Prague, April 3 (CTK) – The ultimatum the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) have set for forming a cabinet with Andrej Babis’s ANO is toothless and ridiculous because Babis does not depend on the CSSD and can easily form a cabinet without its support, Petr Honzejk writes in Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. CSSD leader Jan ...
Prague, March 29 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman is “the biggest of dwarves” since though he has defended his post for another five year-term, a party connected with his name and political ideas is a total flop, Petr Honzejk writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. Zeman, 73, likes mocking small parties, calling them ...
Prague, March 13 (CTK) – The goal of Andrej Babis, leader of the Czech election-winning ANO, seems to be the provoking of an early general election rather than forming a regular majority government with one or more partners, Petr Honzejk writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. Days, weeks and months have passed without ...
Prague, March 9 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman gave way to his vengefulness in his inauguration speech on Thursday and tainted the solemn event by latent settling of personal accounts, the Vaclav Klaus Institute (IVK), established by Zeman’s presidential predecessor, has written on its website. It was inappropriate of Zeman to make unnecessary ...
Prague, March 10 (CTK) – ANO leader Andrej Babis has been trying to form a bloc in parliament which could push through his plans and on which he could lean, but he is confronted with the very unpredictable human factor of the partners he has chosen, Josef Koukal writes in daily Pravo today. The ...
Prague, March 9 (CTK) – Milos Zeman did not manage to suppress his nature of a revengeful boor even during his ceremonial inauguration for the second term as Czech president on Thursday, Jan Stetka writes in Hospodarske noviny (HN) today, branding Zeman’s speech at the event “boring, haughty and embarrassing.” If Zeman had exceptionally ...
Prague, March 8 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman’s first important step within his second mandate is his planned visit to the Communist congress, by which he confirms the new character of the domestic scene that he helped create and that boosts his own power, Petr Honzejk writes in Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. Political ...
Robert Fico is struggling for political survival. A week after the public learned about the murder of journalist Jana Kuciak, he criticized President Andrej Kiska, who wants to address the crisis by government reconstruction or early elections. “People are angry and the government responds in a rather arrogant way,” political scientist Grigorij Meseznikov describes the situation in Slovakia. ...
Prague, March 5 (CTK) – The until recently widely accepted facts that the Czech Republic is closely connected with West Europe and that the totalitarian Communist Party (KSCM) is unacceptable, have been challenged due to Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO), Erik Tabery writes in weekly Respekt out today. He says this leads to a ...
