The chairman of the Czech Olympic Committee (WWTP) Jiří Kejval and the vice-chairman Filip Šuman started investigating the events in the Olympic special, on which Czechs flew to Tokyo on Friday, where a coronavirus appeared. The chairman of the National Sports Agency (NSA) Filip Neusser does not agree with this procedure and agreed with the Minister […]
Former President Vaclav Klaus must pay a fine of 8,000 crowns for last year’s appearance without a face covering in front of the Municipal House in Prague, Czech Television reported. The fine was validly confirmed by the Ministry of Health, which rejected Klaus’s appeal. The ex-president must also pay another thousand crowns as costs of proceedings. Klaus will […]
The chairman of the opposition People’s Party, Marian Jurečka, wants to reduce pensions for exponents of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia. People who served in designated positions, such as the government, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, or the intelligence services, would not be retired as a so-called insurance period. Jurečka stated this on […]
In an interview with Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD), President Miloš Zeman defended former TOP 09 member Dominik Feri, whom several women in the media accused of sexual harassment and violence. Zeman said he had a similar view of the case as his former presidential candidate, Karel Schwarzenberg. The honorary chairman of TOP 09 said that it is […]
Cybercrime continued to rise last year. The National Center against Organized Crime (NCOZ) recorded an increase in cyber attacks of almost 25 percent compared to 2019. The perpetrators of attacks on computer systems focused their attention on healthcare and attacked hospital facilities several times, the headquarters said in its annual report today. Official statistics do not seem […]
The nominal debt of government institutions in the Czech Republic rose by 630.3 billion to 2.5191 trillion crowns year-on-year in the first quarter of this year. The general government debt ratio rose from 32.4 percent to 44.1 percent of GDP year on year, according to data released today by the Czech Statistical Office. Compared to the last […]
President Miloš Zeman says that several theories exist in the investigation of explosions of two ammunition depots near Vrbětice in 2014. He does not rule out that the version involving Russian agents may be true. But according to Zeman, the case should be investigated, he said in an interview on CNN Prima. “I say, so investigate everything, […]
Deputy Foreign Minister Martin Smolek handed over a diplomatic note to Russia’s ambassador to the Czech Republic, Alexander Zmeevsky, asserting Russia’s international legal responsibility for their involvement in the explosion of an ammunition depot in Vrbětice. Czechia is also demanding full compensation for damages caused by explosions. “Deputy Smolek handed over to the Russian ambassador a […]
The government responded to a resolution of the European Parliament, which a few weeks ago condemned the conflict of interests of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO). Only the courts can decide, said Minister of Regional Development Klára Dostálová (ANO) at a press conference after a meeting of cabinet members with President Miloš Zeman in Lány. “We […]