Prague, Dec 8 (CTK) – The social contract has collapsed in the Czech Republic, which faces businessmen’s populism and a crisis of political parties, Jiri Priban, Czech lawyer and sociologist at the University of Wales, said at a conference today, warning against the current Czech developments as potentially dangerous. The conference of experts in […]
Prague, Dec 7 (CTK) – The government can take any steps, including personnel changes, even if it has not won support from the lower house of Czech parliament, President Milos Zeman told commercial TV Barrandov tonight. Zeman appointed ANO leader Andrej Babis as new prime minister on December 6 and he plans to appoint […]
Prague, Dec 7 (CTK) – Czech politicians are divided on U.S. President Donald Trump’s decision to recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital and move the embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, according to the statements their representatives made for CTK today. President Milos Zeman welcomed Trump’s plan. “I am very happy about it,” he […]
Prague, Dec 7 (CTK) – European Parliament Vice-President Pavel Telicka (for Czech ANO) has launched an initiative on social networks to highlight unfulfilled promises of Czech President Milos Zeman and show that Zeman should not be re-elected for another term in January, Telicka wrote on his website today. Telicka mentioned a statement Zeman made […]
Prague, Dec 6 (CTK) – The Prague police started investigating the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement’s secretary Jaroslav Stanik on suspicion that he made hateful and racist statements in parliament in late October, the Aktualne.cz server writes today. According to witnesses, Stanik got drunk in one of the restaurants of the lower house […]
Prague, Dec 6 (CTK) – A group of 21 senators has submitted to the Constitutional Court its proposal to abolish the current Chamber of Deputies’ election system as disadvantageous to small parties since they need more votes per mandate, the Mayors and Independents (STAN) senator group told reporters today. The proposal drafted by STAN […]
Prague, Dec 6 (CTK) – The Czech ANO movement’s internal vote on whom of the nine presidential candidates ANO should support will not take place, as a result of which ANO, the winner of the October general election, will not support any of them, server Lidovky.cz writes today, citing ANO chairman Andrej Babis. The […]
Prague, Dec 6 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman appointed ANO movement’s leader Andrej Babis as the new Czech prime minister and Babis then took the prime minister’s oath today. Zeman plans to appoint the new government next Wednesday, 53 days after the general election. Babis said he wants to inaugurate as many of […]
Prague, Dec 5 (CTK) – The fact that Czech local politicians must release their property statements may paralyse municipal authorities because many capable people will be unwilling to run for the posts, which is why 43 senators challenged the law on conflict of interest, their representatives said today. The heads of the senators elected […]