China was behind a major cyber attack at the Czech Foreign Ministry last year, the Czech intelligence agency, NUKIB said in a report released on Wednesday. Without providing details, the intel agency known as NUKIB said the attack “was almost certainly carried out by a state actor or a related group,” with “a Chinese […]
Prime Minister Andrej Babis will attend the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. Babis said he has scheduled a meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to discuss bilateral relations. The annual event opens on Tuesday. The Czech government said Babis would address the gathering on Wednesday as a stand-in for President Milos Zeman. Trade […]
President Zeman to halt prosecution of Babis President Milos Zeman said he would halt the prosecution of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, in an interview on TV Barrandov. President Zeman said he would exercise his constitutional authority to stop any possible prosecution of Babis by “abolishment” if necessary. Prague State Attorney stopped investigation […]
A Czech national development fund, backed by the country’s four biggest banks (CSOB, Komercni banka, Ceska sporitelna and UniCredit Bank), is expected to launch by the middle of 2020 with initial financing of 7 billion crowns. Banks signed a memorandum of cooperation on Thursday on launching the fund, which will be aimed at investing […]
The Prague state attorney said on Friday that the investigation into Prime Minister Andrej Babis and his family for subsidy fraud has been dropped. The investigation into accusations that Babis, his family members and others had manipulated ownership of a farm and convention center to win European Union subsidies more than a decade ago […]
The state attorney on Monday halted the investigation into EU subsidy fraud by Andrej Babis, according to Denik N. The prosecutors office said its opinion of the case has “changed” but declined to provide further details. While authorities said they won’t comment further until the review is over, Prague prosecutor’s spokesman, Ales Cimbala, told public […]
The Chamber of Deputies will debate a proposal to file a lawsuit against President Milos Zeman on 26 September. The Senate approved the lawsuit against Zeman in July. A three-fifths majority vote in the lower house is needed for the Senate to file charges against Zeman in the constitutional court. The measure is […]
President Milos Zeman has appointed Lubomir Zaoralek Culture Minister bringing an end to the three month long crisis. Mr. Zaoralek said his priority will be filling the leadership positions at the National Gallery in Prague and the Olomouc Museum of Art. The firing of the heads of these institutions led to his predecessor Antonin […]
At its first meeting, the Coal Commission created three working groups. They will address the timing, legislative requirements, and the social and economic impacts of the decline in coal mining. The Coal Commission is to address not only the decline in coal mining in the Czech Republic but also the overall energy mix of the […]