EU Commissioner visiting Czechia to check armaments production capabilities

Czechia is being visited this Wednesday by the European Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton, who is currently visiting EU member states that have the potential to increase their munitions productions capacity, news site Deník N reports. Breton is expected to discuss the needs of specific companies active in the production of military materiel and will also be visiting Slovakia.

Earlier this week foreign and defence ministers from the EU and Norway agreed to supply one million artillery shells to Ukraine within the space of one year, for a total cost of EUR 2 billion.