Press Advisories
3. 6. 2014
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka Visits Austria
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka visited Austria on 3 June 2014 on the last leg of a trip to the Czech Republic's neighboring countries. He met with Federal President Heinz Fischer, Federal Chancellor Werner Faymann, and Mayor of Vienna Michael Häupl.
23. 5. 2014
Polish Proposal Is a Good Basis for Further Discussion on Energy Security
The Czech Government shares concerns about the energy security in the EU and supports steps towards its strengthening. This is why the cabinet of Prime Minister Sobotka welcomes Polish proposal which was discussed by Government's Committee for EU on 21 May. The objective of the proposal is to deepen the cooperation among EU Member States while ensuring their energy security and creating so-called Energy Union.
15. 5. 2014
Premier Sobotka: Long-Term Defense Cooperation of V4 Countries Is Imperative
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has attended the GLOBSEC international forum held in Bratislava, where he and other Visegrad Group representatives debated the security situation in Europe and the need to strengthen cooperation on defense-related issues between V4 countries.
12. 5. 2014
Czech Government refuses to recognise Ukraine “referendum” results
The Government is concerned about the current situation in Ukraine, where referendums on the independence of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions were held over the weekend. The Czech Republic refuses to acknowledge the outcome of the “independence referendums” as it believes that, having been held in contravention of the Ukrainian constitution, they are illegal. Furthermore, the referendums were rife with doubts about the voting method employed and how objective the published results were.
6. 5. 2014
Prime Minister meets German President
On 6 May 2014, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met the President of the Federal Republic of Germany, Joachim Gauck, at Hrzánský Palace.
5. 5. 2014
Portugal set to successfully complete aid programme and will require no further assistance
Portuguese Prime Minister Pedro Passos Coelho has announced that the country’s three-year aid programme will draw to a close in May and that no further support in the form of preventive financial assistance would be needed. Portugal is following in the steps of another aid-programme country – Ireland, which enjoyed a successful comeback on the financial markets and wound up its recovery programme in December 2013.
30. 4. 2014
Prime Minister Sobotka discusses Europe’s future with Council President Rompuy
As part of the ten-year anniversary of the Czech Republic’s accession to the European Union, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and European Council President Herman Van Rompuy held talks. They also appeared together at the “Ten Years of the Czech Republic in the EU” Business Forum, held at Lichtenstein Palace.
29. 4. 2014
Statement by the Czech and Chinese foreign ministries
The Czech Minister for Foreign Affairs, Lubomír Zaorálek, is on a working trip to China on 28–30 April 2014 at the invitation of the Chinese foreign minister, Wang Yi.
18. 4. 2014
Bohuslav Sobotka Meets French Premier Valls to Discuss Strategic Partnership
Sobotka met with French Prime Minister Manuel Valls in the Matignon Palace on the second day of a working trip to France. The Czech prime minister was the first foreign guest received by Valls following his recent induction into office.
