Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Petr Macinka arrives for a EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting at the EU headquarters in Brussels on 29 January 2026. On 31 July, the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs prevented Zdislava Pokorná, a journalist working for the independent daily newspaper Deník N, from attending a press conference. Zdislava Pokorná, a journalist working for the independent daily newspaper Deník N, was denied accreditation to attend a press conference organised by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. On 31 July, the Syndicate of Journalists of the Czech Republic issued a statement condemning the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’s action. In solidarity with Pokorná, the union has called on Czech media to boycott the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ press events, unless the ministry changes its discriminatory conduct and apologises.