Prague, Nov 29 (CTK) – The Czech Chamber of Deputies’ committees met for the first time in the new set-up, electing their chairpersons today, and the election of Radek Koten (Freedom and Direct Democracy, SPD) the head of the security committee raised probably the biggest controversy. Before he was elected, Koten faced questions on […]
Prague, Nov 29 (CTK) – The candidate for the post of interior minister in the minority government of ANO is Lubomir Metnar, former deputy interior minister and former head of the security section of the Vitkovice engineering plant, ANO chairman and the nascent cabinet’s head Andrej Babis told iDnes server today. Metnar, 50, was […]
Prague, Nov 29 (CTK) – The outgoing Czech centre-left government approved its resignation at its meeting today and it is likely to rule the country until December 13 when President Milos Zeman would appoint the new minority government of ANO leader Andrej Babis, government spokesman Martin Ayrer told CTK. The cabinet of Bohuslav Sobotka […]
Prague, Nov 28 (CTK) – The ten parties and movements that fared the best of all in the October 20-21 general election, are to receive a total of 482 million crowns worth a state subsidy to help them cover their election costs, according to a resolution the Chamber of Deputies passed today. The subsidy […]
Prague, Nov 28 (CTK) – Czech lower house mandate and immunity committee asked the investigator and the state attorney in the case of a suspected fraud by ANO head Andrej Babis and deputy head Jaroslav Faltynek to attend its meeting dealing with their release for prosecution, Stanislav Grospic said today. The committee, chaired by […]
Prague, Nov 28 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman will appoint Andrej Babis (ANO) prime minister-designate on December 6 and the new cabinet on December 13, Babis said after their meeting today, adding that at Zeman’s request he would not release the new ministers’ names for now. Zeman wants to meet the ministerial candidates […]
Prague, Nov 28 (CTK) – The Czech military will invest one billion crowns in drones by 2020 and buy combat drones after this date as well, while now it has unmanned aerial vehicles for surveillance only, Chief-of-Staff Josef Becvar told reporters after a meeting of the military command today. The Czech military will buy […]
Prague, Nov 27 (CTK) – Andrej Babis, chairman of the election-winning ANO and next PM, will present the proposals for ministers in his nascent minority cabinet to President Milos Zeman at their meeting at Prague Castle, the presidential seat, on Tuesday afternoon. Both politicians will also discuss the dates of the appointment of Babis […]
Prague/Budapest, Nov 27 (CTK) – Social Democrats (CSSD) will lose the voters who still support them after the October general election if they continue to send out signals of intolerance, Czech PM Bohuslav Sobotka (CSSD) said today, reacting to the CSSD South Moravian branch’s call on him to resign as a deputy. The South […]