Prague, Dec 3 (CTK) – The European Union has approved all transport projects for which the Czech Republic wants to use money from the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) fund, with the country getting roughly Kc30bn from the programme, Transport Ministry spokesman Tomas Nerold told CTK. The fund will co-finance selected construction projects which will […]
Prague, Dec 2 (CTK) – Most presidential contenders want the Czech Republic to stay in the EU, some want it to join the EU’s further integration and some wish the EU to undergo changes, they told CTK, with current President Milos Zeman being the only of the nine bidders to leave CTK’s question unanswered. […]
Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) – The prevailing Euroscepticism of Czechs is rather surprising and its causes are evidently internal, not inflicted from outside, political analyst Jiri Pehe writes in daily Pravo today. A recent Eurobarometer poll included a simple question of whether the respondents were glad at living in the EU. With 58 percent […]
Prague, Nov 26 (CTK) – The Czech Republic’s economic level vis-a-vis the 19 euro area countries will be growing modestly in the coming years, the Finance Ministry said in its November macroeconomic forecast. The country’s gross domestic product (GDP) per capita will increase to 85 percent of the eurozone average this year and to […]
Bratislava, Nov 23 (CTK) – Andrej Danko, parliament chairman and head of the government Slovak National Party (SNS), would not condemn the Russian annexation of Crimea today, unlike other Slovak politicians addressed by journalists, and he spoke against expedient sanctions being imposed if a dialogue failed. “I don’t feel being a historian, an expert […]
Brussels, Nov 24 (CTK) – The Eastern Partnership (EaP) aims to contribute to the development, stability and prosperity of East European countries, but Russia does not seem to like the project, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka told journalists after the 5th Eastern Partnership summit today. “Several countries of the Eastern Partnership are under pressure […]
Prague, Nov 21 (CTK) – The Czech Food Chamber is in favour of lifting the European Union’s sanctions against Russia, as the country could lift its embargo on food imports imposed in 2014, the Food Chamber said in a press release concerning Czech President Milos Zeman’s current visit to Russia. The Food Chamber’s main […]
Brussels, Nov 20 (CTK) – The fact that the Czech Republic and Slovakia today nearly advanced to the second round of the vote of the new seat of two European agencies moving away from London is a good result despite the failure of both bids, Czech state secretary for EU affairs Ales Chmelar told journalists. […]
In an interview with Russian news agency TASS days before an official trip to Russia, Czech President Miloš Zeman rebukes the European Union. Stating the EU lacks strong leadership and used a double standard with regards to Crimea. Excerpt below: The European Union’s double standards on Crimea’s reunification with Russia are a bad […]