Czechia – In a video posted on his Facebook account on November 5, which the German and Czech press have both commented on, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala offered concrete examples of food products that cost more in Czechia than in neighbouring…
Czechia – At a press conference held on Saturday, 17 December, on the occasion of the first anniversary of his government taking office , Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala warned that the time of crises (Covid, war in Ukraine,…
Slovakia – The Visegrád countries have held their planned summit despite press reports that the event would be postponed or even cancelled. Things actually seem to have gone smoothly, and there was plenty of agreement among the four Central European countries.
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Ukraine – Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki, Czech PM Petr Fiala, Slovenian PM Janez Janša, and Polish Deputy PM Jarosław Kaczyński travelled by train to the Ukrainian capital Kyiv on Tuesday, 15 March, to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and express support…
Ukraine - On 28 February, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky submitted his country’s application for express membership into the European Union – a move supported by several member states, including the four countries of the Visegrád Group.
Ukraine’s candidacy for the European Union…
Czechia/Ukraine – After German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s visits to Kiev on Monday (where he promised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky the rapid disbursement of two loans of 150 million euros each) and then to Moscow (where he stated once again that the West…
Czechia – Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala, in office since 28 November, 2021, has just granted the conservative daily Lidové noviny his first major interview published on Thursday, 10 February. The head of the Czech government addresses in particular the issues of…
Czechia/Poland – Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki travelled to Prague on 3 February to take part in the final phase of talks on the conflict between Poland and Czechia over the Polish open-pit mine in Turów, close to the German and Czech…
Czechia – On Wednesday, 2 February, the Supreme Court of the Czech Republic struck down the regulation restricting access to hotels and restaurants to vaccinated persons. Later in the evening, Prime Minister Petr Fiala announced that health restrictions would be lifted for…
Czechia – On the eve of the Austrian parliament’s approval of their government’s plan to introduce mandatory vaccination of all adults as of February 1, despite opposition from a large part of the population, Czechia chose to head the opposite way. On…
Czechia - More than two months after the 8-9 October parliamentary elections which resulted in the victory of the SPOLU (ODS, KDU-ČSL, TOP09) and PirSTAN (Pirates and Mayors) coalitions, and with President Miloš Zeman having finally accepted the “pirate” Jan Lipavský’s appointment…
Czechia – After appointing the President of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), Petr Fiala, as Prime Minister on November 28, the time had come for Czech President Miloš Zeman to appoint ministers proposed by Mr. Fiala. While on the whole this process…