Brno, (CTK) – Czech Pirates will not give any recommendation to voters on whom to support in the first round of the presidential election next week, and they will leave the decision up to people, Pirate head Ivan Bartos said today, adding that he personally would not back current President Milos Zeman. Bartos, whom […]
Prague, (CTK) – Czech PM and ANO leader Andrej Babis would prefer a minority government variant also in his possible second try to form a government, he says in an interview with daily Pravo out today, adding that a one-party cabinet is more practical. Babis, whose ANO movement scored a sweeping victory in the […]
Brno, (CTK) – Ivan Bartos was re-elected chairman of the Czech Pirate Party by its national forum for another two years today, being supported by 276 of the 293 participants in the online vote. Bartos was the only candidate for chairmanship. Before the vote, he said the Pirates will be constructive opposition in […]
Prague, Jan 5 (CTK) – The committee of the regional council of the Regional Operation Programme (ROP) in Central Bohemia will discuss the deletion of the Capi hnizdo company from European-subsidised programme on January 16, its head and Central Bohemia Governor Jaroslava Pokorna Jermanova (ANO) told media today. The police previously accused ANO chairman […]
Prague, Jan 5 (CTK) – Vratislav Mynar, head of President Milos Zeman’s office, has filed his financial disclosure after five years, during which he refused to do so, daily Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) writes today. Mynar owns 125 plots of land as well as houses in Prague and Brno on exclusive addresses worth tens […]
Prague, (CTK) – The Czech Bishops’ Conference calls on church-goers to take part in the presidential election in its latest statement available to CTK that will be read after the Roman Catholic church services on Sunday. The bishops do not recommend to the church-goers which candidate to choose, only asking them to support a […]
Prague, (CTK) – The EU Anti-Fraud Office’s (OLAF) report on its enquiry into a suspicious subsidy for the Czech Capi hnizdo firm contains nothing crucial beyond the information in the Czech police’s file on the case, Katerina Valachova, a member of the lower house mandate and immunity committee, said today. Valachova (opposition Social Democrats, […]
Prague, Jan 4 (CTK) – Former PM Mirek Topolanek can do nothing but provoke in his campaign closely before the presidential election as he is no favourite, though his questioning Cezch President Milos Zeman’s health is a rightful argument, Martin Zverina writes in daily Lidove noviny (LN) today. Topolanek “dropped an atomic bomb” on […]
Prague, (CTK) – The Czech Finance Ministry today released on its website a short conclusion of the 50-page report by the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) on the Capi hnizdo (Stork Nest) case of a possible EU subsidy fraud of which Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) is suspected. The OLAF report says the relevant body […]