Press Advisories
23. 3. 2016
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka honours victims of the Brussels terrorist attacks at a vigil at the Belgian Embassy
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka paid tribute to the victims of the Brussels terrorist attacks by laying flowers and lighting a candle at the Belgian Embassy in Prague. He also extended his personal condolences to Belgian Ambassador to the Czech Republic Mrs Françoise Gustin and added his signature to the condolence book.
23. 3. 2016
Prime Minister Sobotka met with Chinese President Xi Jinping
The Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met today, 29th of March 2016, with the President of the People’s Republic of China Xi Jinping in Prague’s Liechtenstein Palace. The Prime Minister followed on from the November meeting with the Chinese president, which took place during his visit to the People’s Republic of China in November 2015. The topics of today’s meeting were the development of mutual trade and investment, and the deepening of Czech-Chinese cooperation in the fields of industry, technology, tourism and healthcare. A further subject of the meeting was the developing bilateral cooperation in the framework of the Silk Road initiative.
23. 3. 2016
Speech of Vice-Prime Minister Pavel Bělobrádek in Florida International University (22nd March 2016)
23. 3. 2016
Deputy Prime Minister Bělobrádek in talks on business opportunities for Czech firms in Miami
22. 3. 2016
Speech of Vice-Prime Minister Pavel Bělobrádek in Beacon Council, Florida (21st March 2016)
19. 3. 2016
Condolences of Prime Minister Sobotka to Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Medvedev
18. 3. 2016
Czech Republic endorses EU pact with Turkey to stall illegal migration
EU leaders today struck an agreement with Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu that will pave the way for all illegal migrants to be deported from the Greek islands back to Turkey, starting on 20 March 2016. This accord sets out to staunch the flow of illegal migration into the EU and smash the business network of smuggling gangs. Adherence to the agreement will be monitored on a monthly basis by both the EU and Turkey.
17. 3. 2016
First day of the European Council dwells on economic growth, energy and migration
Economic growth, employment, energy and migration were on the agenda of yesterday’s European Council session, where the Czech Republic was represented by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka. The European Council reaffirmed the strategy it had pursued so far in dealing with the migration crisis, including rigorous external border control and the deal needed between the EU and Turkey. Today, EU leaders will continue their talks, where they will be joined by Turkish Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu.
