Czech news in brief for March 5: Thursday’s top afternoon headlines

The top brass of the Czech protection and safety equipment is gathering on the Prague Castle for the annual convention ‘Our Security is Not a Given’. President Petr Pavel stated that Europe should act now to care for its personal safety, whereas US ambassador Nicholas Merrick warned that, primarily based on the present authorities’s price range plans, the Czech Republic may change into one of many few NATO nations to not fulfill its protection spending obligations.

Fuel costs in the Czech Republic have risen sharply in a matter of days because of the conflict unfolding in the Middle East, insecurity in the Strait of Hormuz and associated provide chain disruptions. The worth of diesel and gasoline has already elevated by a number of crowns per liter. Quoted by the Czech News Agency, power analyst Petr Lajsek warns that “the worst-case scenario has come true”, and cautions that the pattern may proceed.

More than half of shops inspected final 12 months by the Czech Trade Inspection Authority (ČOI) have been discovered to violate the regulation when providing reductions to clients, ČOI revealed. The inspections, which additionally checked out on-line shops, reveal how unfair industrial practices and pretend reductions (like “sales” and different diminished costs that keep in place for months at a time) are used to mislead and trick clients into shopping for extra.

Crime in Prague decreased by almost 10 % final 12 months to succeed in its lowest degree in 15 years, police spokesperson Jan Daněk stated. Nearly 35,000 legal offenses have been recorded in the Czech capital in 2025, with theft and housebreaking accounting for almost half of the full. Violent crime represented lower than 5 % of offenses, and 23 murders have been reported final 12 months. Overall, simply over 1 / 4 of instances have been solved.

Hollywood celebrities Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence have been noticed on the set of Martin Scorsese’s new film on the Ratboř Castle close to Kolín, the Blesk tabloid reported. Eagerly anticipated by followers, capturing of the star-studded ‘What Happens at Night’ additionally takes place in Prague and in the Barrandov studios. Danish celebrity Mads Mikkelsen already posted a selfie from a Prague burger joint every week in the past.