- Jun 29
Two Motoristé ministers booed off stage at Strážnice folk festival; opposition demands PM intervene
Foreign Minister Petr Macinka was jeered off the stage on Saturday at the Strážnice folk festival, one day after Culture Minister Ota Klempíř met the same reception. Opposition leaders accuse the coalition Motoristé party of provocative politicisation and want Prime Minister Andrej Babiš to act.
- Jun 27
Strážnice festival crowd boos two Motoristé ministers on consecutive days
Culture Minister Oto Klempíř faced heavy jeering on Friday, and Foreign Minister Petr Macinka was heckled with chants of "vypadni" on Saturday as the International Folklore Festival in Strážnice became an unlikely arena for political anger.
- Jun 21
Thousands march in Prague against plan to cut funding and politicise Czech public media
Protesters rallied at metro Pražského povstání and marched to the Česká televize building, opposing a bill that would replace licence fees with state budget funding and cut budgets by roughly 15 percent.
- Jun 15
Czech government scraps TV and radio licence fees, shifting public media to state budget with billion-crown cuts
The Czech cabinet today approved the abolition of television and radio licence fees, replacing them with direct state budget financing that will cut the annual incomes of public broadcasters by over a billion crowns. The move, which opposition figures and media unions decry as a threat to editorial independence, triggers a 24-hour staff strike and protest marches in Prague.
