The Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Parliament will convene on 25 August to override President Petr Pavel's veto of the new fiscal responsibility law. This is according to a discussion in which political analysts Michal Komárek and Ondřej
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš said in July, following a cabinet meeting, that he sees no point in the country's participation in the so-called "coalition of the willing" — a grouping of states supporting Ukraine in its fight against Rus
Czech Prime Minister and ANO leader Andrej Babiš has backed Health Minister Adam Vojtěch amid a scandal over the monitoring of ministry employees' work computers. According to Babiš, he himself used the services of the same firm back when h
A fresh sociological poll has found that the Czech opposition — ODS, STAN, the Pirates, TOP 09 and KDU-ČSL — received average scores of between 3.2 and 3.7 from voters across seven areas of its work (on a Czech school-grading scale, where 1
Czechs are sharply divided over how well the government is safeguarding the country's defense capability. According to a fresh poll by the NMS agency, 33% of respondents believe the authorities are doing enough for defense, while 31% hold t
Radovan Dostál, a Member of the European Parliament for the "Stačilo!" movement, traveled to China together with other MEPs long before House Speaker and SPD leader Tomio Okamura's official visit to the country. The trip took place at the e
According to a new opinion poll, the STAN (Mayors and Independents) movement has pulled noticeably ahead of the ODS party in support ratings ahead of the Czech parliamentary elections. Over the past month, STAN gained 2.5 percentage points,
A Russian court has fully upheld a lawsuit filed by the pro-Kremlin nationalist party Rodina seeking to exclude the opposition liberal party Yabloko from the upcoming parliamentary elections. The state news agency TASS reported the ruling,
ANO party MP Martin Kolovratník, who last July sharply criticized Petr Fiala's government for allocating the regions a mere two billion crowns for the repair of second- and third-class roads, now finds himself in an awkward spot: under the
A new poll has revealed that a large share of Czech society has no idea who currently heads the country's biggest opposition parties. According to the survey, fewer than half of respondents could correctly name their party's sitting chairma
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs is continuing to renew its vehicle fleet — a process launched under former minister Jan Lipavský — and has signed a framework agreement with Škoda Auto for the supply of electric SUVs worth 8.8 million
Professional associations from the cultural sector have sent an open letter to Andrej Babiš's government demanding the withdrawal of the draft new State Cultural Policy prepared by the Ministry of Culture under Oto Klempíř (Motoristé). The