Prague, Sept 4 (CTK) – The European Union funds absorption in the Czech Republic has accelerated over the past few months, however, there are still issues concerning the Operational Programme Enterprise and Innovation for Competitiveness, Finance Minister Alena Schillerova told journalists before today’s government meeting. The programme is managed by the Industry and Trade ...
Prague, Sept 3 (CTK) – Alena Schillerova (for ANO) is another Czech finance minister in a row to draft a new state budget irresponsibly, regardless of the warning signs of the latest economic development, Petr Musil writes in Tyden weekly out today, referring to the ministry-proposed 2019 budget bill. The Czech economy probably reached ...
Prague, Sept 3 (CTK) – The Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) have proposed most, 15,909 candidates for the Czech October local elections, while the Pirates nominated the least, 3,000, according to the data from the election webpage. The KDU-CSL’s number is 2,000 smaller than four years ago. The second place is assumed by the Communists ...
Prague, Aug 29 (CTK) – The sum allocated to non-profit organisations in the draft Czech state budget for 2019 has dropped by 586 million crowns compared to the original plan, Czech PM Andrej Babis (ANO) said today. The cabinet is yet to debate their demands, he added. However, the total sum for the ...
Prague, Aug 28 (CTK) – The Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) would like to prevent dangerous changes to the constitution in the Senate, the upper house of Czech parliament, KDU-CSL chairman Pavel Belobradek said today when launching a campaign before the October Senate elections. Belobradek, who is running in the Nachod ward, east Bohemia, said the ...
Prague, Aug 26 (CTK) – Finance Minister Alena Schillerova (for ANO) will submit a draft Czech state budget for 2019 with a lower deficit of 40 billion crowns instead of the planned 50 billion, she told public Czech TV in the Questions of Vaclav Moravec debate today. The government has already approved the higher ...
Prague, Aug 15 (CTK) – The Czech minority government of ANO and the Social Democrats (CSSD) will, as expected, not support the bills proposed by the opposition right-wing TOP 09, including the abolition of electronic sales registration (EET), the cabinet’s press section announced today. The government debated four bills of TOP 09 and expressed ...
Prague, July 31 (CTK) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will propose district state attorney’s office head Radim Dragoun for the director of the General Inspection of Security Corps (GIBS), Government Office spokeswoman Petra Dolezalova told CTK today. Dragoun won a competition for the post, in which 12 people participated. Babis accepted the ...
Prague, July 27 (CTK) – Czech Defence Minister Lubomir Metnar (for ANO) has decided not to offer his resignation to PM Andrej Babis (ANO) over his disputed university thesis, he told a press conference today, apologising for flaws in the thesis but saying it was no plagiarism. Metnar apologised to the public and also ...
