Politics

Okamura Sets Czexit Referendum As Condition For Post Vote Talks

At today’s meeting in Lány, Tomio Okamura, chairman of the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement, told President Miloš Zeman that a referendum law, including the possibility of voting to withdraw from the European Union or the North Atlantic Alliance, is a condition for any negotiations on the government. (NATO). He asked the head of state […]

US Sanctions Crypto Exchange Registered In Czech Republic Over Ransomware Ties

The US government announced today that it will impose sanctions on SUEX OTC, which is registered in the Czech Republic. The cryptobourse, which according to the AP operates through branches in Russia, allowed illegal payments in cyber attacks of at least eight types of ransomware, the US Treasury Department said. This is the first such anti-cryptoburse action […]

Poland Says Turow Mine Will Continue To Operate Despite EU Fine

The Polish government said today that mining at the Turów mine near the Czech border will continue, Reuters reported. The Court of Justice of the European Union today fined Poland half a million euros (12.7 million crowns) a day for failing to stop mining, despite a preliminary court ruling in May. According to Reuters, the CEO […]

Moscow Expects Czech Republic To Release Franchetti

Russia wants the Czech Republic to release Russian Alexander Franchetti, who was detained in Prague on Sunday. According to the TASS agency, a spokeswoman for the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharov, said today that Prague should not politicize the case. According to her, his release to Ukraine will have consequences. Frančetti was detained by the Czech police at […]

Parliament Moves To Bar Russia, China From Nuclear Project

Russian and Chinese companies will probably not be able to participate in any way in the construction of the new power plant unit in Dukovany. The Chamber of Deputies approved this today with amendments to the Senate, which recommended strengthening security guarantees in the selection of construction contractors. They also proposed to enact the possibility of parliamentary […]

Czech Republic Drops In Economic Freedom Rankings

The Czech Republic is the 27th most economically free country out of 165 monitored countries in the world. Last year, the Czechia was in 24th place according to the revised ranking. This follows from the published ranking “Economic Freedom of the World Index” of the Canadian Fraser Institute, which the Liberal Institute said in a press release […]