The ANO party may well win the Senate election in terms of seats, but neither it nor the ruling coalition will manage to win a majority in the upper house of parliament. That is the conclusion of the author of an opinion column on the Sezna
Czech President Petr Pavel flew back for the municipal elections from his holiday in Morocco on a Hawker 800 private jet operated by the Moroccan company Sarah Airways. The flight was not paid for from public budgets, said the president’s s
US President Donald Trump has lashed out at Norway over the decision to award the Nobel Peace Prize. Speaking at a campaign rally in Syracuse, he called the decision “disgraceful” and said it was an “indelible stain” on Norway and the peopl
Senate Democratic leaders, headed by Chuck Schumer, sharply condemned President Donald Trump’s agreement with Vladimir Putin on supplies of Russian diesel fuel. In a joint statement they call it a “total betrayal of Ukraine, our European al
The wife of Czech President Pavel, Pavlová, explained on Friday why she did not go to the municipal elections: it was not indifference but a way to raise the question of the state not letting people who are far from home cast a ballot. The
Czech President Petr Pavel returned from his holiday on Friday and voted in the elections, reversing his earlier decision. Politicians reacted in different ways: most welcomed his move, but there were also some barbed remarks, mainly over t
Czech President Petr Pavel flew to Prague from Casablanca, Morocco, on Friday, accompanied by his security detail, to take part in the Senate and municipal elections. He travelled on a chartered private jet and then returned to Casablanca.A
Czech writer Radka Denemarková spoke at the opening of the 78th Frankfurt Book Fair, where Czechia is this year's guest of honour, and declared that Europe is “turning brown”. The speech drew ovations and criticism from Culture Minister Oto
The main theme of the current election campaign in Czechia is not a set of grand programmes but a dispute over the money of big cities. The governing ANO movement has pushed to the centre of the agenda a complaint that the mayors of large c
In 2026, Prague residents are electing the members of the capital’s city council and of their own district council. You can vote on Friday, 9 October, from 2 pm to 10 pm, or on Saturday, 10 October, from 8 am to 2 pm. Both councils are elec
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) raids have brought economic losses to cities and become an issue in the election campaign: some Republicans are already saying that deportations have “gone too far.” But according to an American
The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling the elections to Russia’s State Duma, held on 18–20 September 2026, neither free nor fair. A total of 482 MEPs voted for the document, 41 voted against and 39 abstained.What the resol