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The Deputy Minister of Culture Adam Kocián announced new rules for granting subsidies, which prohibit the use of state funds for political campaigns and expressing personal political opinions at music festivals, which has caused discontent in professional circles. #dotace #politika #kultura (translated)

Jiri Jicha wrote that former American President Bill Clinton criticized the treatment of allies, which he said was like treating them as trash. According to Jicha, Clinton also stated that Trump left Ukraine last week and once again leaned towards Putin, fulfilling a threat he claimed Trump had been making since his first campaign. #Ukrajina #BillClinton #politika (translated)

OMGzine reported that after Králíček and his daughter received inquiries, Králíčková hid a year-old photograph from the ANO movement's campaign for the parliamentary elections on her Facebook profile. According to OMGzine, she was with her father, a member of parliament, and had the hand of the deputy mayor of Prague 8, Radomír Nepil, on her shoulder, who was responsible for the agenda of children's groups at the town hall and was said to be behind the project. #politika #Praha8 #kampaň (translated)

Vláďa Foltán thanked Donald for traveling across the USA during the congressional election campaign and having significant media representation. He wrote that because of this, many voters could see what they were dealing with and what they could help prevent. He added that the Democrats, in his opinion, had not had such help during the campaign for many years. #DonaldTrump #volby #demokraté (translated)

Independent candidate Petr Kazík surprisingly won the Senate elections against the favorite from ANO, the mayor of Orlová, Lenka Brzyszkowska, thereby confirming the success of his campaign focused on years of work for the region and children. #KomunálníVolby #MoravskoslezskýKraj #PetrKazík (translated)

The Russian hybrid war in Europe, including operations in the Czech Republic, represents a current security threat, which experts warned about at a conference in the Chamber of Deputies, and it includes disinformation campaigns and potential attacks on facilities supporting Ukraine. #Rusko #dezinformace #bezpečnost (translated)

Mayor Jan Čižinský plans to demolish the wall of the Russian embassy in Stromovka, which he describes as illegally built, with the aim of opening the space to the public and gaining support from citizens as part of his senatorial campaign. #Praha7 #JanČižinský #zboreniZdi (translated)

The pirates have launched a new fundraising project called "Hundred for Czechia", in which they invite people to make regular monthly donations, similar to having a subscription to Netflix, to ensure funding for the party's campaign after their failure in the municipal elections. #Piráti #fundraising #komunálnívolby (translated)

Martin Dvořák stated that messages from people gave him energy for the upcoming days of the campaign and that he appreciated them. He wrote that, in his opinion, it mattered who would represent the people in the Senate and asked for support in the second round, which was to take place on Friday and Saturday. He noted that due to the votes, he could become their experienced representative in the Senate. https://t.co/eVRyYqJfRf #Volby #Senát #Kampaň (translated)

Ivan Bartoš was asked by Půra whether he criticizes the Pirates for the payments to councilors, which he believes are also received by politicians from other parties. He also reminded that some Pirates had worked for the party for ten years in civilian jobs before being elected, and that some earned more in their civilian jobs than in politics. Bartoš stated that the Pirate campaigns are not sponsored by people connected to China and Russia, Czech mafia, or fossil oligarchs. He also criticized Půra and DataRun for being paid to set the agenda, and labeled his interest as curable. Půra was also referred to as a "hybrid journalist." He added that it was fundraising for a transparent account intended for professional work and its marketing. According to Bartoš, Půr could have simply said that they should not count on him. #politika #Piráti #transparency (translated)

Zdeněk Šarapatka thanked his supporters and stated that their support helped him get back on his feet after the results of the Senate elections. According to him, the campaign in Prague 5 and 13 was not a fair competition about topics, but a contest over billboards. He claimed that one of the candidates was running a concurrent campaign for the Senate and the Prague City Hall, transferring funds between them, including money from a company building houses. According to Šarapatka, the state supervision office did not respond to the violations of the rules. The candidate, he claimed, received 14,606 votes out of a total of 45,782. Šarapatka also criticized the ODS, which, according to him, despite an agreement with his TOP 09, fielded its own candidate, thereby reducing the chances of defeating Václav Láska. He stated that their candidate hardly presented political positions during public appearances and instead relied on a romanticized story about the students' relationship with the school principal. He added that the students of the candidate's school, according to Šarapatka, got involved in the campaign, even though the principal was balancing on the edge of the education law. The candidate received 12,162 votes out of 45,782. As an earlier example of the split with ODS, Šarapatka mentioned its member Benda, who, according to him, appointed Matocha and Xaver Veselý to the Czech Television Council. He claimed that part of ODS contributed to his failure in the election despite the party agreements at that time. He also recalled that six years ago, at ODS's request, he supported its candidate in the second round of the Senate elections in Mělník, whom he claimed he had not seen publicly appear in the Senate since then. Šarapatka stated that he would not make the same mistake again. According to him, the result meant that there would be no amendment to the lustration law nor security clearances for government members and their deputies, and that there would be no qualified fight for a free Czech Radio and Czech Television. At the same time, he urged his supporters to keep going. #politika #volby #Senát (translated)

Oliver Adámek described the results of STAN in Prague as a triumph and wrote that the party strengthened in almost all city districts. He attributed this to the work of Petr Hlaváček and his team, as well as to the outcomes of promoting major projects. He considered STAN, Prague itself, and the Pirates to be the programmatically most suitable coalition at the magistrate. According to him, the disrupted relationships between Hlaváček and Adam Scheinherr from the campaign hindered it, and part of the leadership of Prague's STAN preferred cooperation with ODS. Adámek also pointed out the differences between STAN and SPOLU in transportation and housing: Hlaváček advocated for urban housing construction, parking restrictions, prioritization of public transport, and tolls in the city center, while the leader of SPOLU criticized the Prague development company and rejected the idea of the city building apartments. He concluded that without concessions from one of the parties, major agreements might not succeed again. He also described a coalition of STAN and SPOLU, extended by Prague itself or the Pirates, as possible but unlikely. He stated that the larger parties would have to give up seats they did not need, leading to an even more disparate grouping. He deemed SPOLU's result as decent, but also noted that the coalition weakened in most city districts and could lose mayors. According to him, the Pirates were losing everywhere, while Prague itself attracted liberal voters; he cited city districts Prague 1, 8, 6, and 10 as examples. #Praha #obecnívolby #politika (translated)

The head of the organization Sharing, Michaela Čeřovská, in an interview, emphasizes the importance of mobile hospices and the campaign "Living at Home," which aims to change the negative perception of hospices as places where life ends, to places that can bring joy and meaning in the final period. #hospic #péče #DožítDoma (translated)

Radek Bartoníček stated that he concluded the report at the club in Prague's Smíchov before midnight, where students celebrated the advancement of their high school principal Radek Sáblík to the second round of the Senate elections. According to him, the students actively engaged in the contact campaign during their free time and were set to continue it from Sunday morning. In the Prague 5 district, Václav Láska was the first to advance to the second round, to whom Bartoníček also wanted to dedicate time during the week. He wrote that both candidates agreed at the beginning of the campaign not to attack each other, and in his opinion, they adhered to that agreement. Bartoníček added that he has been following the school for several years and that the students appreciate Sáblík, among other reasons, because they can implement a number of their own projects at the school. Sáblík ran with the support of ODS, KDU-ČSL, and STAN. #volby #Praha #středníškola (translated)

Václav Láska defended his position in the Senate thanks to his reputation and work focused on the fight against corruption, while his competitor Radko Sáblík is drawing support from his students, facing criticism for their active involvement in the campaign. #VáclavLáska #komunálnívolby #korupce (translated)

Martin Dvořák thanked voters for their votes and stated that he advanced to the second round. He wrote that the Hradec region has shown interest in a democratic representative in the Senate, and he appreciated the support of the people involved in the campaign. Before the voting on October 16 and 17, he called on voters to assess the values, attitudes towards democracy, and the experience and abilities of the candidates, and asked for their support in the second round as well. #Hradecko #Senát #Volby (translated)

Freshly elected senator Jan Grolich emphasizes in an interview that the campaign results show that the ANO movement is scared, and he believes that the successes of the Christian Democrats in local elections can strengthen their position in national politics. #KomunálníVolby #SenátníVolby #KDUČSL (translated)