2026 in the Czech Republic
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Events in the year 2026 in the Czech Republic.
Events
January
- 1 January – Tomio Okamura, President of the Chamber of Deputies, posts a New Year address on social media, in which he speaks out against providing further weapons to Ukraine and admitting the country to the European Union, as well as criticizing the Ukrainian leadership.[1] His speech is criticized by Ukraine's Ambassador to Prague Vasyl Zvarych and opposition parties, who call for Okamura's dismissal.[2]
- 15–18 January – 2026 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship[3]
- 15 January – The Babiš government survives a mandatory confidence motion following a 108-91 in the Chamber of Deputies.[4]
- 17 January – Tomio Okamura, President of the Chamber of Deputies, orders the removal of the EU flag from his office, which was replaced by another Czech flag.[5]
- 19 January – Two people are killed while six others are injured during a mass shooting at municipal office in Chřibská. The perpetrator commits suicide afterwards.[6]
- 27 January – President Petr Pavel announces that he has received text messages from foreign minister Petr Macinka, which he perceives to be blackmail. He announces that he will consider criminal charges against him.[7]
February
- 1 February – Thousands of people attended a demonstration to support President Pavel in his dispute with Petr Macinka on Prague's Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square, organized by political organization Milion chvilek pro demokracii.[8]
- 2 February – Stanislav Přibyl succeeds Jan Graubner as Archbishop of Prague.[9]
- 4 February – The Babiš government survives a no-confidence motion in the Chamber of Deputies filed over the Pavel-Macinka dispute.[10]
March
- 5 March – The Chamber of Deputies votes 104-81 against a motion lifting parliamentary immunity for prime minister Babiš in a $2 million fraud case involving European Union subsidies.[11]
- 6 March – The Czech Republic boycotts the opening ceremony of the 2026 Winter Paralympics in Italy in protest over Russian athletes being allowed to compete under the Russian flag after the lifting of sanctions imposed over the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022.[12]
- 20 March – A suspected arson attack is carried out on a warehouse of the drone technology firm LPP Holding in Pardubice.[13]
- 21 March – Between 200,000 and 250,000 people attended a demonstration in Letná Park in Prague to warned of democratic backsliding and called to defend public service media, organized by political organization Milion chvilek pro demokracii.[14]
- 25–29 March – 2026 World Figure Skating Championships[15]
- 26 March – A firebombing is carried out on a Russian cultural center in Prague.[16]
April
- 18 April – The Dvorecký Bridge over the Vltava is opened in Prague.[17]
- 22 April – Several thousand students nationwide attend a protest in response to a proposed law that would change the funding model of Czech Radio and Czech Television, organized by the "Hands off our Media" initiative.[18]
- 28 April – A court in Brno sentences a man to seven years' imprisonment for an attempted arson attack on a synagogue in 2024.[19]
Scheduled
- 3–20 December – 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.[20]
- TBA – 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sweden and Turkey.[21][22]
Holidays
Source:[23]
- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 3 April – Good Friday
- 6 April – Easter Monday
- 1 May – Labour Day
- 8 May – Victory in Europe Day
- 5 July – St. Cyril and Methodius Day
- 6 July – Jan Hus
- 28 September – Czech Statehood Day
- 28 October – Independent Czechoslovak State Day
- 17 November – Freedom and Democracy Day
- 24 December – Christmas Eve
- 25 December – Christmas Day
- 26 December – Saint Stephen's Day
Art and entertainment
Deaths
January
- 4 January
- Miloslav Masopust, 101, Czechoslovak Army general.[24]
- Miloslav Fiala, 97, Roman Catholic priest.[25]
- 8 January – Václav Cigler, 96, sculptor and visual artist.[26]
- 9 January – Jitka Gruntová, 80, politician.[27]
- 10 January
- Václav Klučka, 72, politician.[28]
- Ivan Štampach, 79, religionist and theologian.[29]
- 11 January – Miroslava Pešíková, 79, ballet dancer.[30]
- 21 January – Petr Krill, 84, politician.[31]
- 22 January – Květoslava Kořínková, 85, politician.[32]
- 23 January
- Alena Kučerová, 90, printmaker.[33]
- Ota Zaremba, 68, weightlifter.[34]
February
- 6 February – Jana Brejchová, 86, actress.[35]
- 17 February – Jim Čert, 69, singer and accordionist.[36]
- 20 February
- František Mašlaň, 93, ice hockey player.[37]
- František Mezihorák, 88, politician.[38]
- 23 February – Vladimír Liščák, 72, sinologist, researcher at the East Asia Department of the Oriental Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences.[39]
March
- 1 March – Lubomír Šik, 98, regional historian.[40]
- 9 March – Leoš Šimánek, 79, traveler.[41]
- 10 March – Zdeněk Hummel, 79, basketball player (USK Praha, Slovan Orbis Praha BK, Czechoslovakia national team) and coach.[42]
- 16 March – Vladimír Stránský, 78, ice hockey player.[43]
- 22 March – Božena Jirků, 78, journalist, editor and executive director of Charter 77 Foundation.[44]
- 31 March – Petr Pleva, 66, politician, MP (1996–2010).[45]
April
- 6 April – Vladislav Galgonek, 79, photographer and photojournalist.[46]
- 8 April – Imrich Bugár, 70, discus thrower, Olympic silver medalist (1980).[47]
- 10 April – Vojtěch Adam, 75, politician and surgeon, MP (2008–2017).[48]
- 18 April – Karel Korytář, 76, politician, MP (2006–2008), senator (1996–2002, 2008–2014).[49]
