2017 in the Czech Republic

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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. ^[1]

• 27 January – A Czech court rules in favour of a nursing school that banned a Somali refugee student from wearing a headscarf. ^{[2] [3]}
• 6 February – A Prague Fast-Food Restaurant Bans the Burka. ^[4]
• 19 August – A famous English singer Robbie Williams performed in the open together with a legendary synthpop duo Erasure. ^[5]
• 19 September – A Czech appeals court upholds a lower court ruling that went against the headscarf. ^[6]

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

Miloslav Vlk (1932–2017) in 2012

• 16 January – Jiří Navrátil, scout leader (b. 1923). ^[7]
• 20 January – Naděžda Kavalírová, physician and human rights activist (b. 1923). ^[8]
• 23 January – Jaroslav Vacek, Indologist (b. 1943). ^[9]
• 27 January – Petr Kop, volleyball player and Olympian (b. 1937). ^[10]
• 28 January – Lubomír Doležel, literary theorist (b. 1922). ^[11]
• 7 February – Antonín Přidal, writer and translator (b. 1935). ^[12]
• 11 February – Jarmila Šuláková, folk singer and actress (b. 1929). ^[13]
• 14 February – Jiří Lanský, high jumper and Olympian (b. 1933). ^[14]
• 16 February – Josef Augusta, ice hockey player and coach (b. 1946). ^[15]
• 23 February – Ivo Svoboda, politician (b. 1948). ^[16]
• 18 March – Miloslav Vlk, cardinal and Archbishop of Prague (b. 1932). ^[17]
• 22 March –
  • Alexandr Kliment, writer (b. 1929). ^[18]
  • Helena Štáchová, puppeteer (b. 1944). ^[19]
• 26 March – Věra Špinarová, singer (b. 1951). ^[20]
• 6 April – Libuše Havelková, actress (b. 1924). ^[21]
• 18 April – Augustin Bubník, ice hockey player and Olympian (b. 1928). ^[22]
• 23 April – František Rajtoral, footballer (b. 1986). ^[23]
• 24 April –
  • František Brůna, handball player (b. 1944). ^[24]
  • Dagmar Lerchová, figure skater and Olympian (b. 1930). ^[25]
• 19 May – David Bystroň, footballer (b. 1982). ^[26]
• 31 May – Jiří Bělohlávek, conductor (b. 1946). ^[27]
• 2 June – Jaroslav Kořán, Mayor of Prague, translator (b. 1940). ^[28]
• 15 June – Olbram Zoubek, sculptor (b. 1926). ^[29]
• 25 June – Eduard Zeman, politician (b. 1948). ^[30]
• 16 July – Eva Děpoltová, operatic soprano (b. 1945). ^[31]
• 19 July – Karel Franta, painter (b. 1928). ^[32]
• 22 July – František Ševčík, ice hockey player and Olympian (b. 1942). ^[33]
• 25 July – Ivana Loudová, composer (b. 1941). ^[34]
• 19 November – Jana Novotná, tennis player, (b. 1968). ^[35]
• 2 December – Iva Ritschelová, economist, (b. 1964) ^[36]

References

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2. "Czech court rejects suit over school veil ban". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
3. "Czech court dismisses hijab ban complaint against school". AP NEWS. 27 January 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
4. "Prague Fast-Food Restaurant Bans Women Wearing Niqab". www.expats.cz. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
5. "Robbie Williams' 20 greatest songs ever, ranked". Smooth. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
6. "Czech court upholds ruling against student who accused school of discrimination because of hijab ban". National Post. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
7. "V 93 letech zemřel bývalý politický vězeň a skaut Jiří Navrátil". České Noviny (in Czech). 16 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2017.
8. "Head of Confederation of Political Prisoners Naděžda Kavalírová dies at 93". Radio Prague . 21 January 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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24. "Navždy odešel František Brůna". denik.cz (in Czech). 25 April 2017. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
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28. "Zemřel Jaroslav Kořán, první polistopadový primátor Prahy". Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 2 June 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2017.
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31. "V 71 letech zemřela sopranistka Eva Děpoltová". novinky.cz (in Czech). 17 July 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
32. "Ve věku 89 let zemřel výtvarník Karel Franta". denik.cz (in Czech). 20 July 2017. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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36. "Zemřela předsedkyně Českého statistického úřadu Iva Ritschelová, bylo jí 53 let" [The chairwoman of the Czech Statistical Office, Iva Ritschelová, has died at the age of 53]. Mladá fronta DNES (in Czech). 3 December 2017. Retrieved 8 January 2022.