Press Advisories
1. 2. 2017
Prime Minister Sobotka introduced the new Director of the National Security Authority (NSA) and the new Government Commissioner for cyber security
On Wednesday 1 February, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka introduced Jiři Lang as Director of the National Security Authority at the NSA headquarters and Dušan Navrátil as Government Commissioner for cyber security.
23. 1. 2017
Czech Prime Minister Sobotka and Slovenian Prime Minister Cerar team up to launch the Czech-Slovenian Digital Business Forum
On Monday 23 January 2017, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar together open the Czech-Slovenian Digital Business Forum at the ŠKODA DigiLab in Prague. Attended by representatives of Czech and Slovenian companies from the automotive industry, including Škoda Auto board chairman Bernhard Maier, the forum centred on new trends in automotive industry digitisation and their application in the crafting of new mobility and connectivity services for smart cities.
23. 1. 2017
Prime Ministers Sobotka and Cerar discuss deeper mutual relations between the Czech Republic and Slovenia and the situation in the EU
On Monday 23 January 2017, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met Slovenian Prime Minister Miro Cerar at the Straka Academy. The meeting concentrated on compounding mutual relations between the two countries in trade, investment and economic cooperation The Prime Ministers also touched on the situation prevailing in the European Union and cooperation between Visegrad Group countries and Slovenia.
19. 1. 2017
New Year meeting of Prime Minister Sobotka with diplomats, topics were the global security situation, Brexit and support for exports
The traditional New Year meeting of Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and the diplomatic corps took place on Thursday 19 January 2017 in the Lichtenstein Palace. At what was their third meeting, the Prime Minister discussed with those present those foreign events which affected Czech diplomacy last year, as well as support for Czech interests abroad. The government was also represented by Michaela Marksová, Minister of Labour and Social Affairs and Miloslav Ludvík, Minister of Health.
9. 1. 2017
Statement of the Government of the Czech Republic to mark the 40th anniversary of the publication of Charter 77
On 6 January 1977, Charter 77 was published. It was signed by 241 Czechoslovak citizens, with three people acting as their mouthpiece: the philosopher Jan Patočka, the politician Jiří Hájek and the playwright Václav Havel.
22. 12. 2016
Prime Minister Sobotka thanks Israeli ambassador Gary Koren for his work as his mission in the Czech Republic comes to an end
On Thursday 22 December 2016, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka had an audience with Gary Koren, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the State of Israel, at the Straka Academy. Prime Minister Sobotka thanked the outgoing Israeli ambassador for his two years of work and mutual cooperation, which made a major contribution to the further reinforcement of Czech-Israeli relations.
21. 12. 2016
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka’s ten top priorities for 2017
On Wednesday 21 December 2016, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka introduced the ten top tasks he wishes the Government to work at and complete over the remainder of its mandate in 2017. These include the uptake of financial resources from EU funds, the start of construction work on key transport structures, the enactment of a social housing law, the completion of the legislative process for the law index-linking the contributions for persons insured by the state, and continued increases in the minimum wage and public-sector pay. Prime Minister Sobotka also took stock today of the work and tasks accomplished by the Government in 2016.
16. 12. 2016
Agreement by the EU27 on Brexit negotiations
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and other EU leaders met this evening on the periphery of the European Council meeting as the EU27. During informal discussions, the heads of state and prime ministers of the 27 Member States addressed the issue of Great Britain’s departure from the EU. They issued a joint statement on the process of Great Britain’s departure from the EU.
16. 12. 2016
The situation in Aleppo and strengthening European security discussed at the meeting of EU leaders in Brussels
The Prime Minister, Bohuslav Sobotka, represented the CR at the European Council meeting in Brussels. Leaders of the EU Member States discussed the situation in Syria, migration, increasing security and defence and completing the ratification of the association agreement with Ukraine.
