Prague, Nov 20 (CTK) – Former Czech prime minister Mirek Topolanek’s entry into the presidential campaign has been a breakthrough, because he is raising both positive and negative emotions and he could induce the other candidates to make stronger statements, marketing experts have told CTK. The candidates seeking the citizens’ support for their candidacy […]
Prague, Nov 20 (CTK) – The Czech Interior Ministry will make a check to see how electoral commissions observed laws during the recent general election, and it will draft an election code to unify the rules for all types of elections, it said today, reacting to a serious election discrepancy unveiled by court. The […]
Prague, Nov 20 (CTK) – MP Radek Vondracek (ANO) is the only candidate for the speaker of the lower house of Czech parliament, the house’s electoral commission head Martin Kolovratnik (ANO) told CTK after the deadline for submitting the nominations expired today. Vondracek was the house’s deputy chairman in the previous election period. The […]
Prague, Nov 20 (CTK) – The Czech election-winning ANO wants to present a draft policy statement of its minority government to parties in parliament after presenting it to President Milos Zeman, ANO head Andrej Babis said today, adding that ANO could not form a majority cabinet because other parties refuse to ally with it. […]
The newly elected Chamber of Deputies will begin holding its constituent session on Monday afternoon, 30 days after general elections in which the winning ANO party took just under 30 percent of the vote. The programme of the first session stems from the Constitution and cannot be amended by MPs. Negotiations to date […]
Moscow/Prague, Nov 19 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman, who starts a visit to Russia on Monday, is known for his positive approach to Russia and its President Vladimir Putin, but on some occasions the Czech cabinet warned that Zeman’s views on events involving Russia go counter to Prague’s official foreign policy. Controversies have […]
Prague, Nov 19 (CTK) – Almost a half of Czechs approve of the post-election steps taken by the victorious ANO movement’s chairman Andrej Babis and President Milos Zeman, a poll the Median agency conducted for Czech Radio has shown. After the October 20-21 general election, Babis is trying to form a minority government of […]
Prague, Nov 19 (CTK) – All contenders seeking the post of Czech president in the January direct election view the president’s right to veto bills as a useful instrument and they would apply veto similarly to the practice the presidents have pursued so far, they have told CTK separately. Mirek Topolanek, former Civic Democrat […]
Prague, Nov 18 (CTK) – The health condition of Czech President Milos Zeman, 73, who will seek re-election, may become one of the topics of the campaign before the January presidential election, marketing experts have told CTK. Though the other candidates may be reluctant to open this sensitive issue, Zeman’s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek made […]