Prague, Dec 17 (CTK) – The campaigns before the presidential elections that will be held next month seem rather dull, none of the nine candidates for the head of the Czech state made a fatal mistake and none of them managed to win special attention, according to analysts whom CTK has addressed. The direct […]
Prague, Dec 15 (CTK) – The Chamber of Deputies elected the heads of most of its permanent commissions and delegations at its plenary session today, and only the commission supervising the General Inspection of Security Forces (GIBS) and that for the constitution remain without its heads. The results of the secret votes were announced […]
Prague, Dec 15 (CTK) – Controversial Czech Communist (KSCM) MP Zdenek Ondracek was not elected head of the lower house commission supervising the General Inspection of Security Forces (GIBS) in the first round of the secret vote today. Ondracek was the only candidate for the post. He won 85 out of 186 votes today, […]
Prague, Dec 15 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman, who seeks re-election, was assigned number seven for the January election, while former Academy of Sciences head Jiri Drahos, his most significant competitor according to polls, received number nine in a lot drawing by the State Electoral Commission today. Lyricist and businessman Michal Horacek has […]
The Czech Constitutional Court has cancelled some parts of the flagship measure of Andrej Babiš when he served as finance minister, electronic cash registers better known by their Czech acronym EET. The move was introduced to clamp down on cash payments and tax dodging. The court did not agree with the request of right-wing lawmakers […]
Prague, Dec 14 (CTK) – Czech presidential candidate Pavel Fischer called on President Milos Zeman, who seeks re-election, to join the election campaign in a letter sent to him and passed to CTK today. When announcing his second candidacy, Zeman said he would not wage any campaign, would not comment on his rivals and […]
Prague, Dec 14 (CTK) – Former Czech Science Academy chairman Jiri Drahos has the biggest support among the voters who know him, followed by President Milos Zeman, who seeks re-election, according to a poll conducted by STEM/MARK in December and released today. The worst result was scored by Civic Democrat (ODS) chairman and prime […]
Bratislava, Dec 14 (CTK) – The Czech Republic is governed by the worst possible combination of forces that may secure impunity for PM Andrej Babis and re-election for President Milos Zeman, Slovak daily Dennik N writes today, adding that the Babis-Zeman pact was confirmed again during the new cabinet’s appointment. “Never before on this […]
The newly-appointed minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is unlikely to win a vote of confidence in the lower house. Only the Communist Party has indicated that it might be willing to support the government under certain conditions. The Party of Freedom and Direct Democracy, which was considered a possible ally, said it has […]