A billion-dollar cryptocurrency donation that has rocked the Czech government took a dramatic turn Thursday night when police arrested the bitcoin donor after he allegedly tried to escape by fleeing to a rooftop. The Background The controversy centers on a massive bitcoin donation worth billions of Czech crowns that was accepted by the Czech Ministry ...
The ANO opposition movement will establish a new faction in the European Parliament (EP), details will be announced next week. The chairman of ANO, Andrej Babiš, said this in an interview with CNN Prima News today and announced it on his profiles on social networks. He has not yet indicated with whom the movement will ...
The Banking Council of the Czech National Bank (ČNB) today reduced the base interest rate by half a percentage point to 4.75 percent. Jakub Holas, director of the CNB’s communications department, informed about it. The rate reached its lowest level since the beginning of April 2022. The CNB’s decision slightly surprised the financial market, analysts agreed. Before ...
After the lower house of parliament passed a bill changing the Civil Code to enable same-sex couples to marry in the Czech Republic, President Milo Zeman stated he would veto it. People of the same sex may soon be able to marry in the Czech Republic, according to a bill passed by the lower house ...
“Given the worsening security situation,” Prague says, it must bolster air forces now. The Czech Republic aims to buy 24 F-35 Lightning II stealth aircraft to replace their present fleet of 14 Gripen fighter jets, according to the defense ministry, in the latest step by Prague to fast transition to NATO-standard weapons in reaction to ...
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsk detailed his ministry’s priorities for the Czech Republic’s impending EU Presidency. He emphasized the importance of continuing to assist Ukraine, strengthening the EU’s military and security mechanisms, and promoting democratic institutions and the rule of law. The Czech foreign minister stated that his country is prepared to take on the ...
Allegations involve a farm that received subsidies after its ownership was transferred to Babiš-owned Agrofert Former Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babi will stand trial after being indicted in a European Union subsidy fraud case. The Czech parliament had earlier voted to remove Babi’s immunity, prompting the public prosecutor in Prague to charge the populist billionaire. ...
The “Mayors and Independents” (STAN) movement in the Czech Republic has called on the Mayor of Poděbrady, Jaroslav Červinka to withdraw as a candidate in the local elections this September because of racist remarks he recently made. During a local assembly meeting, Červinka indicated his support for the idea that Romani people should be shot dead. “We have ...
A second booster vaccine against COVID-19, effectively a fourth jab, is being made available to all adults in the Czech Republic from Monday. During an announcement on Monday in Prague, the Health Ministry said the booster can be obtained from doctors or hospitals without pre-registering, under conditions only that the third jab was administered at ...
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