Press Advisories
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.
24. 1. 2020
Karel Havlíček becomes Minister of Transport
On 24 January 2020, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček to the function of Transport Minister. Outgoing Transport Minister Vladimír Kremlík passed the office over to his successor.
23. 1. 2020
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš attends World Holocaust Forum in Jerusalem
On Wednesday 22 and Thursday 23 January 2020, PM Andrej Babiš visited Israel in order to attend a ceremony commemorating the Holocaust and its victims. He had talks with Israeli President Reuven Rivlin and met with Czech Holocaust survivors.
16. 1. 2020
PM Andrej Babiš talks with Federal Chancellor of Austria Sebastian Kurz about transport infrastructure development
At the invitation of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, the Austrian Federal Chancellor Sebastian Kurz visited the Czech Republic on Thursday, 16 January 2020. The visit to the Czech Republic is the chancellor's first foreign visit since being appointed to office. The two politicians primarily spoke at Kramář Villa about the transport infrastructure, the energy sector and the EU agenda, and praised the very good relations between the two countries.
16. 1. 2020
Representatives of the V4 countries met in Prague along with Austrian Chancellor Kurz and agreed on unacceptability of migration quotas
On Thursday 16 January 2020, a summit of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Four with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz took place at the National Museum. Among the main topics of the talks were migration, the functioning of the EU, the multiannual financial framework, the EU climate, energy and trade policy, and the further enlargement and future of the European Union.
