2024 in the Czech Republic
Czech Republic-related events during 2024
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Events in the year 2024 in the Czech Republic.
Incumbents
- President – Petr Pavel
- Prime Minister – Petr Fiala
Events
- 24 January – A fast train collides with a truck in Bohumín, killing one person and injuring 19 others.[1]
- 28 March – Russiagate: The Czech information service revealed that Russia paid via the "Voice of Europe" website hundreds of thousands of euros to European politicians aimed at influencing the European elections.[2]
Scheduled events
- 10–26 May – 2024 IIHF World Championship[3]
Holidays
Source:[4]
- 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
Art and entertainment
Deaths
- 1 January – Oldřich Semerák, 91, composer, trombonist and music educator.[5]
- 6 January – Ivo Oberstein, 88, Czech architect and urbanist.[6]
- 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.[7]
- 11 January – Jiří Neuwirt, 75, painter, illustrator and printmaker.[8]
- 12 January – František Janouch, 92, nuclear physicist and dissident.[9]
- 13 January:
- Jana Hlaváčová, 85, actress (Operace Silver A, Angel of the Lord, The Dance Teacher).[10]
- Ladislav Svoboda, 85, physician (Rytíři Kladno) and politician, senator (1996–2008).[11]
- 16 January – Norbert Lichý, 59, actor (Lidice, Hastrman) and musician.[12]
- 26 January – Jiří Bičák, 82, physicist and academic.[13]
See also
References
- ^ "A fast train and a truck collide in eastern Czech Republic, killing 1 and injuring 19 people". AP News. 2024-01-24. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
- ^ "DPG Media Privacy Gate". myprivacy.dpgmedia.nl. Retrieved 2024-03-28.
- ^ "Czech Republic to Host 2024 Ice Hockey World Championship". Prague Morning. 11 April 2023. Retrieved 16 November 2023.
- ^ "Czech Republic Public Holidays 2024". Public Holidays Global. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ OperaPlus, Redakce (2024-01-03). "Zemřel český hudební pedagog Oldřich Semerák | Opera PLUS" (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Zemřel Ivo Oberstein". Česká komora architektů (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ Rainews, Redazione di (2024-01-10). "È morto Jaroslav Pavlu, leggenda dell'hockey". RaiNews (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ Uhlář, Břetislav (2024-01-15). "Odešel Jiří Neuwirt, známý ostravský grafik, malíř, ilustrátor a medailér". Moravskoslezský deník (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Charter 77 founder František Janouch dies at 92". Radio Prague International. 2024-01-12. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Zemřela herečka Jana Hlaváčová - Seznam Zprávy". www.seznamzpravy.cz (in Czech). Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Zemřel bývalý senátor Ladislav Svoboda - Novinky". www.novinky.cz (in Czech). 2024-01-15. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "opustil nás kolega norbert lichý, bylo mu 59 let | Divadlo Petra Bezruče". www.bezruci.cz. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
- ^ "Ústav teoretické fyziky MFF UK". utf.mff.cuni.cz. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
External links
- Online calendar
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