Prague, Dec 3 (CTK) – The ANO movement would win the Czech general election with 30 percent of the vote again, if held in November, while the runner-up would be the Pirates with 14 percent, the party that came third in the election in October, according to Kantar agency’s election model released today. A […]
Prague, Dec 2 (CTK) – Some 64,000 foreigners from countries outside the EU passed a Czech language exam, which is needed for gaining a Czech permanent stay permit, in the past nine years, according to a report Education Minister Stanislav Stech will submit to the cabinet on Wednesday. The annual report assesses the effectivity […]
Prague, Dec 2 (CTK) – Czech presidential contender Jiri Drahos has warned against foreign influence on the January presidential election, but he submitted no concrete evidence or ways to tackle the problem, Martin Zverina writes in Lidove noviny (LN) today, reacting to Drahos’ meeting with PM Bohuslav Sobotka on Friday. Drahos, the rational former […]
Boskovice, South Moravia/Prague, Dec 1 (CTK) – Czech presidential candidate Jiri Drahos made “a desperate attempt to attract attention by spreading conspiracy theories,” President Milos Zeman said in reaction to Drahos’s statement that foreign secret services may be influencing elections in the country. Unless Drahos had his own secret service, he is spreading conspiracy […]
Prague, Dec 1 (CTK) – The Czech unions of judges and state attorneys protested today against the statements by Chamber of Deputies chairman Radek Vondracek (ANO) about the MPs’ vote on the release of ANO leader and next PM Andrej Babis for prosecution. The Union of Judges points out in its statement released on […]
Prague, Dec 1 (CTK) – Presidential candidate Jiri Drahos is afraid that election results in the Czech Republic have been influenced by foreign secret services by means of disinformation, he said today, adding that PM Bohuslav Sobotka told him Czech intelligence bodies are dealing with the threat. Drahos told a press conference that his […]
Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) – The Czech lower house budget committee backed today the 2018 budget bill submitted by the outgoing government and recommended that the plenary session approves the budget’s draft basic parameters, including a 50-billion-crown deficit, in the first reading scheduled for December 5. The budget bill is being discussed by the […]
Prague, Nov 30 (CTK) – The lower house of the Czech parliament postponed today its decision on the release of ANO chairman Andrej Babis, ANO first deputy chairman Jaroslav Faltynek and ODS MP Bohuslav Svoboda for criminal prosecution until the mandate and immunity committee has given its standpoint on the matter. The mandate and […]
Prague, Nov 29 (CTK) – Two unregistered candidates for Czech president, Terezie Holovska and Josef Toman, turned to the Supreme Administrative Court (NSS) challenging the candidates’ registration before the deadline for complaints expired today. The court will decide on their complaints by December 14. It has received five suggestions, one from Holovska, two […]