The Czech government will most likely fail to abolish television and radio licence fees from 1 January 2026 as originally planned. According to Karel Klempíř, the minister responsible for the bill, the legislation would need to clear every
Deputy and government commissioner for the Green Deal and climate policy Jindřich Turek commented on TV Nova about the high-profile traffic accident that occurred on 13 July at a busy intersection near I. P. Pavlov Square in Prague, where h
Tereza Nislerová, the Pirate Party's candidate for the top job at Prague City Hall in the upcoming municipal elections, says she doesn't see her lack of experience in national-level politics as a drawback — nor does she consider her candida
Czech Finance Minister Alena Schillerová has declared that changing the budget rules "has no alternative," responding to a critical open letter from experts. Representatives of the ruling coalition had already announced their readiness to o
The Czech movement SPD has brought in specialists from Germany's "Alternative for Germany" (AfD) party to help prepare its campaign ahead of the autumn municipal elections. SPD MP Jaroslav Foldyna told the publication that the move was mean
Motorists party leader and Czech Deputy Prime Minister Petr Macinka has said the ruling coalition should not field its own candidate in the presidential election due to take place in early 2028."No, that would be ridiculous," Macinka said w
The Czech Chamber of Architects has issued an official reprimand to architect Igor Držvikovský over the way he publicly discussed the legalisation of two illegal structures built by MP and honorary chairman of the Motorists party, Filip Tur
Syria's interim president, Ahmed al-Sharaa, has accepted the credentials of the new Czech ambassador to Damascus, Jiří Pivoňka. The ceremony was also attended by Syrian Foreign Minister Asaad al-Shibani, after which the diplomat formally be
The Prague regional council of the ODS party has approved a new candidate list for Prague 1 ahead of the autumn municipal elections, after the local party branch initially refused to field any candidates at all. The dispute erupted after th
The Czech Railway Administration (Správa železnic) is preparing to launch a new standalone unit — a Security Service already being informally dubbed the "railway police." According to sources close to government circles, the frontrunner for
At his first major meeting with Finance Minister Alena Schillerová on next year's state budget, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš claimed that unemployment benefits have risen unfairly and that "it currently doesn't pay to work," given the
The Czech Constitutional Court has dismissed a complaint filed by MPs Adriana Hochelová (STAN) and Irena Frčíková Konečná (Piráti), who had challenged a decision by the Chamber of Deputies' Organisational Committee to cancel their foreign t