband coverage remains the worst in the whole union.

Source: Index prosperity

Editor's note. The ranking does not hide that Czechia comes last in the union on fast internet coverage — worth noting for figures from an interested party. Who funds the index and how it weights its indicators is nowhere to be seen.

August 31, 2026

Linka okamžité psychické podpory

A nationwide mental health support line opens for people aged fifteen and up

The immediate psychological support line started operating today across the country. It offers professional help by phone to people from the age of fifteen who need it now and do not want to wait weeks for an appointment — in anxiety, personal crisis, burnout, overload or problems with addiction.

Source: Linka okamžité psychické podpory

Editor's note. The line announced itself. Who pays for it, who stands behind it professionally, when it is open and what a call costs — the reader learns none of it.

Air Bank

A fraudulent QR code looks exactly like a real one. You only find out after scanning

A QR code does not show where it leads until you scan it — and that is what quishing rests on: a fake code redirects to an imitation of your bank, a payment gateway, a courier or a public office and tries to extract login details.

Source: Air Bank

Editor's note. The advice on not losing money while paying comes from a bank. How many people here have actually been caught by quishing, it does not say.

Seyfor

Companies deploy AI and hang themselves on a single model, an IT supplier warns

The release argues that the main risk in adopting artificial intelligence is not the technology but dependence on a single model vendor.

Source: Seyfor

Editor's note. The warning against depending on a single AI vendor comes from a vendor that sells integration. It rests on no data and no survey.

Skanska

The underpass beneath 5. května at Pankrác reopens after refurbishment

The Prague 4 district and Skanska opened the refurbished underpass beneath 5. května street near Pankrác; it links the area towards Sdružení street and is meant to ease children's route to school. The work was paid for by the developer building nearby.

Source: Skanska

Editor's note. The underpass was refurbished by the developer building nearby. Neither the cost nor who looks after it from now on is stated.

August 28, 2026

J&T Banka

A third of owners of large Czech companies are considering a sale within five years

31 % of the entrepreneurs surveyed are thinking about leaving the business and selling the company within five years; among those who started out between 1996 and 2005 it is 35 %. The survey covered over a hundred Czech companies with average annual turnover above 500 million koruna.

Source: J&T Banka

Editor's note. The wave of company sales is announced by a bank that sits on such deals as both adviser and financier. Who was asked and about what is not given; this is the first edition, so there is nothing to compare it with.

Wavin Czechia

Three quarters of towns feel climate change, eleven percent have a water plan

A survey of 300 local authorities in spring 2026: 73 % of towns and villages feel the effects of climate change strongly or partly, but only 11 % have a finished water management strategy and 84 % admit they have no comprehensive plan. Against the 2023 measurement, preparedness has not materially improved.

Source: Wavin Czechia

Editor's note. Who paid to find out that towns lack water management systems? The firm that makes them. How the 300 authorities were picked and what they were asked is nowhere to be found.

Check Point Software Technologies

The data breach at British airports is reported by a firm that sells protection against it

Manchester Airports Group, operator of Manchester, Stansted and East Midlands, is dealing with a cyber incident; according to the release the attackers obtained data on roughly 8.7 million customers.

Source: Check Point Software Technologies

Editor's note. It is not the victim talking about the breach but a company selling protection against such attacks. The airport operator itself has so far said nothing. One more thing: the release's headline counts „nearly 9 million“, its own text 8.7.

ČEZ

ČEZ tests a turbine model for the pumped storage plant at Orlík

ČEZ and the Slovenian firm Litostroj are testing a turbine model for a plant meant to be built at Orlík after 2033 and to become the country's fourth large pumped storage facility.

Source: ČEZ

Editor's note. ČEZ is writing about its own project. When it gets permission, what it costs and why „after 2033“ of all dates — none of that.

ComSource

22 documented cyber threats in July, ransomware hit state administration too

The release reports 22 documented threats across sectors. They span state administration, healthcare, energy and culture. The most aggressive campaign is said to have been run by the Titan group against IT and consulting firms, and banking vishing was added to the mix.

Source: ComSource

Editor's note. The count of twenty-two is the security firm's own. What counts as a threat is nowhere stated, and the national cyber agency's figures go unmentioned.