The Czech Republic’s prime minister has told U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis that a possible U.S. withdrawal from a landmark nuclear weapons treaty would be wrong. Andrej Babis told reporters in Prague on Sunday that relations (with Russia) “aren’t ideal and we’re returning to Cold War times.” Babis said that “it would be ...
A chemical company that forms part of a conglomerate founded by Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is poised to get approval for continuing to produce a dangerous substance, despite protests from environmental groups. The company, DEZA, has also made liberal use of the courts in protecting its business — suing the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) ...
The Czech Republic marked 100 years since the creation of Czechoslovakia on Sunday with the biggest military parade in its post-communist history, highlighting a weekend of celebrations. More than 4,000 military personnel took part in the event, which saw tanks and artillery roll down Evropska (European) Street, one of Prague’s main boulevards that once ...
Traffickers should no longer be allowed to determine who comes to Europe, the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, has said, as he suggested thousands of police officers could be on standby in the Mediterranean ready to guard the continent’s borders. “There are 700,000 illegal migrants – they need to go home,” said Babiš. Last ...
Czech president Miloš Zeman has drawn criticism for comments he made about journalists, in which he appeared to make reference to the death of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia’s embassy in Istanbul. “I love journalists, that’s why I may organise a special banquet for them this evening at the Saudi embassy,” Zeman said, ...
The Czech central bank has room to further raise interest rates due to inflationary pressures and prolonged crown weakness, bank board member Tomas Nidetzky was quoted as saying on Wednesday. Nidetzky did not say in an interview with Bloomberg news agency how he would vote at the bank’s next policy meeting on Nov. 1. ...
Although Czech President Miloš Zeman paid an official visit to Russia last autumn, accompanied by a 130-strong delegation representing Czech businesses hoping to sign energy and transportation-related contracts, until this week, it had been more than 10 years since a Czech parliamentarian had visited Russia in an official capacity. ANO deputy Radek Vondráček, the ...
Euractiv writes that Andrej Babis opposes a plan to strengthen EU Borders, excerpt below: Poland’s premier on Monday (15 October) said he and his Czech counterpart oppose a plan to bolster the European Union’s external borders, fearing they would receive less infrastructure funding if the scheme goes ahead. The European Commission, the EU’s ...
Czech President Miloš Zeman has criticized the EU for trying to interfere in the internal affairs of the Visegrad Group states. Speaking at the close of a two-day summit of the presidents of Slovakia, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland in the High Tatras on Friday, President Zeman said this alienated the countries in ...
