Articles for category: Politics

Matt Atlas

New COVID Variant Prompts Global Travel Restrictions

Several countries in Asia and Europe today restricted entry to their territory due to a new coronavirus variant, which was announced by the Republic of South Africa (South Africa) on Thursday. The version marked B.1.1.529 carries an extraordinary number of mutations, and could thus be more aggressive than previous variants. In Belgium, meanwhile, the first case of ...

Matt Atlas

Petr Fiala

Coalition Urges Fast Transfer Of Power

The five parties of the Coalition Together (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09) and Pirates with Mayors and Independents (STAN) are ready to immediately take responsibility for the government in the Czech Republic, Prime Minister Petr Fiala (ODS) told reporters after today’s meeting of the leaders of the emerging cabinet . He will present a list of candidates ...

Matt Atlas

U.S. CDC Raises COVID-19 Travel Warnings For Czech Republic

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has advised Americans not to travel to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Iceland due to the sharp increase in coronavirus infections in those countries. As for the necessary route, the CDC recommends that American citizens be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 before visiting these countries. The CDC now ...

Matt Atlas

Uyghur World Congress Meets In Prague

The Uyghur World Congress will elect a new leadership at the General Assembly in Prague this weekend. Today, a conference is being held at which, according to the congress, prisoners and re-education camp survivors, academics, experts, diplomats and politicians will meet. According to Lidové noviny, the chairman of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee, Pavel Fischer (independent), should speak. The mayor of ...

Matt Atlas

Andrej Babis Prime Minister Czech Republic

Government Approves Babis’s Resignation

President Miloš Zeman accepted today’s resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s government. At the same time, the ANO and CSSD cabinets commissioned them to temporarily hold office until the appointment of a new government. Prague Castle informed about it in a press release today. Zeman commissioned ODS chairman Petr Fiala, the Spolu coalition (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09) and ...

Petr Dubinsky

Andrej Babis

Prosecutor Seeks To Strip Babis Of Immunity

On Tuesday, Attorney General Jaroslav Šaroch sent a request to the Chamber of Deputies for the extradition of the outgoing Prime Minister and re-elected MP Andrej Babiš (ANO) for criminal prosecution in the Stork’s Nest case. This was stated today by the spokesman of the Prague City Public Prosecutor’s Office, Aleš Cimbala. Babiš’s prosecution was interrupted because ...

Petr Dubinsky

Five Parties Sign Deal To Form Government

The chairmen of the Spolice coalitions (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP 09) and Pirates with Mayors and Independents (STAN) today signed a government coalition agreement in the Chamber of Deputies. The current opposition coalitions agreed on the document last week, and planned the ceremonial signing on the day of the opening of the inaugural meeting of the new ...

Petr Dubinsky

Zeman Confirms Babis To Step Down

President Milos Zeman said today that the appointment of ODS chairman Petr Fiala as chairman of the new cabinet will not be a problem. He stated this in a telephone interview on Frekvenci 1. The current Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (YES) is not interested in becoming prime minister, he noted. Zeman will do everything in his power ...

Minister Havlíček Files Criminal Complaint Against Bohemia Energy

The Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček (YES) filed a criminal complaint against Bohemia Energy, the reason being the suspicion of committing a crime against property. Havlíček filed a criminal complaint on suspicion of offering services at the time of termination of activities, purposeful transfer of assets between companies and efforts to transfer private assets. The ...