2024 in the Czech Republic
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Events in the year 2024 in the Czech Republic.
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January
March
- 28 March – Russiagate: The Security Information Service reveals that Russia paid via the "Voice of Europe" hundreds of thousands of euros to European politicians aimed at influencing the European elections.[2]
May
- 7 May – The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic rules that requiring applicants seeking to officially change their gender to undergo gender-affirmation surgery, including sterilisation, is unconstitutional.[3]
- 10–26 May – 2024 IIHF World Championship[4]
June
- 3 June – Eighteen people are injured in a lightning strike in a castle park in Liberec-Vratislavice.[5]
- 5 June – A freight train collides with a RegioJet passenger train in Pardubice, killing at least four people and injuring 23.[6]
- 6 June – An arson attack is made on public buses in Prague. A suspect from Latin America is arrested, while Czech authorities suspect Russian involvement.[7]
- 7 June – 2024 European Parliament election.[8]
- 17 June – An explosion at a military training ground in Libavá Military Training Area caused by ammunition leaves one soldier dead and eight others injured.[9]
- 19 June – Three people are injured in a knife attack at a gas station in Prague. A suspect is arrested.[10]
July
- 16 July – The Czech government announces plans to facilitate production of the Colt CZ Group assault rifle and the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine.[11]
- 17 July – The Czech government awards the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power with a tender to build two reactors at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station.[12]
September
- 15–16 September – One person is killed and seven others are reported missing amid flooding caused by Storm Boris.[13]
- 20–21 September – 2024 Czech Senate election (first round): The ANO wins a plurality of contested seats for the Senate and in regional elections.[14]
- 24 September – Prime Minister Petr Fiala dismisses Czech Pirate Party leader Ivan Bartos as regional development minister, citing problems over a new digital system for issuing building permits. The dismissal prompts the Pirate Party to leave the governing coalition, resulting in a cabinet reshuffle that sees the dissolution of the ministry for legislation occupied by a Pirate minister.[15]
- 27–28 September – 2024 Czech Senate election (second round): The ANO wins a total of eight seats, the party's strongest showing in a Senate election, while the ruling Spolu coalition wins 15.[16]
October
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- 1 January – New Year's Day
- 29 March - Good Friday
- 1 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
- 1 January – Oldřich Semerák, 91, composer, trombonist and music educator.[20]
- 6 January – Ivo Oberstein, 88, Czech architect and urbanist.[21]
- 9 January:
- Karel Janovický, 93, Czech-born British composer, pianist and radio producer (BBC World Service).
- Jaroslav Pavlů, 87, ice hockey player (HC Škoda Plzeň, HC Kometa Brno, HC Bolzano) and head coach.[22]
- 11 January – Jiří Neuwirt, 75, painter, illustrator and printmaker.[23]
- 12 January – František Janouch, 92, nuclear physicist and dissident.[24]
- 13 January:
- Jana Hlaváčová, 85, actress (Operace Silver A, Angel of the Lord, The Dance Teacher).[25]
- Ladislav Svoboda, 85, physician (Rytíři Kladno) and politician, senator (1996–2008).[26]
- 16 January – Norbert Lichý, 59, actor (Lidice, Hastrman) and musician.[27]
- 26 January – Jiří Bičák, 82, physicist and academic.[28]
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