- 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 24
Constitutional Court orders Czech government to include President Pavel in NATO summit delegation
The Czech Constitutional Court issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday ordering the government to include President Petr Pavel in the official delegation to the NATO summit in Ankara on 7–8 July and to arrange his accreditation before the Friday 26 June deadline.
- 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.
- Jun 15
Czechs overwhelmingly see government-president dispute as a problem, poll shows
Eight in ten Czechs consider the ongoing tussle between the cabinet and President Petr Pavel over his role in international summits a problem, according to a Kantar survey for Czech Television.
