Bratislava, March 5 (CTK) – Prime Minister Robert Fico (Smer-Social Democracy) has failed to see how serious the situation in Slovak society after the murder of investigative journalist Jan Kuciak and his partner is, major Slovak dailies write today. “We are watching a live broadcast of the end of Robert Fico. There seem to ...
Prague, Feb 23 (CTK) – The willingness of many Czechs to trust disinformation campaigns largely contributed to the Communist coup in 1948 and still poses a serious risk, which is why democrats should unite in support of democracy, historian Jaroslav Sebek writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. The Communists used to explain the ...
Prague, Feb 21 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman has struck a close alliance with scandal-ridden but still very popular leaders Andrej Babis (ANO) and Tomio Okamura (SPD) and he legitimises their controversial statements in order to strengthen his own position, Vojtech Srnka writes in Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) today. ANO and the SPD ...
Prague, Feb 20 (CTK) – The Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) lacks strong leaders and its programme objectives have been “stolen” by the rival ANO movement, which is why the CSSD’s prospects are gloomy, whatever it may do now, Petr Honzejk writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. He reacts to a recent congress ...
The following opinion article written by Jakub Janda was originally published on Observer Czech President Miloš Zeman has become the most influential Kremlin ally in Central Europe. He holds ceremonial powers as head of state, but his position also allows him to support Russian President Vladimir Putin extensively. In foreign policy, Zeman has often stood ...
Prague, Feb 17 (CTK) – The Czech Republic had the opportunity to tell the world at the Olympic Games that there is no longer any Czechoslovakia, whose 100th anniversary is celebrated this year, but that Czechia, not only Slovakia remained after it, political geographer Vladimir Baar writes in Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) today. Czechs ...
Prague, Feb 15 (CTK) – Tomio Okamura, leader of the anti-EU Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD), sent a letter to the Prague Jewish Community in which he distanced himself from questioning the suffering in the concentration camp for the Roma in Lety, South Bohemia, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes today. However, Okamura has not ...
Bratislava, Feb 14 (CTK) – The main problem of Andrej Babis, Czech prime minister in resignation, is not that he was an agent of the Communist StB secret service, but that he has the StB mentality, Slovak daily Dennik N writes today. On Wednesday, the Regional Court in Bratislava dismissed the lawsuit in which ...
Prague, Feb 10 (CTK) – The Sokol gymnastic union, a highly influential Czech nongovernmental organisation, seems to have contributed to the establishment of the independent Czechoslovak state 100 years ago more than all then political parties, Jaroslav Veis writes in daily Lidove noviny (LN) today. The “not for profit, not for fame” slogan of ...
