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. 21 October - ANO, (lit. "yes") a right-wing populist political party led by businessman and Andrej Babiš wins, Okamura and the Pirates win a large parcentage and the Social Democrats collapse.
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)
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