Czechia – A Demographic Time Bomb
- Where: Václav Havel Library, Ostrovní 13, Prague 110 00
- When: February 2, 2026, 19:00 – 21:00
“There’s no time to wait – we’ve got to act now. Otherwise we will face a demographic catastrophe,” warns Ladislav Dušek, Czechia’s head of health statistics. Data clearly shows that the country is approaching a point where the number of incapacitated seniors in the population will increase dramatically. However, there is not enough time to build enough facilities where seniors could be cared for by professionals. So what are the possible solutions? Has the state already started to take action? How much will it cost Czechia? And how will it affect, for instance, the labour market?
The guests of Aktuálně.cz editors Veronika Rodriguez and Aleš Vojíř will be Ladislav Dušek, director of Czechia’s Institute of Health Information and Statistics, Aleš Juchelka, minister of labour and social affairs, Marian Jurečka, former minister of labour and social affairs, and Lenka Mikletičová, regional aid coordinator, Department of Social Affairs of the Vysočina Region.