Prague, June 12 (CTK) – The European Union wants the Czech Republic to pay some Kc7.5bn for mistakes in farmers’ subsidies, business daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) said today referring to a statement by the Agriculture Ministry. According to the European Commission, the Czech Republic failed to check properly whether recipients of subsidies were actively ...
Prague/Brussels, June 6 – Czech PM Andrej Babis insists on his doubts about the independence of the European Anti Fraud Office (OLAF), investigating the Capi hnizdo case, in which he is suspected of a subsidy fraud, he said in reaction to OLAF Acting Director Nicholas Ilett rejecting his words today. “I insist on my ...
Prague, June 5 (CTK) – The deadline for the Imoba firm, from the Czech Agrofert holding formerly owned by PM Andrej Babis, to return the 50-million-crown EU subsidy that went to the Capi hnizdo recreational and conference centre was extended until June 29, the Central Bohemia authorities told CTK today. The original deadline expired ...
Prague, June 4 (CTK) – Imoba, a firm from the Czech Agrofert holding formerly owned by PM Andrej Babis, did not say today whether it has returned the controversial EU subsidy that went to the Capi hnizdo (Stork Nest) recreation and conference centre in 2008, which the authorities wanted it to return by June 4. ...
Prague, May 10 (CTK) – The Central Bohemia office in charge of EU subsidies has called on the Imoba firm, the successor of the recipient of a subsidy granted to the Capi hnizdo (Stork Nest) project, over which PM Andrej Babis and others face prosecution, to return the 50-million-crown subsidy voluntarily, it said today. ...
Prague, May 9 (CTK) – About 500 people protested against Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) and his plan to rule the country with support from the Communist Party (KSCM) in Prague’s central square today. The protesters called on President Milos Zeman to entrust somebody else than Babis with forming a government. The organisers ...
Prague, May 3 (CTK) – The prosecution of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) over the EU subsidy of 50 million crowns for the construction of the Stork Nest conference centre and farm will continue, state attorney’s office spokeswoman Stepanka Zenklova told journalists today. State attorney Jaroslav Saroch has rejected Babis’s complaint about his ...
Bratislava, May 2 (CTK correspondent) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, who was born in Bratislava, remains the richest Slovak, according to the latest chart of the world’s richest people published by Forbes magazine. Babis’s assets reached EUR3.39bn (Kc86.8bn) last year, the same amount as the year before. Babis transferred his agricultural and ...
Prague, May 1 (CTK) – The national committee of Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s ANO backed further talks about a government with Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) today, ANO deputy chairman Jaroslav Faltynek has told the Nova commercial television station. The coalition pact may be finished by the end of the week, Faltynek said. Faltynek ...
