20 January – The
government suspends plans to make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory for key workers and people over the age of 60, which was expected to come into effect in March.[1]
3 September – An estimated 70,000 people, mostly from parties such as
Freedom and Direct Democracy and the
Communist Party, march in
Prague,
Czech Republic, demanding the government do more to control soaring energy prices in the country. Organizers of the march criticized rising energy costs, immigration to the country, mask mandates, and the country's involvement in the
Russo-Ukrainian War. [2][3][4]
Deaths
3 January –
Jiří Patera, 85, Czech-born Canadian mathematician.
8 January –
Stanislav Rudolf, 89, Czech writer, screenwriter and dramaturge.[5]