Press Advisories

18. 12. 2015

Leaders of the Member States Have Agreed on Protection of the EU’s External Borders

Yesterday and today, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka participated in this year’s last session of the European Council in Brussels, where heads of state and prime ministers of EU countries dealt with the migrant crisis, reforms proposed by Great Britain, energy security, and the fight against terrorism.

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18. 12. 2015

Premier Sobotka Meets with President Tusk prior to European Council Session

This afternoon, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met with permanent President of the European Council Donald Tusk. The main topic of the meeting was the program of a meeting of the European Council held today and tomorrow. The Czech premier also informed President Tusk of the Visegrad Group's positions.

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17. 12. 2015

Prime Minister Sobotka urges European partners to ramp up cooperation in the protection of external borders and the preservation of Schengen

The Czech Prime Minister, Bohuslav Sobotka, has written a letter to the heads of state and government of EU Member States and to the presidents of the European Council and European Commission seeking greater cooperation, especially in the more effective and stronger protection of the European Union’s borders. In his letter, sent to EU leaders yesterday, Prime Minister Sobotka singled out the preservation and further reinforcement of Schengen cooperation as a primary objective.

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4. 12. 2015

V4 countries single out Energy Union building as a priority

At today's meeting of the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group Countries, the prime ministers of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia labelled the building of the Energy Union as a priority not only for the Visegrad region, but for the EU as a whole. They also stressed that the European Union should grapple with the impacts of individual projects on countries in its immediate vicinity. With this in mind, today the V4 prime ministers also signed a letter addressed to the President of the European Council, Donald Tusk, to which Romania also decided to subscribe.

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3. 12. 2015

Prague hosts first-ever meeting of V4 prime ministers and the president of the Republic of Korea

On Thursday 3 December 2015, the Visegrad Group countries’ prime ministers came together at Czernin Palace, Prague, for the first-ever meeting of the Prime ministers of the V4 countries with the President of the Republic of Korea. The South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, met the Czech Republic’s Bohuslav Sobotka, Slovakia’s Robert Fico, Hungary’s Viktor Orbán and Poland’s Beata Szydło to discuss the deepening of mutual relations between countries.

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3. 12. 2015

Prime ministers of V4 countries adopt joint statement on key topics of the December European Council

At today's V4-Korea Summit, the prime ministers of the Visegrad Group countries discussed the current situation in migration, the fight against terrorism, the significance of Schengen and other themes of the upcoming European Council. At the end of their talks, they adopted a joint statement.

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3. 12. 2015

Prime Minister Sobotka and South Korean President Park Geun-hye adopt action plan for Czech-Korean strategic partnership

Today, Thursday 3 December 2015, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and the President of the Republic of Korea, Park Geun-hye, discussed how to step up the mutual cooperation between their two countries. Their talks at Prague’s Liechtenstein Palace focused on economic cooperation, investments by Korean companies in the Czech Republic, and security issues.

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23. 11. 2015

A summit of the Prime Ministers of V4 countries will be held in Prague on 3 December 2015

A summit of the Prime Ministers of member countries of the Visegrad Group, which is currently presided by the Czech Republic, will be held in Prague on Thursday 3 December 2015. The top-level meeting of the leaders of the Central European region will be attended by President of Korea, Park Geun-hye.

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19. 11. 2015

The European Day for Prevention of maltreatment and sexual abuse of children supported by the Czech Republic

November 18th was European day on the protection of children against sexual exploitation and sexual abuse.

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