Bratislava is in talks to send its MiG-29 aircraft to Ukraine. The Czech Air Force will patrol the Baltic airspace until the end of September, Defense Minister Ernochová said this week, extending the deployment by two months. According to Ms. Ernochová, the decision was taken in response to a formal request from Lithuania and does ...
After the lower house of parliament passed a bill changing the Civil Code to enable same-sex couples to marry in the Czech Republic, President Milo Zeman stated he would veto it. People of the same sex may soon be able to marry in the Czech Republic, according to a bill passed by the lower house ...
The lower house of the Czech Parliament has approved the bill on the so-called “economical tariff.” This is a program to assist homeowners with paying their electricity and gas bills for the next heating season. All of the MPs who were present voted in favor. The program envisions the state compensating all residential consumers for ...
Deputies from the ANO party and the Czech Ministry of Health want to change the law to outlaw the use of nicotine substitutes in pouches or candies, which have long been lawfully available to youngsters. Because the goods do not include tobacco, they are not banned under existing regulations in the same way as cigarettes, ...
“Given the worsening security situation,” Prague says, it must bolster air forces now. The Czech Republic aims to buy 24 F-35 Lightning II stealth aircraft to replace their present fleet of 14 Gripen fighter jets, according to the defense ministry, in the latest step by Prague to fast transition to NATO-standard weapons in reaction to ...
Cities have significant hurdles on the road to sustainable mobility, but they also hold the key to taking action. More than 70% of Europeans live in cities, and urban regions account for around 23% of EU greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. At the same time, European cities are home to some of the most daring ...
The Czech government has revealed its priorities for the country’s next presidency of the EU Council, which will span from July 1 to December 31, this year. Managing the refugee problem caused by Ukraine’s war, as well as assisting in the country’s reconstruction, would be priority priorities, along with preserving Europe’s energy security and increasing ...
Warsaw and Prague inked an agreement on a contentious Polish coal mine near the Czech border. The Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala and his Polish counterpart Mateusz Morawiecki signed a deal on the Turow lignite mine in Prague, according to the Polish Prime Minister’s office on Twitter. Mateusz Morawiecki stated that Poland had paid the ...
In an address to the Czech Parliament, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky asked for his nation to be granted EU candidate status as well as a seventh EU package of sanctions against Russia. During the Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968, he regularly reiterated the iconic words “we are with you, be with us.” The need ...