Events from the year 2015 in the Czech Republic.
Incumbents President – Miloš Zeman Prime Minister – Bohuslav Sobotka
Events
24 February – The Uherský Brod shooting 23 July – Studénka train crash
In popular culture Sports 31 January – 1 February – The 2015 UCI Cyclo-cross World Championships were hosted in the town of Tábor. 5–8 March – The 2015 European Athletics Indoor Championships were hosted in the city of Prague. 1–3 May – The 2015 Canoe Sprint European Championships were hosted in the village of Račice. 1–17 May – The 2015 IIHF World Championship was hosted in the cities of Prague and Ostrava. 15–30 June – The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was hosted in the cities of Prague, Olomouc and Uherské Hradiště. 14–15 November – The 2015 Fed Cup final was hosted in Prague.
Film 26 February – Ghoul, horror film directed by Petr Jákl, was released in the Czech Republic. 5 July – Home Care, drama film directed by Slávek Horák, was released in the Czech Republic.
Deaths
6 January – Vlastimil Bubník, ice hockey and football player (born 1931) 15 January – Ludmila Brožová-Polednová, state prosecutor (born 1921) 15 January – Karel Lichtnégl, football player, Olympic silver medalist (born 1936) 20 January – Marie Pilátová, actress (born 1921) 19 March – Stanislav Prýl, ice hockey player (born 1942) 20 March – Petr Vopěnka, mathematician, developer of Alternative Set Theory (born 1935) Josef Mikoláš, ice hockey player (born 1938) 28 March – Miroslav Ondříček, cinematographer (born 1934) 30 March – Štěpán Kodeda, orienteering competitor, complications after traffic accident (born 1988). 31 March – Dalibor Vesely, architectural historian (born 1934) 16 April – Stanislav Gross, Prime Minister (born 1969) 17 April – Jaroslav Holík, ice hockey player (born 1942) 20 April – Václav Rabas, organist (born 1933) 25 April – Jiří Hledík, football player (born 1929) 1 May – Karel Vasak, academic (born 1929) 10 May – Jindřich Roudný, Olympian (born 1924) 6 June – Ludvík Vaculík, writer (born 1926) 8 June – Otakar Hořínek, sport shooter, Olympic silver medallist (born 1929) 26 June – Kája Saudek, comics illustrator (born 1935) 29 June – Josef Masopust, footballer (born 1931) 1 July – Miloslava Misáková, gymnast, Olympic gold medallist (born 1922) 11 July – Ota Petřina, guitarist (born 1949) 19 July – Václav Snítil, violinist (born 1928) 27 July – Ivan Moravec, pianist (born 1930) 30 July – Ludmila Dvořáková, operatic soprano (born 1923) Alena Vrzáňová, figure skater (born 1931) 20 August – Zuzana Brabcová, writer (born 1959) 1 September – Jiří Louda, heraldist (born 1920) 10 September – Radim Palouš, academic (born 1924) 2 October – Lubomír Lipský, actor (born 1923) 29 December – Pavel Srníček, football player (born 1968)
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