Press Advisories
5. 3. 2020
National Security Council discusses further measures in connection with the spread of coronavirus
On Wednesday 4 March 2020, the National Security Council held a special meeting at Straka Academy to discuss further measures related to the spread of the coronavirus Sars-CoV-2. The Ministry of Health decided to ban the sale of FFP3 masks to other countries and restricted their sale on the domestic market. The National Security Council also agreed that it is not currently necessary to restrict the organising of mass events with the exception of the Biathlon World Cup.
2. 3. 2020
4 March 2020: Meeting of V4 Prime Ministers
On Wednesday, 4 March 2020 the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, will meet and negotiate with the Prime Ministers of the Visegrad Group countries at the Straka Academy. This special working meeting will focus mainly on the current situation regarding Coronavirus in Europe. Other items on the agenda for the meeting are the situation in Turkey, migration and the EU multiannual financial framework.
28. 2. 2020
National Security Council does not recommend travelling to Lombardy or Veneto
On the evening of Tuesday, 25 February 2020, the expanded presidium of the National Security Council held a special meeting at Straka Academy. The meeting was convened by PM Andrej Babiš over the current situation with the spread of coronavirus. The presidium subsequently issued a recommendation that Czechs avoid travelling to the highest risk regions in northern Italy, Lombardy and Veneto.
21. 2. 2020
The Prime Minister Discusses the Budget for 2021-2027 in Brussels
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš attended an extraordinary European Council meeting in Brussels on the European Union's multi-annual financial framework for 2021–2027.
18. 2. 2020
Prime Minister Babiš Discusses Cooperation on Cyber Security and Digitisation in Estonia
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš visited Estonia on Monday, 17 February, and Tuesday, 18 February 2020. Together with Prime Minister Jüri Ratas, he addressed for example the EU's multi-annual financial framework, cooperation on defence and cyber security or e-Government. In Estonia, the Prime Minister also visited the NATO Centre for Cyber Defence Cooperation, the e-Estonia Briefing Centre and met with the Minister for Foreign Trade and Information Technology and the President of Parliament. On the way, Andrej Babiš was accompanied by his wife Monika.
18. 2. 2020
Prague to Host the Second 5G Security Conference
During 5–6 May, already the second year of the conference on the 5th generation network security titled Prague 5G Security Conference will take place in Prague. In cooperation with the Office of the Government of the Czech Republic, it is again organised by the National Cyber and Information Security Agency (NCISA). The aim of the conference this time will be to bring specific solutions to security problems of 5G networks, which were named by the last year's conference of the same name.
6. 2. 2020
Prime Minister Babiš in Brussels Discusses the European Budget with Charles Michel and Ursula von der Leyen
Brussels, 6 February 2020, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš discussed the future multi-annual European budget with the President of the European Council Charles Michel. He briefly met the President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, on the same subject.
1. 2. 2020
The Cohesion Friends Summit in Portugal calls on the European Commission to Review the Budget
Cohesion policy is a key investment instrument of the European Union. This was confirmed again by the representatives of 17 countries at the Cohesion Friends Summit held on Saturday, 1 February 2020 in the Portuguese city of Beja near Lisbon.
28. 1. 2020
Prime Minister Babiš Honours Holocaust Victims in Auschwitz
On Monday, 27 January 2020, Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babiš visited the former concentration and extermination camp in Oświęcim. In commemoration of the 75th anniversary of the camp's liberation, he and other statesmen honoured the memory of the Holocaust victims.
