Politics

Babis, Zeman Congratulate Biden

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš congratulated Joe Biden on Twitter on taking office as US President. Among other things, he is looking forward to developing a Czech-American strategic partnership or cooperation within the framework of the North Atlantic Alliance (NATO). President Miloš Zeman also congratulated Biden. Through a spokesman for Castle on Twitter, he wished the […]

Czechs To Make Mandatory Minimum Of Local Food In Shops

In an amendment to the Food Act, the Chamber of Deputies approved SPD deputies’ proposal that food stores with an area of more than 400 square meters must sell the mandatory minimum share of specified food produced in the Czech Republic from next year. Eight EU countries warned Czechia not to introduce quotas for the […]

Czech Parliament Passes Foreign Investment Reform

The Chamber of Deputies has approved a law on examining foreign direct investments to help the state protect key Czech companies from unwanted takeovers by risky foreign investors. Today, MEPs rejected the Senate’s amendment, which proposed that the review should also cover nuclear equipment supply from companies from outside NATO and the EU. The design […]

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Prosecutor Extends Andrej Babis Fraud Probe

The public prosecutor has extended the deadline for investigating a fraud probe into Prime Minister Andrej Babis over the alleged misuse of a 50 million subsidy for the construction of the Stork’s Nest farm. “I can confirm that the criminal investigators asked for an extension of the deadline. The deadline was extended based on the […]

JetBrains Denies Involvement In SolarWinds Hack

The Prague based company JetBrains published a statement on its blog from CEO Maxim Shafirov denying reports that it is under investigation for possibly being involved in the SolarWinds hack. But that the company is ready to cooperate fully in any investigation, he said. Reuters and The New York Times reported on Wednesday that hackers […]

JetBrains May Be Entry Point For SolarWinds Hack

The FBI is investigating whether the hackers behind a series of intrusions at US federal agencies and companies also broke into project-management software created by the Czech-based company JetBrains to breach its customers According to The New York Times, Russian hackers could have used JetBrains software as a means of penetrating the networks of American […]

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Parliament Extends Government’s Emergency Powers

The Chamber of Deputies approved the ANO and CSSD minority government’s request to extend the state of emergency by 30 days. In addition to coalition deputies, KSČM deputies who tolerated the cabinet in the lower house also voted in favor of the proposal. Opposition parties did not support the proposal. The government will extend the […]