Prague, Sept 6 (CTK) – The Czech Republic is evaluating the information on the investigation into the poisoning of former Russian agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter by a nerve gas Britain is releasing, acting foreign minister Jan Hamacek told journalists today. British Prime Minister Theresa May has stated the poisoning was perpetrated by ...
Prague, Aug 24 (CTK) – The Novichok agent which poisoned former Russian agent Sergei Skripal in Britain in March could not be manufactured in the Czech Republic, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes today, quoting Alexei Venediktov, the editor-in-chief of the Russian Echo of Moscow radio station. The poison killed not only Skripal, but also ...
Prague, May 31 (CTK) – The Chamber of Deputies did not discuss the alleged production of the Novichok agent and President Milos Zeman’s words about it because opponents of the discussion today blocked the special lower house session provoked by the centre-right opposition. Lower house chairman Radek Vondracek (ANO) indefinitely postponed the special session ...
Prague, May 24 (CTK) – The Czech Chamber of Deputies will hold an extraordinary session to discuss the case of alleged Czech production of the Novichok nerve-paralysing substance and President Milos Zeman’s statements on it next Thursday, it announced on its website today. The session has been provoked by 55 deputies from five parties ...
Prague, May 22 (CTK) – The Czech Chamber of Deputies will not discuss the case of Novichok’s presence in the country at the current plenary session in reaction to President Milos Zeman’s words, since the issue has been withdrawn from the session agenda at the initiative of the Communists (KSCM). In the vote on ...
Prague, May 17 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman should not use statements that harm the good name of the Czech Republic, the Civic Democrat (ODS) senators said in a resolution they presented to media today. The resolution is another step within the criticism Zeman has faced in the upper house over his controversial statements, ...
Prague, May 17 (CTK) – Czech senators for the Mayors and Independents (STAN) will prepare documents enabling to sue President Milos Zeman for treason over his words about the production of the Novichok nerve agent in the Czech Republic, which endangered people’s security, Jiri Sestak said today. Sestak, head of the STAN senators’ group, ...
Prague, May 16 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman has told untrue information about the Novichok nerve agent being produced in the Czech Republic, and threatened the Czech Republic’s security interests by releasing classified data, the Senate foreign, defence and security committee announced today. All intelligence services’ reports conclude that Novichok, which was used ...
Prague, May 14 (CTK) – Defence Minister Karla Slechtova (ANO) today dismissed the director of the Military Research Institute (VVU), Bohuslav Safar, whom Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) criticised over his statements about the Novichok agent, the Defence Minister has said on its webpage. The VVU will be temporarily headed by its deputy director ...
