Articles for category: Politics

Budget Deficit Hits 335 Billion Crowns

The state budget deficit at the end of October rose to 335 billion crowns from 326.3 billion crowns in September. The Ministry of Finance informed about it today. This is the worst October result since the establishment of the Czech Republic. Last year, at the end of October, the deficit was 274 billion crowns. At the end of ...

Matt Atlas

Babis Calls For Unity, Urges Jabs For Unvaccinated

The outlook for the future is not optimistic, but Czechs have overcome worse, said Prime Minister Andrej Babiš in a speech on today’s national holiday. According to him, in the darkest times, the nation has always stuck together. He hopes that the new government will fight for Czech interests. He again urged people to get vaccinated. He also thanked ...

Petr Dubinsky

Czech Republic, Taiwan Plan Direct Flights

Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates) thanked Taiwan for its cooperation today after talks with Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu. The mayor negotiated with Wu, among other things, on a direct line between the capitals of the Czech Republic and Taiwan. He also handed over a commemorative coin depicting the Prague Astronomical Clock to the Minister ...

Petr Dubinsky

Taiwan’s Foreign Minister Praises Havel, Kubera And Vystrčil

Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu praised former Czech President Vaclav Havel and former and current Senate Speakers Jaroslav Kuber and Milos Vystrcil (both ODS) in Prague today for their democratic values. At the international conference on its cooperation with Taiwan, he also highlighted the Czech Republic as a trading partner and a country that supports the ...

Petr Dubinsky

Vojtech Urges Czechs To Get Vaccinated As Infections Soar

According to the Minister of Health Adam Vojtěch (for YES), the covid-19 epidemic in the Czech Republic has become an epidemic of the unvaccinated. According to data on the spread of the disease in October, 74 percent are positive and 63 percent are hospitalized. If vaccination coverage increased, it would be possible to repeal “maybe tomorrow” all anti-epidemic measures, ...

Petr Dubinsky

Czech Republic, Taiwan Sign Cooperation Agreements

Representatives of the Czech Republic and Taiwan signed five new memoranda to expand their cooperation in Internet security, the space industry, the development of catalyst technologies or precision engineering. This was announced after the Czech-Taiwanese trade meeting in Prague by the Minister and Chairman of the National Development Council of Taiwan, Kchung Ming-sin, who led the ...

Petr Dubinsky

Andrej Babis

Prosecutor Calls For Babis To Be Stripped Of Immunity

 The supervising public prosecutor Jaroslav Šaroch will ask the deputy to extradite Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) to prosecute in the Stork’s Nest case only after the inaugural meeting of the new Chamber of Deputies. A spokesman for the Prague City Public Prosecutor’s Office, Aleš Cimbala, told ČTK. Šaroch was originally supposed to decide on the police’s ...

Petr Dubinsky

milos zeman

Lawmakers Move To Strip Zeman Of Powers

According to the Senate Constitutional Commission, the conditions for the transfer of the powers of the President were fulfilled due to the state of health of Miloš Zeman. The Senate should decide on the transfer of powers to the Prime Minister and the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies before the lower house of parliament, by ...

Petr Dubinsky

Babis Calls For Mynar To Resign

Prime Minister Andrej Babiš called on Zeman’s Chief of Staff, Vratislav Mynář, to resign. If Mynář does not do so, after activating Article 66, Babiš would make any personnel changes himself, he told iDNES.cz. Babiš said that he did not address Mynář or is not going to do so, according to him it is a public challenge. According ...