2024 in the Czech Republic

Events in the year 2024 in the Czech Republic.

Incumbents

 * President – Petr Pavel
 * Prime Minister – Petr Fiala

January

 * 24 January – A fast train collides with a truck in Bohumín, killing one person and injuring 19 others.

March

 * 28 March – Russiagate: The Security Information Service reveals that Russia paid via the "Voice of Europe" hundreds of thousands of euros to European politicians aimed at influencing the European elections.

May

 * 7 May – The Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic rules that requiring applicants seeking to officially change their gender to undergo gender-affirmation surgery, including sterilisation, is unconstitutional.
 * 10–26 May – 2024 IIHF World Championship

June

 * 3 June – Eighteen people are injured in a lightning strike in a castle park in Liberec-Vratislavice.
 * 5 June – A freight train collides with a RegioJet passenger train in Pardubice, killing at least four people and injuring 23.
 * 6 June – An arson attack is made on public buses in Prague. A suspect from Latin America is arrested, while Czech authorities suspect Russian involvement.
 * 7 June – 2024 European Parliament election.
 * 17 June – An explosion at a military training ground in Libavá Military Training Area caused by ammunition leaves one soldier dead and eight others injured.
 * 19 June – Three people are injured in a knife attack at a gas station in Prague. A suspect is arrested.

July

 * 16 July – The Czech government announces plans to facilitate production of the Colt CZ Group assault rifle and the construction of an ammunition factory in Ukraine.
 * 17 July – The Czech government awards the Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power with a tender to build two reactors at the Dukovany Nuclear Power Station.

Scheduled

 * October – 2024 Czech Senate election

Holidays
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 * 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

 * List of Czech submissions for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film

Deaths

 * 1 January – Oldřich Semerák, 91, composer, trombonist and music educator.
 * 6 January – Ivo Oberstein, 88, Czech architect and urbanist.
 * 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.
 * 11 January – Jiří Neuwirt, 75, painter, illustrator and printmaker.
 * 12 January – František Janouch, 92, nuclear physicist and dissident.
 * 13 January:
 * Jana Hlaváčová, 85, actress (Operace Silver A, Angel of the Lord, The Dance Teacher).
 * Ladislav Svoboda, 85, physician (Rytíři Kladno) and politician, senator (1996–2008).
 * 16 January – Norbert Lichý, 59, actor (Lidice, Hastrman) and musician.
 * 26 January – Jiří Bičák, 82, physicist and academic.