Prague hosting informal meeting of EU ministers

Prague is hosting an informal meeting of EU ministers, foreign ministers and senior representatives for European affairs on Thursday, chaired by the Czech deputy prime minister for European affairs, Alexandr Vondra. The talks follow the first ever meeting of the European Commission in the Czech capital on Wednesday, the real launch of the six-month Czech presidency of the European Union at the political level. Thursday’s talks are also expected to be dominated by the natural gas supply crisis sparked when Russia shut off pipelines to Ukraine and the current conflict in the Middle East.