Prague, May 4 (CTK) – Only microgrammes of substances like the Novichok nerve agent are synthesised in the Czech Republic because of chemical protection and the microscopic amounts are disposed of immediately after the testing and nothing is stored, the Defence Ministry said today. On Thursday, Czech President Milos Zeman said Novichok was produced ...
Prague, April 4 (CTK) – Russia has never blamed the Czech Republic for any involvement in the poisoning of former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and only said Czechs are able to work on the development of poisonous substances, the Russian ambassador to Prague, Alexander Zmeyevsky, said today. “No accusations against the Czech Republic have ...
Moscow/Prague, March 30 (CTK) – Moscow branded three Czech diplomats in Russia personae non gratae today and set April 5 as the deadline for them to leave Russia, a step the Czech Foreign Ministry subsequently called expectable and said it has taken note of it. By its decision, Moscow reciprocates the expulsion of three ...
Prague, March 26 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman today ordered the BIS counter-intelligence to check whether the Novichok nerve agent, which was used to attack a Russian ex-spy Sergei Skripal in Britain, was developed or stored in Czech territory, Zeman’s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek said in a written statement. The BIs should check industrial plants ...
Prague, March 26 (CTK) – The Czech Republic is expelling three members of the Russian diplomatic staff in reaction to the nerve poison attack on former Russian agent Sergei Skripal in Britain, as a step of solidarity with Britain, PM Andrej Babis (ANO) told journalists today. He said Russia carried it too far when ...
Prague, March 23 (CTK) – PM Andrej Babis (ANO) and Communist (KSCM) chairman Vojtech Filip discussed today a possible expulsion of Russian diplomats in reaction to Moscow connecting the Czech Republic with the poison used in an attack on a former agent in Britain, Filip told reporters after the meeting. He said he hoped ...
Brussels, March 23 (CTK) – Czech PM Andrej Babis has informed President Milos Zeman about the plan to expel some Russian diplomats from Prague over the use of a nerve poison in Britain, he said today at the close of the EU summit that shared Britain’s view that Russia is most probably responsible for the ...
Brussels, March 22 (CTK) – It is vital in the case of the poisoning of former agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Britain that EU members should adopt a joint strategy, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis told journalists before the beginning of the EU summit today. He said he was going to ...
Prague, March 21 (CTK) – “An absolute lie”, Czech PM Andrej Babis said today about Moscow’s allegation that the poison used to attack former double agent Sergei Skripal in Britain might have come from the Czech Republic, and he dismissed speculations about his cabinet taking a sluggish approach to the affair. The cabinet has ...
