2026 in the Czech Republic

Events

• 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. His speech is criticized by Ukraine's Ambassador to Prague Vasyl Zvarych and opposition parties, who call for Okamura's dismissal.
• 15–18 January – 2026 Women's EuroHockey Indoor Championship
• 15 January – The Babiš government survives a mandatory confidence motion following a 108-91 in the Chamber of Deputies.
• 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.
• 27 January – Petr Pavel, President of the Czech Republic, announces that he has received text messages from Petr Macinka, Minister of Foreign Affairs, which he perceives to be blackmail. He announces that he will consider criminal charges against him.
• 1 February – Thousands of people attended a demonstration to support President Petr Pavel in a dispute with Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr Macinka on Prague's Old Town Square and Wenceslas Square, organized by political organization Milion chvilek pro demokracii.
• 2 February – Stanislav Přibyl succeeds Jan Graubner as Archbishop of Prague.

Scheduled

• 3–20 December – 2026 European Women's Handball Championship in Czech Republic, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Turkey.
• TBA – 2026 Women's European Volleyball Championship in Azerbaijan, Czech Republic, Sweden and Turkey.

Holidays

• 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

• List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

January

• 4 January
• * Miloslav Masopust, 101, Czechoslovak Army general.
• * Miloslav Fiala, 97, Roman Catholic priest.
• 8 January – Václav Cigler, 96, sculptor and visual artist.
• 9 January – Jitka Gruntová, 80, politician.
• 10 January
• *Václav Klučka, 72, politician.
• *Ivan Štampach, 79, religionist and theologian.
• 11 January – Miroslava Pešíková, 79, ballet dancer.
• 21 January – Petr Krill, 84, politician.
• 22 January – Květoslava Kořínková, 85, politician.
• 23 January
• *Alena Kučerová, 90, printmaker.
• *Ota Zaremba, 68, weightlifter.