Pardubice, East Bohemia, June 18 (CTK) – The European Union budget draft for the next programming period is unacceptable for the Czech government, Prime Minister Andrej Babis said today. “It is imperfect just like the one for the current budget period,” he added. According to him, the Union ordered the Czech Republic to […]
Prague, June 15 (CTK) – Prime Minister Andrej Babis has sued Slovakia at the European Human Rights Court over his registration as a Communist StB secret service agent, after his appellate review petition was rejected, the server Seznam Zpravy said today. Babis says he was registered as an StB agent unrightfully and he had […]
Bratislava, June 14 (CTK) – Czech Chamber of Deputies chairman Radek Vondracek (ANO) would welcome it if the Visegrad Four (V4) countries’ positions were more heard in the EU, he said after a meeting of the leaderships of the Chamber and the Slovak parliament in Bratislava today. The meeting was held to mark the […]
Bratislava, June 8 (CTK) – The Slovak Supreme Court has rejected Czech PM Andrej Babis’s petition for an appellate review in his dispute with the Slovak Nation’s Memory Institute (UPN) about his cooperation with the former Communist secret police (StB), the Dennik N server reported in the night. It refers to court spokeswoman Alexandra […]
Bratislava, June 8 (CTK) – The Supreme Court verdict over whether Czech PM Andrej Babis is rightly registered as an agent of the Communist StB, which rejected his appellate review has confirmed the position of the Slovak Nation’s Memory Institute (UPN), its spokesman Jergus Sivos said today. The Slovak lower-level court previously ruled in […]
Prague, June 8 (CTK) – Czech PM Andrej Babis (ANO) will file a lawsuit against Slovakia with the European Human Rights Court over his registration as the former Communist secret police’s (StB) agent after his appellate review petition in the dispute was rejected, ANO spokeswoman Lucie Kubovicova told CTK today. The Slovak Supreme Court […]
Prague, June 7 (CTK) – A minority government relying on the Communist Party (KSCM) will not weaken the Czech position in the European Union unless the Communists influence the government’s security or foreign policy, European Parliament Vice President Pavel Telicka (unaffiliated; ALDE) told journalists today. The Czech position would be harmed if the Communist […]
Prague, June 7 (CTK) – The European Commission criticised the government-sponsored draft amendment to the Czech civil service law and it showed concern about key points in the amendment in a letter sent to the Interior Ministry which proposed the changes, the Czech Radio (CRo) public broadcaster said today. Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) […]
Prague/Brussels, June 6 – Czech PM Andrej Babis insists on his doubts about the independence of the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF), investigating the Capi hnizdo case, in which he is suspected of a subsidy fraud, he said in reaction to OLAF Acting Director Nicholas Ilett rejecting his words today. “I insist on my […]