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PM Babis Informs Zeman Of Intent To Expel Russian Diplomats

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 ...

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PM Andrej Babis: EU Must Stand United In Skripal Nerve Agent Attack

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 ...

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President Zeman: CEFC’s Ye Jianming Innocent Until Proven Guilty

Prague, March 22 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman does not know why his adviser and CEFC company head Ye Jianming is being investigated in China, he would not interfere in Chinese internal affairs, respects the presumption of innocence and will wait for the result of the enquiry, he says in Mlada fronta Dnes (MfD) ...

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PM Andrej Babis: Russian Nerve Agent Allegation ‘Absolute Lie’

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 ...

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Foreign Minister Calls On Russians To Explain Nerve Agent Claims

Prague, March 20 (CTK) – Foreign Minister Martin Stropnicky has summoned Russian ambassador to Prague Alexander Zmeyevsky for Wednesday to explain the Russian diplomacy’s statement that the poison used against a former Russian spy in Britain may come from the Czech Republic, the ministry tweeted today.   Stropnicky (ANO) rejected the Russian statement on Saturday. ...

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Slovakia Dismisses Russian Nerve Agent Charge

Bratislava, March 17 (CTK) – The Slovak Foreign Ministry has rejected connecting Slovakia with chemical weapons and their use, ministry spokesman Peter Susko told CTK today, in reaction to the Russian diplomacy statement listing Slovakia among the countries from which the Novichok lethal substance might come.   This poison was used in an attack on ...

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Czech Ministers Reject ‘Absurd’ Russian Nerve Toxin Origin Claim

Prague/Brno March 17 (CTK) – The Czech foreign affairs and defence ministers, Martin Stropnicky and Karla Slechtova (both ANO), rejected today the Russian diplomacy statement that the Novichok poison used against former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter in Britain may come from the Czech Republic. According to several sources, the nerve agent developed ...

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Milos Zeman

President Milos Zeman’s 2nd Term: Prognosis Negative

Prague, March 8 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman’s first important step within his second mandate is his planned visit to the Communist congress, by which he confirms the new character of the domestic scene that he helped create and that boosts his own power, Petr Honzejk writes in Hospodarske noviny (HN) today.   Political ...