Czechia – Having just been elected with 58.3% of the vote on 29 January, President-elect Petr Pavel, who will take office on 9 March, has already begun to lay the groundwork for his term of office, especially on the international stage.…
Czechia – In a theme familiar to many in the West, polling predictions failed dramatically as Czechia held its lower-house elections on October 8-9. This time it worked against the populists, as the outcome was poor for incumbent Prime Minister Andrej Babiš…
Czechia - Outgoing President Miloš Zeman won the Czech presidential election and starts a new five-year term. The 73-year-old Czech politician and economist, strongly anti-immigration, could initiate with the new Prime Minister Babiš a new period of political stability in the country,…
Slovakia, Bratislava - For his first official visit abroad, new Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš traveled to Bratislava, Slovakia. Together with his Slovak counterpart Robert Fico, they reaffirmed their desire, within the Visegrád Group, to oppose immigration. But meantime, the situation becomes…
By Ladislav Zemánek.
Czechia - Parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic were held on Friday and Saturday. And they brought somewhat surprising results. We are witnessing a triumph of a man who is sometimes called Czech Trump or Czech Berlusconi. We are witnessing…
Czechia - The Czech lower house voted the right for Czech citizens to use firearms in case of terror attack.
Last year, Czech President Zeman, following a series a terrorist attacks in Western Europe, declared he was in favor to make it…
Czechia, Prague - The Czech prime minister announced unexpectedly his government will resign over unexplained business dealings of his rival for the upcoming elections, Andrej Babiš, the country’s finance minister and wealthy businessman.
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka said on Tuesday, May…
Czechia, Prague - President Milos Zeman told Czechs that the attacks in Europe are linked to the massive influx of migrants and said Muslim immigration is a "breeding ground for potential terrorist attacks".
The President of Czechia, Milos Zeman, made his Christmas…
Czech Republic / United States - On Monday, 5 December, Czech President Milos Zeman had a telephone conversation with the new US President Donald Trump, during which he invited his Czech counterpart to visit him in the United States.
Mr. Zeman's spokesman said…
Central Europe - After the Hungarian referendum on Sunday about the migrant quotas bringing a victory to Orbán - though a low turnout - several politicians from Austria, Poland, Serbia, Czechia and Croatia expressed their appreciation of the results - all saying…
Czechia, Prague - German Chancellor Angela Merkel was on an official visit in Prague on Thursday 25 August. On the agenda: the future of the EU following the "Brexit" and the migration crisis.
After meeting Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the Chancellor…
Central Europe - Czech, Slovakian and Hungarian leaders might attend the next Rhodes forum in Greece, held by the "Dialogue of Civilization" Research Institute on September 30 - October 1. The Rhodes Forum, entitled this year "The Chaos of Multiplicity: an Urgent…