Czech leaders failed Thursday to resolve a dispute over a Cabinet minister that could cause the government to fall. Prime Minister Andrej Babis asked President Milos Zeman to replace his culture minister in May at the request of a partner party in his minority coalition government. Babis said after a meeting on Thursday the president ...
President Miloš Zeman is to hold meetings later this week with key players in the country’s ongoing political crisis. His spokesman said that the head of state would welcome Prime Minister Andrej Babiš of ANO to Prague Castle on Thursday at 5 pm. The following day Mr. Zeman will play host to Social Democrats chairman ...
Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček iodf the Social Democratic party said he was ready to resign, following the meeting of top officials at the Lány Chateau on Thursday concerning the replacement of Culture Minister Antonín Staněk. Mr. Petříček told the Czech News Agency he was disappointed by the outcome of the meeting between President Miloš ...
The Czech ruling coalition appeared closer to collapse on Thursday after President Milos Zeman again refused a government request to sack the culture minister, raising the possibility of a snap election. Prime Minister Andrej Babis’ ruling ANO party and its junior center-left coalition partner, the Social Democrats, are demanding the dismissal of Culture Minister ...
As Europe labours under a scorching heatwave, the Czech government is feeling the heat for very different reasons. The fate of the Babiš administration, which recently survived a second no-confidence motion in Parliament since taking office, once again hangs in the balance. The minority government of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has faced increasing criticism ...
Prague, Sept 19 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman would meet Petricek if PM Andrej Babis (ANO) brought him, but said he did not discuss the Social Democrats’ (CSSD) nomination proposal of current foreign deputy minister Tomas Petricek (CSSD) for foreign minister, he told journalists after today’s cabinet meeting. Petricek said on Tuesday, when his ...
Prague, Sept 19 (CTK) – Global pacts on refugees and migration are neither legally binding nor enforceable, Czech acting foreign minister Jan Hamacek (Social Democrats, CSSD) told the Chamber of Deputies today. No new duties or obligations arise from them for the Czech Republic, Hamacek, the Social Democrat leader who is also the interior ...
Prague, Sept 18 (CTK) – Czech junior government Social Democrat (CSSD) chairman and Deputy PM Jan Hamacek called on PM Andrej Babis (ANO) in a letter today to propose to President Milos Zeman that he appoint Deputy Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek as diplomacy head, Hamacek has told reporters. Hamacek added that he was convinced ...
Prague, Sept 14 (CTK) – The EP’s Wednesday vote was no trial of Hungary nor did it have anything to do with its approach to migration, Czech Interior Minister Jan Hamacek, who is also acting foreign minister, said today, adding that he, too, feels concerned by some of Hungarian PM Viktor Orban’s steps. Hamacek, ...
