Czech Republic
Vučić: "Serbian people will never forget it"
After the face-to-face meeting between Vui and Zeman and the plenary meetings of the two delegations, a joint declaration was signed on the strengthening of cultural cooperation and the establishment of the "Czech House".
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Former NATO General became the New President of the Czech Republic
Petr Pavel, a former chairman of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) military committee, has become the new president of the Czech Republic on Saturday, Al Jazeera reported.
Former NATO general Petr Pavel wins Czech presidential vote
Retired NATO general Petr Pavel defeated a billionaire former prime minister in an election run-off on Saturday to become the fourth president of the Czech Republic.
Pavel, a former paratrooper, won 58.3 percent of votes while Andrej Babis scored 41.7 percent, according to final results published by the Czech Statistical Office.
Democracy Digest: Votes, Visas and Voltage in Czechia
EU foreign ministers met in Prague this week, under the auspices of Czechia's presidency of the EU Council, to discuss calls from CEE and Nordic member states to close the bloc's door to Russians.
Democracy Digest: Czech Wages Highest in V4; New US Military Base in Poland
In other Czech news, Prague is set to take over the rotating six-month presidency of the EU from France on Friday. This would be the second time Czechia has served as the president of the EU Council since it joined the bloc in 2004. It had been hoping for a smoother ride this time, unlike in 2009 when the government collapsed during its stint, causing its presidency to be judged a disaster.
Democracy Digest: ECHR Strikes Again Against Poland’s Judicial Reform
It is the first case in which the court has addressed the issue of the penalization of a judge for criticizing PiS reforms. Zurek is one of the best-known Polish judges to be critical of the ruling party's politicization of the judiciary.
Germany to replace Greek military vehicles, to be sent to Ukraine, with German ones
The agreement is similar to the one between Germany and the Czech Republic
EU will Give 3 Countries a Reprieve for Russian Oil – Bulgaria not One of Them
The European Commission has amended its proposal for an embargo on Russian oil to extend the pre-entry period for Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic. This was reported by Reuters, citing two sources.
Democracy Digest: Gas, Guns and Graft
Those earlier arguments, based on Prague's plan to play a major role in distributing gas from Russia's Nord Stream 2 pipeline, derailed the project to build the Stork II gas link between the two countries in 2020.
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New Czech Government’s Climate Policy: Cloudy with a Chance of Curveballs
On the initial reading of the draft of the new rules, these 10 states found that wish granted. But on going through the small print, the new Czech government discovered that gas would only be classed as green until 2030 and nuclear for just the next 23 years.