Press Advisories
17. 10. 2019
The Prime Minister after talks on Brexit: the Czech Republic will only support the United Kingdom’s departure with a deal
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is attending an EU summit on Thursday 17 and Friday 18 October 2019, where the main topic of discussions so far between the leaders of the member states has been Brexit. At the talks a new agreement has been agreed for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the European Union.
15. 10. 2019
The Prime Minister presents awards for the most responsible foreign investors
On Monday 14 October 2019 Škoda Auto Board Member Bohdan Wojnar received the Responsible Foreign Investor award from Prime Minister Andrej Babiš at Lichtenštejnský Palace. This is the first year in which the government has decided to present awards to companies with foreign capital for the exceptional contribution their investments have made to the Czech economy.
14. 10. 2019
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš received Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen
On Monday, 14 October 2019, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš received the Cambodian Prime Minister, Hun Sen, in Kramář’s Villa. The meeting between the Prime Minister and the delegation took the form of a working lunch.
10. 10. 2019
President of the Republic received Highest Constitutional Officials of the Czech Republic, talked about foreign policy
On Thursday 10 October, Prime Minister Andrej Babiš attended a regular meeting of the highest constitutional officials at the invitation of the President of the Republic, Miloš Zeman. The meeting at Prague Castle was attended by Speaker of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Jaroslav Kubera, Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic Radek Vondráček, Minister of Foreign Affairs Tomáš Petříček, Minister of Defence Lubomír Metnar and Minister of Interior Jan Hamáček. The topic of the meeting was the foreign policy of the Czech Republic.
8. 10. 2019
Prime Minister's speech at the conference Thirty Years of Growth
The conference, co-organized by the Financial Times, focused on assessing economic developments in Central and Eastern Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain.
1. 10. 2019
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš opens a conference on administrative complexes
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš and the head of the Office for Government Representation in Property Affairs, Kateřina Arajmu, set out the Czech Republic’s vision at a conference on administrative complexes, where experts from other countries also presented their experience of similar projects.
30. 9. 2019
Prime Minister Babiš talks to the Prime Minister of Finland Antti Rinne about current European issues
The Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš met with the Finnish Prime Minister Antti Rinne on Monday 30 September 2019. The topics they discussed at Hrzánský Palace included the current status and next steps in preparing the multiannual financial framework for 2021–2027, climate protection, migration and Brexit.
27. 9. 2019
The Prime Minister ends his visit to the USA at the memorial to the victims at Ground Zero
On 27 September Prime Minister Andrej Babiš ended his visit to the United States. He and his wife Monika visited a memorial and museum dedicated to the victims of the terrorist attacks on 11 September 2001. He also met with the Special Envoy for the Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS and had talks with Syria’s Foreign Minister.
27. 9. 2019
The future of energy generation and bilateral cooperation – the Prime Minister visits MIT
On Thursday 26 September Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Karel Havlíček, and Minister of the Environment Richard Brabec went to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, one of the most prestigious universities in the world, as part of their visit to the United States. They discussed investments and the graduate labour market with representatives of important companies, and they met representatives from the world’s largest supplier of laboratory equipment.
26. 9. 2019
The Czech Republic is progressing and growing richer, Prime Minister Babiš stated to delegates and UN General Assembly
On Wednesday 25 September Prime Minister Andrej Babiš spoke at the UN’s 74th General Assembly in New York. As part of the third working day of his visit to the USA, he also read a speech at the High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development held under the auspices of the UN General Assembly. He met with the President of Turkey Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and with UN Secretary-General António Guterres.
