-
12/19/2025
The Ministry of Defence will continue with strategic modernization projects, including the acquisition of U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets, Defence Minister Jaromír Zůna (SPD) said at a press conference on Friday. According to Zůna, air defence and the military’s role in new operational domains will now be top priorities. His first foreign trip as minister will be to Slovakia, following Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s (ANO) visit there in January. A visit to Ukraine is also planned, Zůna told reporters.
Zůna praised the outcome of negotiations conducted by Prime Minister Babiš in Brussels, describing them as the “cleanest possible path” in terms of implementation and the most acceptable option from the perspective of Czech national interests. Support for Ukraine will continue, with the Czech Republic standing on Kyiv’s side and Russia identified as the aggressor, Zůna said. At the same time, he stressed the need to seek optimal forms of assistance for the country under attack.
The Freedom and Direct Democracy party (SPD), which nominated Zůna to the cabinet formed by ANO, SPD and the Motorists, advocates ending financial aid to Ukraine as well as the Czech ammunition initiative.
-
12/19/2025
The Czech National Bank’s board left the main interest rate unchanged at 3.5 percent at its regular session on Thursday. The Lombard rate remained at 4.5 percent and the discount rate at 2.5 percent. The decision is in line with the central bank’s forecast. Inflation risks on both the upside and downside are balanced in the Czech economy, Governor Aleš Michl said after the meeting.
-
12/19/2025
Saturday should be overcast with morning fog in places and day temperatures between 0 and 5 degrees Celsius.
-
12/19/2025
Skier and snowboarder Ester Ledecká has been named Czech Athlete of the Year for the third time in her career. The 30-year-old world champion won the 67th edition of the journalists’ poll with 1,466 points, finishing 123 points ahead of sprint canoeist Martin Fuksa. Hockey player David Pastrňák placed third. Ledecká previously won the award in 2018 and 2022. The men’s volleyball national team won the team award after finishing fourth at the world championships. The results were announced at a ceremony in Prague’s Hilton hotel.
-
12/19/2025
The country’s D1 motorway, which connects Prague, Brno and Ostrava and runs to the Czech-Polish border, has been fully completed 58 years after construction began. The last unfinished section between Přerov and Říkovice, which cost about seven billion crowns, opened to drivers on Friday. The roughly ten-kilometre stretch was originally due to open in March next year, but construction was completed about three months early, according to the Road and Motorway Directorate. The D1 is the country’s oldest and longest motorway, and in some sections the busiest. Initial plans date back to the 1930s, but construction of the first section began only in 1967 after being delayed by the war.
-
12/19/2025
Senate Speaker Miloš Vystrčil called for building trust as the foundation of a functioning society in his Advent address on Thursday. He said this requires respectful dialogue, mutual listening and a willingness to reach agreements. According to Vystrčil, a society without trust is destined for poverty, disintegration or loss of freedom. He described Czechia as a beautiful, safe and free country, ranking among the world’s 15 safest states, one of the least indebted in the EU, with an economy and real wages that are growing.
-
12/19/2025
The European Union will provide Ukraine with a €90 billion loan, leaders agreed after hours of talks at a summit in Brussels. The deal was announced on social media platform X by European Council President António Costa. The Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia will not join the guarantees linked to the loan, which will be backed by the remaining 24 EU member states. Work will also continue on the use of a so-called reparations loan for Ukraine secured by frozen Russian assets, according to the summit conclusions.
-
12/19/2025
A march called Light for the Castle, organized by the group Million Moments for Democracy, brought more than 175,000 signatures to Hradčany Square in the evening on Thursday in support of President Petr Pavel and his positions. The organizers want to hand them over to the Presidential Office. According to them, the aim of the appeal entitled "We Stand Behind the President" is to support the defense of democratic values that the president currently represents. Critical remarks directed at the government were voiced at the event.
-
12/19/2025
President Petr Pavel and his wife Eva will meet with young football players who were subjected to racist abuse by fans on a train to a match in November. Police are investigating the case on suspicion of a criminal offence related to defamation of a nation, race, ethnic or other group. The presidential couple will also receive women released from prison who have successfully reintegrated into society, selected children who sent drawings or letters to the presidential couple and volunteers from the DobroCentrum of St. Anne’s University Hospital in Brno.
-
12/18/2025
The Czech Republic will also take part next year in protecting Slovak airspace. This was confirmed on Thursday during a telephone call by the signing of a declaration by Defense Minister Jaromír Zůna (for SPD) and his Slovak counterpart Robert Kaliňák. The Ministry of Defense reported this on the social network X.
Zůna, who took office on Monday, also discussed with Kaliňák the existing cooperation between the two countries in defense and the defense industry, as well as the possibility of further development in these areas.
Pages
- « první
- ‹ předchozí
- …
- 217
- 218
- 219
- 220
- 221
- 222
- 223
- 224
- 225
- …
- následující ›
- poslední »