Government approves new terrorism threat assessment system

The Czech government approved a new system for assessing the threat of terrorism in Czechia at today's meeting. The system will have four levels, ranging from low to critical threat, and will replace the current system, which has been in place since the beginning of 2016. The old system includes a zero level for the ideal state and three levels of threat. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan told journalists that the cabinet also decided that the second level, representing a moderate threat, will remain in effect until the end of 2025. This corresponds to the first level of the old system, which has been in place since March 2016.