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Prague's population grew by 2,444 to 1,409,528 in the first half of 2026, according to preliminary results. The growth came entirely from migration, which added 3,516 people, while natural change took away 1,072. 5,130 children were born, 6.2 per cent fewer than a year earlier and 31.7 per cent fewer than in the first half of 2021. Prague and the Central Bohemian Region were the only regions whose population grew; Czechia as a whole lost 12,200 people.

The new version of the app adds lab results, a record of preventive check-ups and screenings, a blood donor card, medical assessments and selected entries from the shared health record. Users can also manage the profiles of minor children and other people whose data they are authorised to see.

The bill introduces certification of startups and lets investors deduct a cash investment from their tax base, up to five million koruna a year. Certification is to be run by the emerging CzechBusiness agency, with the industry ministry as the appeal and oversight body. Conditions: the company at most eight years old, ten for deep tech, annual net turnover up to 250 million, not a shell subsidiary of an established firm and not traded on a regulated market.

The share of six-year-olds with a deferred start dropped from 24.1 % in September 2021 to 17.7 % in September 2025; last year deferral applied to just under 21 thousand children. Nurseries meanwhile hold fewer than 350 thousand children for the first time since 2012/13, while their teacher numbers grew by 21 % over ten years. Secondary schools, by contrast, had almost 515 thousand pupils last year, the most since 2011/12.