Czechia spent CZK 2.3 billion on EU presidency

The expenditures of the Czech EU presidency amounted to roughly CZK 2.3 billion this year, the director of the EU presidency department, Alice Krutilová, told the Czech News Agency on Wednesday.

14 high-level events took place in Prague during the presidency while over 300 smaller events were held around the country, of which 273 were in Prague. Over 1,600 official meetings took place in Brussels.

Czechia has been chairing the EU Council since July. Sweden will take over from January.