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Events in the year 2024 in the Czech Republic.

Incumbents

• President – Petr Pavel
• Prime Minister – Petr Fiala

Events

January

• 24 January – A fast train collides with a truck in Bohumín, killing one person and injuring 19 others.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3]
• 10–26 May – 2024 IIHF World Championship^[4]

June

• 3 June – Eighteen people are injured in a lightning strike in a castle park in Liberec-Vratislavice.^[5]
• 5 June – A freight train collides with a RegioJet passenger train in Pardubice, killing at least four people and injuring 23.^[6]
• 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]
• 7 June – 2024 European Parliament election.^[8]
• 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.^[9]
• 19 June – Three people are injured in a knife attack at a gas station in Prague. A suspect is arrested.^[10]

Scheduled

• October – 2024 Czech Senate election

Holidays

Source:^[11]

• 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.^[12]
• 6 January – Ivo Oberstein, 88, Czech architect and urbanist.^[13]
• 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.^[14]
• 11 January – Jiří Neuwirt, 75, painter, illustrator and printmaker.^[15]
• 12 January – František Janouch, 92, nuclear physicist and dissident.^[16]
• 13 January:
  • Jana Hlaváčová, 85, actress (Operace Silver A, Angel of the Lord, The Dance Teacher).^[17]
  • Ladislav Svoboda, 85, physician (Rytíři Kladno) and politician, senator (1996–2008).^[18]
• 16 January – Norbert Lichý, 59, actor (Lidice, Hastrman) and musician.^[19]
• 26 January – Jiří Bičák, 82, physicist and academic.^[20]