2017 In The Czech Republic

Events from the year 2017 in the Czech Republic

Incumbents

* President – Miloš Zeman
* Prime Minister – Bohuslav Sobotka then Andrej Babiš

Popular Events

* 22 January – Green Day themselves are coming back to the Czech Republic along with the new album and classic hits after seven years.

*27 January – A Czech court rules in favour of a nursing school that banned a Somali refugee student from wearing a headscarf.
*6 February – A Prague Fast-Food Restaurant Bans the Burka.
*19 August – A famous English singer Robbie Williams performed in the open together with a legendary synthpop duo Erasure.
*19 September – A Czech appeals court upholds a lower court ruling that went against the headscarf.

In popular culture

Sports

*25–29 January – The 2017 European Figure Skating Championships were hosted by the Czech Figure Skating Association.
*2–14 May – The 2017 UEFA Women's Under-17 Championship was hosted in the cities of Plzeň and Příbram, and the towns of Přeštice and Domažlice.
*16–25 June – The EuroBasket Women 2017 was hosted in the Czech cities of Prague and Hradec Králové.

Television

*2 January – First episode of the television series ''Svět pod hlavou'' was aired (first of ten episodes).

Deaths

*16 January – Jiří Navrátil, scout leader (b. 1923).
*20 January – Naděžda Kavalírová, physician and human rights activist (b. 1923).
*23 January – Jaroslav Vacek, Indologist (b. 1943).
*27 January – Petr Kop, volleyball player and Olympian (b. 1937).
*28 January – Lubomír Doležel, literary theorist (b. 1922).
*7 February – Antonín Přidal, writer and translator (b. 1935).
*11 February – Jarmila Šuláková, folk singer and actress (b. 1929).
*14 February – Jiří Lanský, high jumper and Olympian (b. 1933).
*16 February – Josef Augusta, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1946).
*23 February – Ivo Svoboda, politician (b. 1948).
*18 March – Miloslav Vlk, cardinal and Archbishop of Prague (b. 1932).
*22 March –
** Alexandr Kliment, writer (b. 1929).
** Helena Štáchová, puppeteer (b. 1944).
*26 March – Věra Špinarová, singer (b. 1951).
*6 April – Libuše Havelková, actress (b. 1924).
*18 April – Augustin Bubník, ice hockey player and Olympian (b. 1928).
*23 April – František Rajtoral, footballer (b. 1986).
*24 April –
** František Brůna, handball player (b. 1944).
** Dagmar Lerchová, figure skater and Olympian (b. 1930).
*19 May – David Bystroň, footballer (b. 1982).
*31 May – Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor (b. 1946).
*2 June – Jaroslav Kořán, Mayor of Prague, translator (b. 1940).
*15 June – Olbram Zoubek, sculptor (b. 1926).
*25 June – Eduard Zeman, politician (b. 1948).
*16 July – Eva Děpoltová, operatic soprano (b. 1945).
*19 July – Karel Franta, painter (b. 1928).
*22 July – František Ševčík, ice hockey player and Olympian (b. 1942).
*25 July – Ivana Loudová, composer (b. 1941).
*19 November – Jana Novotná, tennis player, (b. 1968).
*2 December – Iva Ritschelová, economist, (b. 1964)

References

Years of the 21st century in the Czech Republic
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2010s in the Czech Republic

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