Prague, Dec 13 (CTK) – Czech far-left and anarchist groups plan to protest against the meeting of European extreme right parties from the Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) group that will be organised by Czech populist leader Tomio Okamura (Freedom and Direct Democracy, SPD) in Prague this weekend. French National Front leader Marine […]
Prague, Dec 13 (CTK) – Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) would like the Czech Republic to send a military unit to protect the Libyan border from uncontrolled migration in the future, he told reporters after the inauguration of new Defence Minister Karla Slechtova (for ANO) today. At present, Prague plans to send money in […]
Prague, Dec 13 (CTK) – Former Academy of Sciences head Jiri Drahos won the simulated Czech student presidential election, organised by the People in Need NGO for all types of secondary schools and held on Tuesday and Wednesday, with 33.6 percent of the vote, the organisers told CTK today. Drahos was followed by current […]
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’ new minority government was sworn in at Prague Castle on Wednesday. The cabinet will now have a maximum 30 days to find backing in a confidence vote in the Chamber of Deputies. The new minority government is made up of 14 ministers, four of them women, and the prime minister himself. […]
Prague, Dec 12 (CTK) – The list of members of the Czech minority government of Andrej Babis that President Milos Zeman will appoint on December 13: Prime Minister: Andrej Babis Transport Minister: Dan Tok Finance Minister: Alena Schillerova Culture Minister: Ilja Smid Defence Minister: Karla Slechtova Labour and Social […]
Prague, Dec 12 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman will appoint a one-colour cabinet of PM Andrej Babis (ANO) at the Prague Castle on Wednesday afternoon, after which it will hold its first meeting. Following the meeting, Babis is to inaugurate the first seven ministers. ANO is to begin negotiating on the support for […]
Prague, Dec 12 (CTK) – The Czech police had no right to order two men to remove the flags of Tibet and Taiwan from their windows in a building next to the Hilton Hotel when Chinese President Xi Jinping was staying there during his visit to Prague in 2016, the Prague Municipal Court decided today. […]
Prague, Dec 12 (CTK) – The Czech trade unions will not issue any advice suggesting the choice of any particular presidential candidate in the upcoming election, CMKOS umbrella trade unions head Josef Stredula told CTK today. Head of the Association of Free Trade Unions (ASO) Bohumir Dufek told CTK that ASO would not issue […]
Prague, Dec 11 (CTK) – The chance of Czech President Milos Zeman to defend his position in the direct presidential election in January is increasing every day, Petr Honzejk writes in daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) today. The result remains open, but Zeman has more and more trump cards in his hands: his role in […]