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07/16/2024
Czechia is sending two helicopters to Bulgaria to help fight the forest fires that broke out in the country following a week-long heatwave, the Czech Fire Rescue Service wrote on social media site X on Tuesday. The decision comes in response to Bulgaria's request for assistance with the fires via the EU's Civil Protection Mechanism. The two aerial firefighting helicopters and their crew, accompanied by a ground support team, left early on Wednesday.
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07/16/2024
Ukrainian Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal and 10 members of his cabinet arrived in Prague on Tuesday for a joint meeting of the Czech and Ukrainian governments.
The two governments intend to sign five memoranda on departmental cooperation in the areas of energy, industry, trade, healthcare and sport, as well as two defence agreements and an updated police cooperation contract between the countries' interior ministers. In bilateral meetings between ministers from the relevant departments, the government delegates plan to discuss a variety of topics including defence, transport, and Ukraine's post-war reconstruction.
In his opening speech before the start of the intergovernmental meeting, the Ukrainian PM said that Czechia was a key partner for Ukraine, and that the solidarity of both the Czech people and the government had been apparent since the first days of the Russian invasion. He added that the joint consultations should consolidate and deepen mutual relations between the two countries. Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala said that Czechia would continue to support Ukraine in its fight against Russia and in its efforts to join the EU and NATO.
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07/16/2024
American historian Timothy Snyder, who specializes in the modern history of Central and Eastern Europe, was awarded a Medal of Merit for Diplomacy by Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský in Prague on Monday evening. Lipavský had high praise for the Yale University professor's work, saying that his books, articles and lectures show people the importance of defending freedom and democracy and how easily ideologies can lead to the rise of totalitarian power.
Snyder was in Prague for a conference titled The Borders of (Un)Freedom, organised by Czech Radio and the Václav Havel Library. His presentation "Havel, Unpredictability and Freedom" was attended, among others, by President Petr Pavel.
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07/16/2024
The legendary American singer-songwriter Bob Dylan will perform three concerts in Prague's O2 universum arena from October 4 -6, according to the singer’s website. The shows will be part of Dylan’s Rough & Rowdy Ways tour to promote his latest studio album from 2020. The singer will kick off his European tour in Prague before heading to Germany, France, Luxembourg and the UK.
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07/16/2024
The European Commission has announced that, in light of developments since the start of the Hungarian presidency of the Council of the European Union, it plans to boycott informal ministerial meetings and send only senior officials to them instead of commissioners. The traditional visit by EU commissioners to the presidency country has reportedly also been cancelled. The daily Politico says member states are giving Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán the cold shoulder for his self-styled peace visits to Vladimir Putin and Xi Jinping, which he didn’t coordinate with other national leaders.
According to Politico, the boycott already started last week, with only seven ministers out of 27 attending Tuesday's meeting of ministers responsible for the internal market and industry in the Hungarian capital. The EU Commissioner for the Internal Market Thierry Breton was notably absent. Czechia was represented by David Müller, senior director of the foreign trade section of the ministry of industry.
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07/15/2024
Czechia supports Serbia in its efforts to join the EU, Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavský said following a meeting with the head of Serbian diplomacy Marko Djuric in Prague on Monday. The two officials discussed bilateral relations, Serbia's progress in EU accession talks and the situation in the Western Balkans. Serbia wants to meet the conditions for EU entry by 2027. The country has had candidate status since March 2012. At the same time, it maintains close cooperation with Russia. While Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic has condemned the Russian invasion and expressed support for Ukraine's territorial integrity, he has refused to join anti-Russian sanctions.
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07/15/2024
The Czech House for the Olympic Games in Paris will be inaugurated by snowboard cross champion Eva Adamczyk. The ceremony will take place on 26 July at 4 pm, just before the opening ceremony of the Games. There will also be acrobats and a light show, the Czech Olympic Committee said in a press release on Monday. The sports and cultural programme will be provided by the Pyroterra art group, the AirGym Art Company acrobats, the dance troupe Rapid Deployment Unit and representatives of Sokol Paris. The musical accompaniment will be provided by the brass sextet of the South Bohemian Philharmonic Orchestra.
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07/15/2024
Tuesday should be partly cloudy with scattered showers around the country and day temperatures between 23 and 27 degrees in Bohemia and as high as 32 degrees in Moravia.
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07/15/2024
A joint meeting of the Czech and Ukrainian governments will take place in Prague on Tuesday, the Office of the Government announced on its website. The main topics of the meeting will be defence cooperation, migration, cooperation in the energy sector and Czech involvement in the reconstruction of Ukraine. Bilateral meetings between individual ministers are also scheduled.
The last joint meeting of the two governments took place in Kyiv in October, 2022. Czechia is one of Ukraine’s staunchest supporters in the EU.
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07/15/2024
MEP Martin Hlaváček from the ANO party will not be taking up his second mandate in the European Parliament. He made the announcement on the X network on Monday, citing serious personal reasons. Hlaváček, who is one of ANO’s agricultural experts, said he would continue to work with the party. ANO will be part of the Patriots for Europe faction in the European Parliament together with a number of right-wing, nationalist parties from around Europe.
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