Press Advisories
21. 6. 2019
The Czech Republic takes over the V4 presidency from Slovakia
At the European Council in Brussels, Slovakia handed over the Visegrad Group presidency to the Czech Republic. The seventh Presidency in the independent Czech history will run from 1 July 2019 to 30 June 2020.
11. 6. 2019
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš supported the efforts of Northern Macedonia to join the EU and visited Czech policemen
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš visited the Republic of Northern Macedonia on Tuesday, 11 June 2019. During his official visit, he met with government officials, visited the Macedonian-Greek border region and met with Czech policemen who helped with the migration crisis in Northern Macedonia.
8. 6. 2019
Prime Minister Babiš attended the Globsec Forum in Bratislava
On Saturday, 8 June 2019, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček attended the 14th GLOBSEC Security Conference in Bratislava.
5. 6. 2019
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš attended the celebrations to mark the anniversary of Operation Overlord in Portsmouth
On Wednesday, 5 June 2019, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš attended, at the invitation of British Prime Minister Theresa May, the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the Normandy landings in Portsmouth.
3. 6. 2019
Prime Minister Babiš met with the State Counsellor of Myanmar, Suu Kyi
Today, Czech Republic Prime Minister Andrej Babiš met with the State Counsellor of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, Aung San Suu Kyi. They spoke about expanding mutual economic cooperation, the humanitarian and development aid that has been provided to the country by the Czech Republic or about human rights. The Prime Minister also appreciated that Myanmar had decided, after 26 years, to reopen its Embassy in Prague, which would help, he believes, to develop mutual cooperation in many areas.
29. 5. 2019
EU leaders discussed the post-electoral situation, according to PM Babiš, expertise should be the key to filling the positions
On Tuesday, 28 May 2019, an informal working dinner of heads of state and government of the European Union member states was held in Brussels, attended by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš. The key theme of the meeting was evaluation of the results of the weekend elections to the European Parliament and a debate on the new appointments to key positions in the EU bodies. The personnel issues should be discussed by the EU-28 leaders at the June meeting of the European Council.
24. 5. 2019
The Prime Minister voted in the European elections
The Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, Andrej Babiš, cast his vote in the European Parliament elections on 24 May 2019 at the voting station in Pruhonice near Prague.
22. 5. 2019
Prime Minister Babiš and other constitutional officials have called on citizens to go to the European Parliament elections
On Wednesday, May 22, 2019, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš attended the second meeting of constitutional officials at Prague Castle at the invitation of the President of the Czech Republic Miloš Zeman. Together with the Speaker of the Senate Jaroslav Kubera, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies Radek Vondráček, 1st Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Interior Jan Hamáček and Ministers of Foreign affairs Tomáš Petříček and Defense Lubomír Metnar, they called on citizens to participate actively in the forthcoming European Parliament elections.
16. 5. 2019
Prime Minister’s speech at the conference 15 Years of Czech Republic’s membership in the European Union
9. 5. 2019
The European Council should meet more often and have a stronger say, said Prime Minister Babiš at the Sibiu summit
On Thursday, 9 May 2019, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš discussed the priorities of the future direction of the European Union at the informal summit of the European Council in Sibiu, Romania. EU leaders adopted a joint declaration summarizing the main objectives for the coming years.
