The Russian veterinary and phytosanitary service have banned the import of feed and its ingredients from the Czech Republic, the Russian news agency TASS announced. Rosselchoznadzor itself in its statement informs of a temporary restriction on imports of these products with effect from 21 June. The Czech Ministry of Agriculture responded today by announcing that […]
In this year’s ranking of countries in terms of competitiveness, Switzerland is the best, up from third place a year ago, according to the Swiss institute IMD. Sweden is in second place, Denmark is third. On the contrary, Singapore, which was the first in the last two years, is only the fifth this year. The […]
The state will not be able to contract companies from Russia or China to build a new unit at the Dukovany power plant, following a vote today by the lower house. It will be possible to use only technologies from suppliers from countries that have acceded to the international agreement on government procurement for construction. […]
The newly established European Public Prosecutor’s Office (EPPO) has taken over the case of the conflict of interests of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO), in which Czech investigators are investigating whether a crime could have been committed due to the use of subsidies or public contracts by the Agrofert Group. So far, the European Prosecutor’s […]
The Senate called on the government to immediately start collecting subsidies from the Agrofert holding concerning the audit of the European Commission. The upper house decided on this today on the proposal of its commission for the supervision of the provision of public funds. At the same time, the Upper Chamber stated that the conclusions of the […]
In a critical resolution, the European Parliament unequivocally condemned the Czech Prime Minister for his connection with the Agrofert Group. Of the 690 voters, 505 raised their hands in favor of the text, 30 were against and 15 abstained. Among those who abstained were mainly members of the liberal group Renew Europe, which has 98 […]
The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is investigating a six million crown subsidy granted to a company owned by Vratislav Mynář, Seznam reports. Czech authorities have been investigating the allocation of support that Mynář’s company received in 2011 for the reconstruction of a boarding house in Osvětimanech in the Uherské Hradiště region. In February, the police accused […]
Today, the government approved the basic parameters of the state budget for next year with a deficit of 390 billion crowns. The Minister of Finance Alena Schillerová (ANO) informed about it. According to the Ministry of Finance, the budget priorities are savings on state operations, including dismissal of officials, investments worth 189 billion crowns, increase in […]
Illegally sterilized women are likely to be entitled to compensation. Today, the Chamber of Deputies approved legislation which envisages a one time payment of 300,000 crowns. The draft will now be submitted to the Senate for consideration. The proposal defines a period of almost 46 years from the entry into force of the Public Health Act until […]