Czech President Miloš Zeman has dismissed the country’s minister of culture, Antonín Staněk (pictured above), following a request from the prime minister, Andrej Babiš. Early in May, Mr Babiš and the Social Democrats requested the removal Mr...
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International corruption watchdog Transparency International (TI) will sue the Czech prime minister, Andrej Babiš, over his failure to apologise for defamatory comments...
After three days of intense talks, there’s a touch of female know-how at the European institutions. Late on July 2, EU leaders agreed on German defence minister...
After a gruelling 17 hour debate, the government of embattled Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš has narrowly survived a motion of no-confidence with 85 votes for, 85...
A quarter of a million people protested against the Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš in Prague on June 23, the biggest demonstration in the country since the fall of...
Four emerging European countries (the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary and Poland) have vetoed a landmark climate action plan that would have made the European Union...
Czech opposition parties are submitting a request for a special session of parliament in order to call a vote of no confidence in Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’s...
Compared to other Central European countries, Czechs are not used to joining street protests in great numbers. So the fact that ten of thousands of people took part in...
At least 120,000 people gathered in the Czech capital Prague on June 4 to demand the resignation of the prime minister, Andrej Babiš. It was the largest demonstration in...
The European Commission has confirmed that Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is in a conflict of interest over EU funds paid to his company Agrofert. Opposition party...
As the Czech Republic heads to the polls in elections for the European parliament, the biggest protests in the country since 1989 continue, with 50,000 people this week...
The European ombudsman Emily O’Reilly (pictured above) has opened an inquiry on the European Commission’s refusal to grant full public access to documents relating to...
