Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has signed a decree recalling Ukraine's ambassador to the United States, Oksana Stefanishina. The document does not state the reasons for her dismissal, reports the Russian-language service of the BBC.
Michal Šmarda, former chairman of the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD), will file his candidacy papers for the Czech Senate elections on Tuesday, he announced on Monday. Since leaving ČSSD, Šmarda has been politically unaffiliated and c
The police decision to close the investigation into MP Filip Turek (Motorists party) over hate speech posted on social media took legal effect on Saturday. This was announced on Monday by Jan Vychyta, head of the supervising Prague 4 Distri
In Jindřichův Hradec, the "Velký křížek pro Hradec" coalition — bringing together SPD, Motoristé, Svobodní, Pro and Trikolóra under MP Libor Vondráček — has built its election campaign around the name of the late ODS politician Jaroslav Kub
Czech politician Filip Turek of the Motorists party boasted on social media about a nearly CZK 9.5 billion subsidy for building a new electric arc furnace at the Nová Huť steel plant in Ostrava, presenting it as a personal achievement of hi
Czechs in their thirties are drifting further and further away from politics. Their share among MPs, senators and municipal councillors keeps shrinking, and in last year's parliamentary elections this age group posted the lowest turnout of
This opinion column draws a comparison between the governing style of certain Czech politicians and dictatorial practices of the past — from Soviet leader Joseph Stalin, who meddled without any preparation in science, philosophy and linguis
The Czech government has begun making good on pre-election promises to pensioners: seniors who previously terminated their supplementary pension savings contracts — and as a result lost state contributions or their own payments — will now r
On Monday, Transport Minister Aleš Juchelka publicly lashed out at a young journalist from Seznam Zprávy during a press conference, declaring: “This is disgusting journalistic work. You should be ashamed to work for Seznam Zprávy.” The outb
US President Donald Trump said in an interview with the conservative broadcaster Real America's Voice that Washington's rare earth minerals agreement with Ukraine gives it access to virtually any Ukrainian natural resources it wants. The de
It will soon be two years since former European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi published his landmark report warning that the European Union urgently needs to boost its competitiveness or risk falling economically behind China and the Unit
Czech Regional Development Minister Klára Mrázová has paid a fine of 10,000 CZK for violating the conflict-of-interest law. The penalty was issued by the Most municipal authority, Seznam Zprávy reports.The violation came to light after the