President Miloš Zeman called transgender people “disgusting” in an interview on CNN Prima news, on Sunday, while discussing Hungary’s new anti-LGBTQ law. He then remarked that if he were younger, he would call for a giant demonstration of heterosexuals in Prague. “I can understand gays, lesbians, and so on. But do you know who I don’t understand ...
Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček (CSSD) has filed a lawsuit against the Seznam Zprávy server over a report on his canceled trip to Moscow. He said that today the site of CNN News Prima. He claims ten million in damages for claiming that he spoke at an internal meeting about his intention to “exchange the ...
The Prague Institute of Planning and Development (IPR) has become the latest target of a cyber attack. Hackers used the institute’s servers to mine cryptocurrencies, Lidovky.cz reports. “There was no damage to the system, but its performance has dropped dramatically, to as much as ten percent,” said Boháč. The operation could return to normal mode ...
Czech lawmakers approved an amendment that will enshrine the right to use a weapon in self-defense in the Czech constitution – a new right that will be included in the country’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms. The amendment was approved in reaction to the revised EU’s Firearms Directive applicable since 2018, setting stricter rules ...
The Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service have banned the import of feed and its ingredients from the Czech Republic, the Russian news agency TASS announced. Rosselchoznadzor itself in its statement informs of a temporary restriction on imports of these products with effect from 21 June. The Czech Ministry of Agriculture responded today by announcing that ...
In this year’s ranking of countries in terms of competitiveness, Switzerland is the best, up from third place a year ago, according to the Swiss institute IMD. Sweden is in second place, Denmark is third. On the contrary, Singapore, which was the first in the last two years, is only the fifth this year. The ...
The state will not be able to contract companies from Russia or China to build a new unit at the Dukovany power plant, following a vote today by the lower house. It will be possible to use only technologies from suppliers from countries that have acceded to the international agreement on government procurement for construction. ...
The newly established European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has taken over the case of the conflict of interests of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), in which Czech investigators are investigating whether a crime could have been committed due to the use of subsidies or public contracts by the Agrofert Group. So far, the European Prosecutor’s ...
The Senate called on the government to immediately start collecting subsidies from the Agrofert holding concerning the audit of the European Commission. The upper house decided on this today on the proposal of its commission for the supervision of the provision of public funds. At the same time, the Upper Chamber stated that the conclusions of the ...
