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 ...
Prague, March 14 (CTK) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) considers the expulsion of 23 Russian diplomats from Britain a very unpleasant affair, but he refused to comment on it in detail, he said before meeting British Brexit Minister David Davis today. Babis will also receive the new British Ambassador to Prague, Nick ...
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) – A Czech Facebook initiative called Million Moments for Democracy wants to collect one million signatures demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) by early June and its organisers have already collected more than 159,000 of them since February 25. “We consider it unacceptable for a prosecuted person ...
Prague, March 9 (CTK) – Prime Minister Andrej Babis plans to replace Robert Pelikan (both ANO) with the flexible Petr Mlsna as justice minister in his next cabinet, daily Lidove noviny (LN) writes today, adding that President Milos Zeman wants to prevent alleged Russian hacker’s extradition to the USA in this way. Alleged Russian ...
Prague, March 8 (CTK) – Dozens of people protested against Milos Zeman before his presidential inauguration at a square near Prague Castle, the presidential seat, today, with the aim to emphasise Zeman’s duty to observe the constitution, the organiser Tomas Peszynski told journalists. The demonstrators carried banners and a giant EU flag. “The ...
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 ...
Prague, March 7 (CTK) – The Czech Republic has appeared in a power game between the USA and Russia, both of which are demanding the extradition of alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin to them, daily Lidove noviny (HN) writes today. The Donald Trump Administration considers the case the number one problem in Czech-U.S. relations, ...
Prague, Feb 23 (CTK) – President Milos Zeman has asked twice Justice Minister Robert Pelikan (ANO) to release to Russia alleged Russian hacker Yevgeniy Nikulin, now detained in Prague pending the decision on his extradition to the USA or Russia, Pelikan told the server Aktualne.cz today. Pelikan said at the beginning of the week, ...
