Brussels, May 24 (CTK) – The Visegrad Four countries (the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary and Poland) are ready for a debate in the EU linking its funds with the quality of rule of law in its next budget, Slovak EU envoy Peter Javorcik and Hungarian EU affairs state secretary Szabolcs Takacs said today. However, ...
Prague, May 23 (CTK) – The Czech Finance Ministry agrees with the European Commission’s (EC) recommendation regarding public finance sustainability and administrative burden reduction, the ministry said today. In reaction to the EC’s recommendations to the member states, the ministry said it welcomed the fact that the EC had no recommendations for the fiscal ...
Prague, May 21 (CTK) – European Commissioner Vera Jourova, who represents the Czech Republic in the EC, supports the principle according to which member states would receive money from the EU budget provided that they observe the rule of law, she said at the conference Challenges for Europe in Prague today. The EU draft ...
Prague, May 14 (CTK) – Czechs’ trust in the future of the united Europe has increased by 5 percentage points to 44 percent since last year, but their stance on the euro adoption remains the same as 73 percent reject it, which is the same as in 2017, according to a CVVM poll released today. ...
Brussels, May 12 (CTK correspondent) – The Czech Republic, along with Hungary and Romania, blocked the preparation of a joint EU statement critical of the forthcoming relocation of the U.S. embassy to Jerusalem in the past days, diplomatic sources disclosed to CTK today. Czech Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Michaela Lagronova told CTK today that the ...
Warsaw, May 10 (CTK special correspondent) – Poland has the right to deal with its raw materials, including forests, President Milos Zeman, now on a visit to Poland, told journalists today, speaking about the feud between Poland and the European Commission over the tree cutting in the Bialowieza Forest. Zeman said this after meeting ...
Prague, May 10 (CTK) – EU membership is of a vital importance for the Czech Republic, whose departure would mean a catastrophe, PM Andrej Babis said in a lecture at the University of Economics (VSE) today, calling for an EU reform including the depoliticising of the EC and the completion of the internal market. ...
Brussels, April 20 (CTK correspondent) – The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) has launched investigation into a suspected misuse of EU agricultural funds in Slovakia, reacting to the articles of murdered Slovak journalist Jan Kuciak, OLAF told CTK today, confirming Politico.eu server’s information. EC spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud would not comment on the issue, citing the ...
Prague, April 17 (CTK) – A total of 83 percent of foreign investors and two thirds of Czech companies are worried about the discussion on the Czech Republic leaving the European Union, according to a survey of the Czech-German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CNOPK). The Czech Republic is the most attractive country for ...
