Ministry planning to move Czech embassy in Kyiv to new location

The Foreign Ministry is planning to move the Czech embassy in Kyiv to a new location, according to a  ctk news agency report citing ministry sources. In late July the government reportedly approved a plan to buy and reconstruct a new building, for approximately half a billion crowns. According to Mariana Wernerová of the Foreign Ministry's press department, the ministry has sought to find a more suitable embassy building since 1993, both because of inadequate capacity and more recently in view of the need to ensure a higher level of protection. The reconstruction of the new building should be completed by the end of 2027.