What Others Write About Czechia – November 6, 2026

In brief

• Polski Przegląd Sportowy reports that Wiktor Nowak scored his debut Champions League goal in the match Slavia Prague vs Arsenal (1:2), and Czech media praise his performance despite playing as a striker.
• German DW reports that the Czech arms industry, including the CSG group through its stake in Canada's MDA Space, is looking for new directions, including space defense.
• Ukrainian NV and TSN and Lithuanian Diena.lt report that Czech police are checking aircraft after anonymous assassination threats concerning flights from Prague; according to TSN, Eurocontrol recorded about fifteen such reports in Europe, none confirmed.
• Slovak Denník N reports that journalists Adéla Károlyová and Apolena Rychlíková identified members of the Pedonia forum and passed the data to police, and Slovak HNonline.sk describes how artist Anna Daučíková refused an award from Culture Minister Ota Klempíř.
• Slovak TASR / TERAZ.sk reports the premiere of the Czech-Slovak film „Mesto otcov” directed by Zdeněk Tyc, and Slovak SME.sk quotes Petr Šabata, according to whom Babiš has no reason to back down in the face of protests against the abolition of broadcasting fees.

Polish press

A review of Czech press coverage of Wiktor Nowak's performance: according to Polish Przegląd Sportowy, Czechs are impressed by his debut Champions League goal in the match Slavia Prague vs Arsenal, which ended 1:2. He scored in the 90th minute, after a cross from David Juraszek. Czech media noted that, despite playing as a striker rather than in his usual midfield position, he played well, and one portal called him the team's talisman. (Tak Czesi nazwali Wiktora Nowaka po tym, co zrobił z Arsenalem – Przegląd Sportowy)

German press

German DW writes that the Czech arms industry is looking for new directions, including space defense, to sustain the boom brought on by the war in Ukraine. According to DW, the Czechoslovak Group (CSG) acquired a stake in the Canadian company MDA Space, and the defense sector is experiencing strong growth in orders from Kyiv and European allies. (Czech arms makers set sights on space defense in bid to sustain Ukraine-driven arms boom – DW)

Slovak press

According to the Slovak daily Denník N, Czech journalist Adéla Károlyová, while working on a series of texts about pedophiles, allegedly infiltrated the Czech Pedonia forum, where together with Apolena Rychlíková she mapped members' posts and collected information about offenders. The outlet reports that the journalists managed to identify some forum members, including creators and distributors of child abuse material, and this data has already been passed to police. Denník N also notes that the site was built around convicted pedophile Petr Dostál, and according to the journalists, some of the perpetrators came from Slovakia. (Web vytvorený odsúdeným pedofilom žil aj roky po jeho smrti. Novinárky odhalili identitu členov, viacerí boli zo Slovenska – Denník N)

Slovak Denník N reports that artist Anna Daučíková, who has lived in Prague for over fifteen years, refused to accept an award from Czech Culture Minister Ota Klempíř for her contribution to visual arts and teaching. According to Denník N, the Sunday evening ceremony was accompanied by protests and took place without an audience or media and without the minister's participation. Daučíková explains her decision by saying that, in her view, Central Europe is witnessing creeping fascisation, where there is no room for hesitation (Umelkyňa Daučíková, ktorá odmietla cenu od Klempířa: Sme svedkami fašizácie, nie je čas váhať – Denník N).

Slovak portal TASR / TERAZ.sk reports that the Czech-Slovak film „Mesto otcov” directed by Zdeněk Tyc, about a thirty-year-old named Richard searching for his biological father, has hit cinemas. According to TASR / TERAZ.sk, the lead role was played by Slovak actor Tomáš Vravník, who, as he admitted at the Bratislava premiere, thanks to this role now speaks Czech. According to the report, the film had its world premiere at the Karlovy Vary festival and entered cinemas on 5 November. (Tyc je v kinách s filmom Mesto otcov, Vravník vie vďaka nemu po česky – TASR / TERAZ.sk)

According to the Slovak portal HNonline.sk, Czech police are again checking aircraft at Prague airport due to anonymous threats of a bomb on board several planes flying to or due to depart from Prague. HNonline.sk reports that on Thursday the threat concerned four aircraft flying from Dublin, Glasgow, Athens and Newcastle, as well as airport buildings, and bomb squads found no explosives. The portal also notes that similar anonymous threats disrupted flights in several European countries in recent days, but it is unknown whether the incidents are connected (Na pražskom letisku znovu kontrolujú lietadlá kvôli bombovým hrozbám – HNonline.sk). The Ukrainian outlet NV, mentioned in another piece, links these alarms to a new wave of threats in the Czech Republic (Сообщения об угрозе взрывов на пассажирских самолетах: новая волна зафиксирована в Чехии – NV).

According to the Slovak portal HNonline.sk, on 14 November 1918, Karel Kramář, Prime Minister of the Czech lands, opened the first session of parliament of the newly established Czechoslovak Republic in Prague and proposed Tomáš Masaryk for president, who was elected unanimously. The portal also describes how Kramář himself was subsequently replaced as prime minister, and his further plans remain in the article only a matter of speculation. The article is available to subscribers only, so its full content was not disclosed in the material. (Muž, ktorého potopili vlastné ilúzie. Premiér Kramář sa tak dlho upínal na Rusko, až stratil pozície i vplyv – HNonline.sk)

Slovak portal SME.sk writes that editor-in-chief Petr Šabata believes Babiš has no reason to give in to protests against the abolition of broadcasting fees. According to SME.sk, Šabata does not think the Czech Republic is following the Slovak path, and claims that only autocrats use such tools (Šéfredaktor Šabata: Nemyslím si, že Česko ide slovenskou cestou. Len autokrati používajú rovnaké nástroje – SME.sk).

Ukrainian press

According to the Ukrainian outlet NV, Czech police reported on Friday, 6 November, new threats of explosives on board passenger aircraft. The warnings concerned several flights departing from or arriving in Prague. NV presents this as another wave of such alarms in the Czech Republic.

According to the Ukrainian portal TSN, Europe has been hit by a wave of anonymous reports of possible bombs on passenger planes, concerning France, the Czech Republic, Italy and Portugal, among others. The service reports that a Wizz Air flight from Prague to Rome was diverted to Venice, and that in the Czech Republic police assessed the threat as low, although they did not ignore the reports. TSN also reports that, according to Eurocontrol, around fifteen such messages were received in Europe in recent days, and none of them was confirmed (Європу накрила хвиля повідомлень про мінування літаків: рейси змінюють маршрути, а винищувачі супроводжують судна — подробиці – TSN).

Lithuanian press

The Lithuanian daily Diena.lt reports that on Friday false bomb alerts disrupted air traffic in Europe. According to the portal, four aircraft landing in Prague and five taking off from that airport received threats of an attack, and Czech services have already checked the aircraft after Thursday's warnings. Diena.lt also reports that similar threats affected connections to Sofia and a Ryanair flight from Lisbon to Rome (Europoje skrydžius trikdo nauji grasinimai susprogdinti – Diena.lt). The Lithuanian portal Bernardinai.lt writes similarly, adding that this week false explosive warnings reached many European airports, and some aircraft had to be diverted to other airports or escorted by fighter jets (Naujų grasinimų taikiniai – Prahos ir Sofijos oro uostų skrydžiai – Bernardinai.lt).

Russian press

The Kremlin propaganda outlet Vesti.ru (propaganda media) reports that airlines in Europe have received warnings of a bomb threat for the second day in a row. According to this account, Czech police announced on the platform X that on 6 November the presence of homemade explosive devices was reported on board several aircraft, concerning nine flights from and to Prague. Vesti.ru (propaganda media) also reports that threat messages were received by, among others, a Tarom aircraft in Bucharest and four planes in French airspace, which landed safely and are under control. (Самолеты в Европе вновь получили сообщения об угрозе минирования – Wiesti.ru (media propagandowe))