After the lower house of parliament passed a bill changing the Civil Code to enable same-sex couples to marry in the Czech Republic, President Milo Zeman stated he would veto it. People of the same sex may soon be able to marry in the Czech Republic, according to a bill passed by the lower house ...
Deputies from the ANO party and the Czech Ministry of Health want to change the law to outlaw the use of nicotine substitutes in pouches or candies, which have long been lawfully available to youngsters. Because the goods do not include tobacco, they are not banned under existing regulations in the same way as cigarettes, ...
Czechia may soon have its own version of the 2012 US Magnitsky Act, which would allow the country to impose national sanctions on individuals and legal entities who are not on the EU sanctions list for egregious violations of international law. The government may, for example, deny them admission into the nation or seize their ...
The Czech branch of the International Press Institute has called on MPs to exercise maximum responsibility in the choice of two new members of the council overseeing the Czech News Agency wire service. Respekt reported that in a first round of voting ANO backed an anti-Semitic candidate who looks likely to win a place in ...
The centre-right ANO party of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, as expected, won the European Parliament elections. ANO got 21.2% of the vote (6 seats), the Civic Democrats 14.5% (4 seats), the Pirates 13.95% (3 seats), the alliance between TOP 09 and Mayors and Independents 11.6% (3 seats), and the Christian Democrats 7.2% (2 seats). ...
Prague, Sept 14 (CTK) – The Czech Chamber of Deputies will discuss the UN global compact for migration on Wednesday, it decided on the proposal of the Communists (KSCM) today, though their previous proposal to put the compact on the agenda failed to make it through on Thursday. The global compact was approved by ...
Prague, Sept 13 (CTK) – Czech PM Andrej Babis (ANO) will ask the ANO MEPs why they backed the recommendation for the EU to launch a procedure against Hungary over a threat to EU values in the EP vote, he said today. He added that he considers this unnecessary in a situation where the ...
Prague, Sept 13 (CTK) – Czech lower house head Radek Vondracek (ANO) distanced himself today from the ANO MEPs’ position in the EP when they voted for the EU to launch a procedure against Hungary over a serious threat to EU values on Wednesday. Today’s session of the Czech Chamber of Deputies touched on ...
Prague, Sept 10 (CTK) – Czech opposition Civic Democrats (ODS) offer experienced local politicians as candidates in the October 5-6 elections to municipal bodies, ODS head Petr Fiala said during the launch of the party’s hot election campaign today, and compared the government ANO’s offer to a communist-era soap opera. Fiala presented his party’s ...
