Press Advisories
22. 1. 2016
Prime Ministers Sobotka and Cameron meet to discuss the UK’s reform proposals, the handling of the migration crisis and the fight against IS
On Friday 22 January 2016, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met UK Prime Minister David Cameron at Straka Academy.
20. 1. 2016
22 January 2016: Prime Minister Sobotka to meet UK PM David Cameron
On Friday 22 January 2016, UK Prime Minister David Cameron is set to visit Prague, having accepted an invitation from his Czech counterpart, Bohuslav Sobotka.
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.
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.
17. 12. 2015
V4 Countries Adopt Joint Declaration regarding European Council Issues, British Premier Cameron Attends the Talks
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.
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.
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.
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.
