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 ...
During the same week that Prague saw its biggest anti-corruption protest in 30 years, the Council of Europe’s anti-corruption body GRECO published its yearly report card, which singled out the Czech Republic for its low scores. GRECO President Marin Mrčela explained how the country was ranked. “The Czech Republic is in so-called non-compliance procedure,” ...
President Miloš Zeman says people who have recently been demonstrating against Prime Minister Andrej Babiš are in fact protesting against free elections. Speaking at the start of a visit to the Vysočina Region, he said this was in contrast to those who in 1989 demonstrated for free elections. Mr. Zeman said he did not ...
The chairman of the Social Democrats, Jan Hamáček, insists that his party will nominate a new candidate for culture minister following the resignation of Antonín Staněk. Mr. Staněk has said he will stand down before the end of May and stated publicly that Mr. Hamáček had ordered him to go. After a meeting on ...
Culture Minister Antonin Stanek will step down at the end of this month amid a wave of protests at his sudden dismissal of Jiri Fajt, the director of Prague’s National Gallery, a move widely criticized as politically motivated. In April, Stanek fired Fajt and Michal Soukup, the head of the Museum of Art in ...
Czech President Miloš Zeman was officially welcomed by Hungarian President János Áder at the Sándor Palace in Budapest on Wednesday morning. The Czech News Agency informs that the two heads of state talked about deepening economic integration, supporting nuclear energy and the need for a reform of the European Union. Discussions also shifted to widening ...
Czech President Miloš Zeman left for a three-day official visit to Hungary on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday he will be received with military honours by his Hungarian counterpart President Janos Ader and meet for talks with Prime Minister Viktor Orban and Speaker of Parliament Laszlo Kovar. The Czech head of state, who is accompanied ...
