Prague, Dec 22 (CTK) – The highest share of people or 32 percent would vote for incumbent Czech President Milos Zeman in the presidential election, while 21.5 would support former Academy of Sciences head Jiri Drahos, according to a poll conducted by the CVMM institute and released today. Businessman and lyricist Michal Horacek would […]
Prague, Dec 22 (CTK) – The Finance Ministry will need Kc351.6bn to finance the state debt next year, the ministry said today referring to the published state debt financing and management strategy for 2018. The ministry predicts a Kc290.9bn amount for this year in line with the updated version of the strategy of June. […]
Prague/Brussels (CTK) – The EC has asked the Czech Republic to remove the costs of the Capi hnizdo (Stork Nest) project from the EU-subsidised Regional Operational Programme for cohesion in Central Bohemia (ROP SC), the Finance Ministry said today, adding that it has not decided on the removal yet. The ministry reacted to today’s […]
Prague (CTK) – New Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will pay a visit to the neighbouring Slovakia on January 5 and go to Bulgaria, which will preside over the European Union (EU) as of New Year, on January 22, he told reporters today. Babis also said he was arranging a meeting with European […]
Prague (CTK) – Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s government approved today the abolition of 14 departments and 73 posts at ministries and the Government Office that will take effect next year, Babis has told journalists. The move was confirmed by the Deputy Interior Minister in Charge of Civil Service, Josef Postranecky. The changes will […]
Prague, Dec 21 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman feels almost sure that the second government led by Andrej Babis (ANO) would win the necessary support from parliament and Babis would be able to choose between two or three parties ready to tolerate his rule, he told the private TV Barrandov tonight. Babis told […]
Prague, Dec 21 (CTK) – The Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) will not support the Czech minority government of Andrej Babis (ANO), not even by its MPs walking out of the session room during the confidence vote, SPD chairman Tomio Okamura told reporters after the talks with ANO representatives today. The SPD deputies will […]
Prague, Dec 21 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman today received a donation of two million crowns for the campaign for his re-election from Czech arms maker DAKO-CZ, which is part of the Czechoslovak Group of Jaroslav Strnad. In total, Zeman has 2.5 million crowns on his transparent account, which every presidential candidates must have. […]
Prague, Dec 21 (CTK) – Czech Pirates will not back the new government of Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ ANO by walking out of the room before the confidence vote, party leader Ivan Bartos told journalists today. However, the Pirates want to look for joint points in the programmes of the government and the Pirates […]