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Zeman: Iran Sanctions Must Be Abolished

Berlin, Sept 21 (CTK correspondent) – The Czech Republic is interested in trading with Iran, and it would be therefore good to abolish the sanctions against Iran, President Milos Zeman told journalists in Berlin at the close of his three-day official visit today.   Zeman also criticised US President Donald Trump’s policy of raising customs ...

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Babis Asks NGO To Select Syrian Orphans For Relocation

Prague, Sept 21 (CTK) – Prime Minister Andrej Babis asked NGO representatives and MEP Michaela Sojdrova to select the Syrian orphans who might be moved from the refugee camps to the Czech Republic, Sojdrova (Christian Democrats, KDU-CSL) told journalists after their meeting today.   Babis insists on his view that the children should be helped ...

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Zeman Discusses Economic Issues With Merkel, Steinmeier

Berlin, Sept 21 (CTK correspondent) – Czech President Milos Zeman discussed primarily economic issues at the meetings with German Chancellor Angela Merkel and his counterpart Frank-Walter Steinmeier in Berlin today, while migration was mentioned on the margin only, Zeman has told Czech reporters.   Zeman said he considered his three-day visit to Germany very successful. ...

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Zeman Critical Of AfD Over Stance On Benes Decrees

Berlin, Sept 21 (CTK correspondent) – Alternative for Germany (AfD) is against the Benes decrees, that sanctioned the transfer of ethnic Germans from Czechoslovakia in the aftermath of World War Two, which is not in Czech national interest, President Milos Zeman, now on a visit to Germany, told journalists today.   Zeman made it clear ...

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Kretinsky EPH Group

EPH Power Plant Receives Approval From British Energy Ministry

Prague, Sept 21 (CTK) – The British energy ministry has issued a building permit for a new gas-fired power station in Eggborough to British company Eggborough Power Limited from Energeticky a prumyslovy holding (EPH), a Czech energy and industry group of entrepreneur Daniel Kretinsky, Euro weekly said on its website today.   The gas-fired power ...

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Protesters Gather In Prague For Acceptance Of Syrian Orphans

Prague, Sept 20 (CTK) – About 300 people gathered at a meeting organised by the Christian-feminist group RFK in Prague this afternoon to support the acceptance of 50 Syrian orphans, which is opposed by Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO).   The event symbolically took place in front of the Main Railway Station, from where Jewish ...

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Andrej Babis Migrants

Half Of Senators Call On Babis To Accept 50 Syrian Orphans

Prague, Sept 20 (CTK) – Roughly one-half of Czech senators across the political spectrum signed a joint memorandum calling on PM Andrej Babis (ANO) and his cabinet to make possible the acceptance of 50 Syrian orphans recently proposed by the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), Czech Televison (CT) has said.   “We are asking you and the ...

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Babis Disappointed By EU Migration Talks Turns To Africa

Salzburg, Austria, Sept 20 (CTK special correspondents) – Prague backs the plan to hold a summit of the EU and African states as debated by the participants in the EU informal summit in Salzburg last night, Czech PM Andrej Babis said today, but voiced disappointment at the course of the debate on migration.   He ...

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Andrej Babis European Union

Babis Supports New Referendum On Brexit: BBC

London/Salzburg, Sept 20 (CTK) – Czech PM Andrej Babis and Maltese PM Joseph Muscat have said in an interview with the BBC British broadcaster that they are for a new referendum to be held in Britain on its EU membership. In 2016, the British voted for the country’s departure from the EU. PM Theresa May ...