Press Advisories
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.
13. 1. 2020
16 January 2020: PM Andrej Babiš welcomes prime ministers of V4 countries and Austria
On Thursday, 16 January 2020, Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will be holding talks with the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group and the Federal Chancellor of Austria at the National Museum. The V4-Austria summit will focus on current European Union issues.
5. 1. 2020
PM Babiš and his family attend traditional New Year's lunch in Lány
On Sunday 5 January 2020, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš had lunch with President Miloš Zeman. The third joint New Year's meeting at Lány Castle was also attended by the officials' wives, Monika Babišová and Ivana Zemanová, and their children.
