The highest court ruled that former justice minister Pelikan violated the rights of an alleged Russian hacker by allowing his extradition to the U.S. before a separate asylum case was finalized. Yevgeniy Nikulin is accused of hacking computers at LinkedIn, Dropbox and other American companies in 2012, compromising the personal information of millions of Americans. ...
Prague, April 9 (CTK) – The Czech Republic fell behind in the transposition of EU directives as 17 of them were not incorporated in its national legislation according to an assessment made in October 2017. The Czech Republic is rather slow in transposing the directives, occupying the 21st position among European Union member states. ...
Prague, April 7 (CTK) – Justice Minister Robert Pelikan (ANO) will not be in the next government led by the ANO movement, which is likely to be formed within a few months, and he wants to give up his seat in the lower house of Czech parliament as well, he told Aktualne.cz server today. ...
Prague, March 30 (CTK) – The Czech Republic has extradited suspected Russian hacker Yevgeni Nikulin to the USA, and the plane with Nikulin, who was also wanted by Russia, left the Prague airport last night, Justice Ministry’s spokeswoman Tereza Schejbalova has announced on Twitter. The Czech police detained Nikulin in October 2016 based on ...
Prague, March 27 (CTK) – U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Paul Ryan believes that the Czech Republic will extradite alleged Russian hacker Yevgenyi Nikulin to the United States, he told a press conference following a speech he delivered in the lower house of Czech parliament today. Russia applied for Nikulin’s extradition as well. ...
Prague, March 16 (CTK) – Alleged Russian hacker Yevgenyi Nikulin who faces extradition to the United States or Russia has no right to Czech asylum, the Prague Municipal Court ruled today. Judge Dana Cerna said the only reason why Nikulin complained against the Interior Ministry’s decision not to grant asylum to him seems to ...
Brno, March 13 (CTK) – Suspected Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin cannot be extradited for prosecution abroad for now as the Czech Constitutional Court (US) has suspended the execution of a Prague court’s decision on the extradition admissibility pending its own decision on Nikulin’s complaint. The US decided on the adjournment in February, and the ...
Prague, March 11 (CTK) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) may again offer talks about the government programme and participation in the government to the right-wing opposition Civic Democratic Party (ODS), he told public Czech Television (CT) today. “I am considering it. I must consult with my colleagues, I am not the only ...
Prague, March 9 (CTK) – Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will try to accelerate his talks on a new government he is conducting and he will inform President Milos Zeman about the effort in late March, Babis told journalists after meeting trade union leader Bohumir Dufek today. Babis said ANO was preparing another meeting ...
