According to draft materials, the Czech government may take a neutral stance on a bill put forward by ODS deputies aimed at strengthening the role of municipalities (obce) and regions in the councils of the country's national parks.Under th
Several major stories dominated the Czech news cycle on Friday afternoon — from a possible prisoner exchange between Prague and Beijing to the privatisation of Prague Airport and a heated debate over single women's access to IVF treatment.T
The executive council of the ODS party has unanimously voted to terminate the membership of Filip Dvořák, the former mayor of Prague 1 and a member of the party's executive council. According to party spokeswoman Mariana Vernerová, the reas
The Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs has admitted that, due to a conflict of interest involving Alexandra Semancová, the former advisor to Minister Aleš Juhelka (ANO), the ministry will not be able to claim 63.8 million crowns fr
Czech Foreign Minister Petr Macinka held a phone call with his Ukrainian counterpart Andrii Sybiha — their first conversation since the new Czech government took office. The two discussed military and energy assistance to Ukraine, as well a
Andrej Babiš's government has submitted a detailed, nearly eighty-page response to the Czech Constitutional Court, addressing the jurisdictional lawsuit filed by President Petr Pavel, who is challenging the cabinet's right to decide who rep
The pre-election drama surrounding the Prague regional branch of ODS is heating up: the party's executive council, led by Kupka, has struck Filip Dvořák from the candidate list for the Prague 1 local elections over unresolved questions surr
Speaker of the Czech Chamber of Deputies Tomio Okamura (SPD) has departed on a visit to China — just days after news broke that a Czech citizen had been arrested on suspicion of spying for the Chinese regime.The trip has drawn sharp critici
Czechia's State Agricultural Intervention Fund has hired a law firm to assess whether subsidies paid out to companies within the Agrofert holding between 2017 and 2021 should be reclaimed. Yet the fund refuses to disclose the specific terms
Czech President Petr Pavel is considering whether to refuse to sign — or outright veto — the government's amendment to the budgetary laws pushed through by Andrej Babiš's cabinet. A decision from Prague Castle is expected within days, amid
Czechia does not possess its own systems for intercepting ballistic missiles and, in the event of a threat, would have to rely on neighbouring countries and NATO's collective defence. This was explained by security expert Vlastislav Bříza i
ODS chairman Martin Kupka has sharply criticised the current government, which relies on a majority of 108 deputies, saying the cabinet "hands out posts to cronies even when they lack the necessary qualifications," and that decisions are be