Czech Republic
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.
New Czech Government Awaits Presidential Nod; Then What?
The president is still to appoint the other 17 ministerial nominees. That's meant to be a formality, but Zeman is a master of turning such formalities into political drama.
The president has told the country that he plans to object to one ministerial nomination. While he didn't name anybody, the proposal of Jan Lipavsky as foreign minister is widely assumed to be the target.
Babiš's Party Lost the Elections in the Czech Republic
The winner of the October 8th and 9th parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic was the opposition alliance "Together", which includes the Civil Democratic Party, the Christian Democrats and the Tradition, Responsibility, Prosperity 09 party, according to the final results after counting 100% of the ballots.
Democracy Digest: Ballot Box Bromance
The local press was full of complaints over the tightly controlled event, which Orban stressed had definitely no connection to the upcoming election in Czechia but was merely a standard state visit. Naturally, then, the two premiers refused to take questions, but treated the few journalists admitted to an hour-long chat.
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Tonin discusses cooperation with Czech counterpart
Prague – Defence Minister Matej Tonin, who is concluding a two-day visit to the Czech Republic on Saturday, meet his Czech counterpart Lubomir Metnar on the sidelines of NATO Days on Friday to discuss cooperation in international operations and bilateral cooperation in defence, including in mountain warfare.
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Scientists: Last Summer was the Hottest in Europe
Data have been collected since 1950
Last summer was the hottest in Europe for the last 70 years. Scientists from the European Union's Earth observation program said that since keeping statistics, the period June-August 2021 is the warmest in their reports.
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Democracy Digest: Jourova Meets Polish PM as EU Funds on Hold over Rule of Law
The real world consequences of this dispute could be seen on Wednesday, when European Commissioner for Economy Paolo Gentiloni for the first time stated officially that delays in negotiations over the Polish national spending plan for the EU Recovery Fund are being caused, in part, by Poland's problems with the rule of law.
Serbia donated more than 100.000 doses of vaccine to the Czech Republic VIDEO
Czech Ambassador to Serbia, H.E. Tom Kuchta, is also at the airport with Prime Minister Brnabic.
Ambassador Kuchta addressed the media at Nikola Tesla Airport.
He pointed out that today is a great day for mutual relations between the Czech Republic and Serbia.
Is anyone else willing to apologize? VIDEO
"Worse than a crime" - that is how the Czech President described the bombing of Yugoslavia. At the time when the bombing was being decided upon, that country was in NATO for only a few weeks, and was the last one to give its consent, says Zeman, emphasizing that decision as a lack of courage.
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Russian Foreign Minister Urges Brussels Look into Private Ownership of Ammo Depots
Brussels should look into the issue of private entrepreneurs being involved in ammo depots in the Czech Republic and Bulgaria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said during a press conference on Wednesday, commenting on the accusations of Bulgaria against Russia.