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Czech Prime Minister: Germany to keep its nuclear power plants operating

Czech Prime Minister: Germany to keep its nuclear power plants operating Czech Prime Minister: Germany to keep its nuclear power plants operating

Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala has urged Germany to keep its last three nuclear plants operating beyond their scheduled shutdown at the end of 2022. After meeting German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Prague on Monday, Mr Fiala said that Berlin should definitely consider extending the time the nuclear power plants will remain in operation, at […]

Czech central banker Zamrazilova warns against big wage increases

Czech central banker Zamrazilova warns against big wage increases Czech central banker Zamrazilova warns against big wage increases

Czech central bank deputy governor Eva Zamrazilova warned that excessive wage demands would further fuel inflation, which is already the highest in three decades, and could force policymakers to repeat interest rate hikes. . Zamrazilova criticized a recent government deal to raise wages by 10 percent for some public sector employees, saying it could prompt […]

Czech parliament approves Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession protocols

Czech parliament approves Sweden and Finland’s NATO accession protocols Czech central banker Zamrazilova warns against big wage increases

The two houses of the Czech parliament approved the protocols for the accession of Finland and Sweden to NATO, the most important enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization in years. The Czech lower house almost unanimously approved the admission of the two Nordic countries to NATO in an all-night session that ended early today. […]

EU: Towards an emergency meeting of the 27 energy ministers amid soaring electricity prices

EU: Towards an emergency meeting of the 27 energy ministers amid soaring electricity prices EU: Towards an emergency meeting of the 27 energy ministers amid soaring electricity prices

The European Union will convene an extraordinary meeting of the energy ministers of its 27 member states, in order to seek pan-European solutions to the soaring electricity prices. The Czech Republic, which holds the EU’s rotating presidency, will convene the summit to discuss “concrete and practical” measures to tackle the energy crisis, with the agreement […]

EU: Visa ban for Russian citizens wins support of Czech presidency

EU: Visa ban for Russian citizens wins support of Czech presidency EU: Visa ban for Russian citizens wins support of Czech presidency

The Czech Republic, which holds the rotating presidency of the European Union, has backed calls by some member states to ban visas for Russian citizens across the bloc because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Bloomberg reported. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky said his government would seek consensus on the measure, which has so far won […]

NATO: Czech Senate Approves Accession Protocols of Sweden and Finland

NATO: Czech Senate Approves Accession Protocols of Sweden and Finland NATO: Czech Senate Approves Accession Protocols of Sweden and Finland

The Senate of the Czech Republic approved yesterday Wednesday, almost unanimously, the enlargement of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. All 66 senators participating in the process approved Sweden’s admission to NATO, while 64 out of 65 approved Finland’s admission. One senator abstained, but later assured public news agency ÄŒTK that he had done so by […]

Czech Republic: 900 firefighters in the battle with the flames on the border with Germany

Czech Republic: 900 firefighters in the battle with the flames on the border with Germany Czech Republic: 900 firefighters in the battle with the flames on the border with Germany

About 900 firefighters are working to extinguish a large forest fire in the national forest of Bohemian Switzerland, as announced by the Czech authorities. Five firefighting aircraft, 18 helicopters and 200 tankers are involved in the operation to extinguish the fire, which has been raging for a ninth day. It has now crossed the Czech […]

Czech Republic to cut Russian gas deliveries: ‘New evidence that the EU must move away from Moscow’

Czech Republic to cut Russian gas deliveries: ‘New evidence that the EU must move away from Moscow’ Czech Republic to cut Russian gas deliveries: ‘New evidence that the EU must move away from Moscow’

The new drastic reduction in natural gas deliveries announced by Gazprom is “further proof” that Europe must “reduce its dependence on Russian supplies as quickly as possible”, the Czech energy minister said today. current semester the rotating presidency of the EU. “Unity and solidarity are the best weapons we have against (Russian President Vladimir) Putin […]

Czech Prime Minister: Our fighter jets will monitor Slovakian airspace from September

Czech Prime Minister: Our fighter jets will monitor Slovakian airspace from September Czech Prime Minister: Germany to keep its nuclear power plants operating

Czech fighter jets will monitor Slovakian airspace from September, Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said today. Slovakia has asked its NATO allies to patrol its airspace as it decided to ground its Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets, which it has and are likely to deliver to neighboring Ukraine, to help Kyiv in its fight against country […]

The Czech Republic will take over the rotating EU presidency tomorrow

The Czech Republic will take over the rotating EU presidency tomorrow Czech central banker Zamrazilova warns against big wage increases

The Czech Republic will take over the rotating EU presidency for the next six months tomorrow, Friday, with all eyes on Ukraine, which has been battling Russian forces in its territory since February 24. Marking the presidency, the Czech government will hold talks in a castle with European commissioners and a concert will follow. The […]