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Radio Prague
April 26, 2018
Talks to pave the way for a Czech government almost six months after elections have hit some new obstacles. The junior partner in a would be coalition with Andrej Babiš' ANO, the Social Democrats, are seeking more guarantees. At the same time a powerful faction within the left-of centre party has openlyÃâà...
Radio Prague
April 25, 2018
Photo: Pixabay, Public Domain In all, it is hoping to receive some 480 million Czech crowns, the equivalent of 18.75 million euros, Czech Radio reported. The broadcaster cited material to be discussed by the government. BMW is itself ready to invest some 250 million euros (or 6.35 billion crowns) into theÃâà...
Business Insider
April 25, 2018
PRAGUE (Reuters) - The Czech Social Democrats will not join a government led by Prime Minister Andrej Babis unless ministers convicted by a court resign immediately and a far-right party is sidelined, party leader Jan Hamacek said on Wednesday. Babis, who denies allegations he illegally claimed a 2Ãâà...
Radio Prague
April 18, 2018
And that's the source of major worries for Ostrava and for the Czech government. Brussels is worried that ArcelorMittal might simply control too much of European steel production, especially the flat products used to make everything from cars to the steel used in the construction sector. And although the sellÃâà...
Radio Prague
April 14, 2018
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said the attack on Syria had been inevitable, emphasizing the Czech Republic clear stance against the use of chemical weapons. The presidential office, on the other hand, condemned the attack and accused certain media and non-governmental organizations of supporting theÃâà...
bne IntelliNews
April 6, 2018
Ano leader and the Czech Republic's caretaker prime minister, Andrej Babis, had planned to create a government with the CSSD and the silent support of the Communists (KSCM). After the collapse of the talks with the CSSD, early elections might be one of the possibilities how to get out of the crisis.
EUobserver
March 28, 2018
The caretaker government of Andrej Babis on Tuesday presented a bill to harden criteria for a referendum on the Czech Republic's EU membership. According to the proposed bill, to be tabled in parliament, 850,000 signatures would be required to organise a referendum and the result would need aÃâà...
The Independent
March 15, 2018
Thousands of Czech protesters took to Prague's main square to challenge the country's President after he attacked the media. As he was sworn in for his ... The square was previously the site of huge demonstrations against what was then Czechoslovakia's communist government. On Thursday, studentsÃâà...
Radio Prague
March 15, 2018
He added that the chamber supports construction of new reactors and that the Czech Republic has advantages, such as developed nuclear know how and companies with relevant experience, which many other countries lacked. A Czech government energy framework calls for at least one new reactor toÃâà...
Voice of America
March 15, 2018
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis said on Thursday he would hold talks only with the Social Democratic party (CSSD) as he seeks to form a new coalition government with support in parliament. Babis' ANO party cruised to a major victory in an election last October, but has not persuaded any other party toÃâà...
Manila Bulletin
March 12, 2018
In making the recommendation, Consul General Iric Arribas stressed that there has to be a strong commitment from the host government to prosecute Czech nationals who would violate the bilateral labor agreement and actively cooperate with the Philippine government in resolving disputes involving theÃâà...
bne IntelliNews
March 12, 2018
Uber has reached an agreement with the Czech government to standardise its operations in the country following protests organised by taxi drivers. The car hailing company will immediately ask for a trading licence in the Czech Republic, its drivers will have the same or similar licence as taxi drivers, andÃâà...
Prague Daily Monitor
March 7, 2018
Prague, March 7 (CTK) - The trust in the Czech government headed by Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) rose by 6 percent to 38 percent within a single month, according to a poll conducted by the CVVM agency in February and released on Wednesday. The rating of both parliamentary houses, theÃâà...
Transitions Online
March 6, 2018
... on prime minister. 6 March 2018. Tens of thousands protested across the Czech Republic last night against the appointment of a Communist deputy to head a police watchdog commission. ... The affair comes on the heels of last month's anniversary of the Communist takeover of Czechoslovakia's government in 1948.
Transitions Online
March 5, 2018
The lithium deposit recently found on the Czech-German border is the largest in Europe, along with one in Serbia, the Financial Times cited Jaromir Stary of the Czech Geographic Survey as saying last year. Lithium is used in the manufacture of batteries for electric vehicles, a market that will boom as theÃâà...
Radio Prague
March 2, 2018
Poland's capital, Warsaw, will not get Czech trams as once expected. Originally, Škoda Transportation won a lucrative ... Škoda Transportation, photo: archive of Czech Government The original deal exceeded Škoda Transportation's entire revenues for 2016. Now, an arbitration court has ruled the tenderÃâà...
Ahval
March 2, 2018
The Czech Republic's Ministry of Foreign Affairs has issued a statement strongly rejecting Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's accusation that the Czech government supported terror. Erdoğan harshly rebuked Czechia for releasing former Democratic Union Party (PYD) leader Salih Muslim, after theÃâà...
POLITICO.eu
February 22, 2018
If that doesn't work, the Czech government will consider other moves, including a direct government-to-government deal like Hungary's €12 billion Paks. Budapest granted Russia's Rosatom the contract to build the two reactors without a tender, arguing that the state-owned company was the only one thatÃâà...
Prague Daily Monitor
February 14, 2018
Prague, Feb 14 (CTK) - The Czech cabinet ruling in resignation wants to mainly focus on the EU budget and asylum policy within the EU agenda, Ales Chmelar, the state secretary for the EU, told reporters after the cabinet's informal meeting on Wednesday. This was the ministers' first meeting discussingÃâà...
Manila Bulletin
February 4, 2018
The government of the Czech Republic has announced the approval of 1,000 job openings for qualified Filipinos as part of its three-country expansion for foreign workers. Philippine Embassy Charge d'affaires Jed Dayang said the approval was personally relayed to him by no less than Czech PrimeÃâà...
ABC News
December 31, 1999
The leftist Social Democrats say they have agreed to return to talks to form a new Czech government with populist billionaire Andrej Babis and his political group. Babis has offered the Social Democrats five ministries, including the coveted interior ministry. Social Democratic chairman Jan Hamacek saidÃâà...
Rudaw
December 31, 1999
"We, as Syrian Democratic Council, reject this arrest which is incompatible to all international laws and norms and call on the international community and human rights organizations to do their moral duty to put pressure on the Czech government to preserve the safety of Mr. Muslim,” read their statement.
Focus News
December 31, 1999
Sofia. In a phone conversation with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Prime Minister Boyko Borissov asked that the information the Czech government has about the deal for the sale of CEZ Group's business in Bulgaria be presented to the Bulgarian authorities, the government press office said.
