Prague, Dec 28 (CTK) – The deputy group of the Pirates asked the Czech Finance Ministry for the final report of the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) on a suspected EU subsidy fraud in the Capi hnizdo case today, the party has said in a press release. They also want the Finance Ministry to […]
Prague, Dec 27 (CTK) – The Czech Republic saw several unprecedented dark “novelties” in 2017, such as the challenging of the traditional system of political parties, of the human rights principle, of the constitution and of the country’s EU membership, Petr Honzejk writes in Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. The relatively high number of recent […]
Prague, Dec 27 (CTK) – The Czech Finance Ministry received the final report of the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF) on a suspected EU subsidy fraud in the Capi hnizdo case today, the office has said in a press release. Eleven people, including Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) and ANO deputy head Jaroslav Faltynek, […]
Prague, Dec 27 (CTK) – The fight between various factions in the Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD) continues after its election debacle and the party’s departure for opposition has even intensified internal conflicts, daily Pravo writes today. The CSSD, senior member of the previous coalition government with ANO and the Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), suffered […]
Prague, Dec 27 (CTK) – The final phase of the campaign before the January presidential election in the Czech Republic starts today with a two-week deadline within which the candidates can appear on the Czech Television (CT) and Czech Radio (CRo). They will get five hours in these public media in total. However, […]
Prague, Dec 26 (CTK) – The anti-European and anti-Islamist Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) party has presented an amendment to the Penal Code suggesting that support for and promotion of an ideology suppressing the rights and freedoms or proclaiming hatred should be punishable. At present, only the support for and promotion of such a […]
Prague, Dec 27 (CTK) – Only a competent person with a clean criminal record who has passed the security clearance of the degree “strictly confidential” should be the head of the Czech Presidential Office, under the draft amendment to the law on the office presented by the Mayors and Independents in the Chamber of Deputies. […]
Prague, Dec 26 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman made his most to calm down the situation in his Christmas message at the end of the year, Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) said today, while presidential candidate Jiri Drahos said Zeman quite ignored the role of president when forming the government. Babis said the speech […]
Lany, Central Bohemia, Dec 26 (CTK) – President Zeman rejected the idea that he might call an early election as one of the solutions to the situation after the October general election in his Christmas message today. Zeman said the draft government manifesto of Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) was a good basis for […]