Senate unveils plaque honouring Václav Havel

The Czech Senate has unveiled a memorial plaque to former president Václav Havel on what would have been his 90th birthday. Senate President Miloš Vystrčil (Civic Democratic Party) and Dagmar Havlová attended the ceremony in Prague’s Wallenstein Garden. The plaque bears a quotation from Václav Havel’s first address to the Senate in 1997.

Czech man jailed over Moscow protest released

A Czech man jailed in Russia after staging a protest on Moscow’s Red Square has been released and has left the country, the Czech Foreign Ministry said on Monday. A Moscow court sentenced the man to 13 days in prison in September after he protested near Lenin’s Mausoleum.

Tram disruptions in central Prague due to track repairs

Tram services have been suspended across part of central Prague as the city's public transport operator (DPP) carries out track repairs in Spálená and Národní streets and on Vítězná Street near Újezd. The disruption affects the section between the Újezd and Lazarská stops. No replacement bus service has been introduced. The works are scheduled to continue until Monday, August 10.