AGP Executive Report
Last update: 22 minutes agoSenate Setback: Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s ANO party won no seats in the Senate run-off, while pro-Western opposition parties retained control of the upper house. The result is a blow to Babiš but does not threaten his government’s grip on the lower house. Labour Shortages: With more than 90,000 jobs unfilled, the government plans to raise hiring quotas for workers from the Philippines and India, with Kazakhstan also under consideration. Energy Dispute: Czechia joined several EU countries calling for more flexibility in carbon-pricing rules as leaders clashed over rising energy costs; no major changes were agreed at the Brussels summit. Poverty: Czechia has the EU’s lowest share of people at risk of poverty or social exclusion, at 12%, compared with a bloc average of 21%. Science: Czech physicist Libor Šmejkal and colleagues won the 2026 Europhysics Prize for establishing altermagnetism as a third fundamental form of magnetism. Prague History: The city marked 130 years since its first public film screening, held at a hotel on Na Příkopě Street on 18 October 1896.
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