Press Advisories
12. 3. 2015
Prime Minister Sobotka appoints Pelikán as Justice Minister
On Thursday, 12 March 2015, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka appointed Robert Pelikán as the new Minister of Justice. He has replaced Helena Válkova, who as of 1 March 2015 resigned from the ministerial post. Pelikán was nominated to the position of Justice Minister by the chairman of the co-governing ANO party.
9. 3. 2015
Government discusses information about the missing Czech citizen in Libya
Today the Czech Republic discussed as an important item on its agenda the situation of a Czech citizen who has been missing since an attack on Friday by armed terrorists at an oil field in al-Ghani, Libya. Bohuslav Sobotka's cabinet included the item on the agenda of the meeting to follow up from the Saturday and Sunday meeting by crisis staff of the Foreign Ministry.
3. 3. 2015
Prime Minister Sobotka receives Minister-President of Saxony-Anhalt
On Tuesday 3 March 2015, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka met Reiner Haseloff, Minister-President of the German federal state Saxony-Anhalt in the Straka Academy.
27. 2. 2015
Prime Minister Sobotka holds talks with the management of prominent Korean companies on their investments in the Czech Republic
At the end of his official visit to South Korea, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, accompanied by a government delegation, visited several production plants of leading Korean companies. During his tour of these factories, he held talks with the management of Hyundai, Nexen Tire and Doosan Industries on their investments in the Czech Republic.
26. 2. 2015
Czech Premier Sobotka Meets Korean President Park Geun-hye to Discuss Deepening of Cooperation between the Two Countries
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Minister of Transport Dan Ťok met on Thursday 26 February 2015 with President of Korea Park Geun-hye as part of the Czech Cabinet's working trip to Korea. During the meeting, the officials discussed ways of developing cooperation between Korea and the Czech Republic and subsequently signed important memoranda on deepening exchange between the two countries in numerous fields.
25. 2. 2015
Prime Minister opens business forum, visits demilitarised zone and holds talks with National Assembly speaker
Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and the government delegation have entered the second day of their official trip to the Republic of Korea. Today, the prime minister focused on investment and business support. In the morning, he opened a business forum and attended an investment seminar. The prime minister also visited the Korean Demilitarised Zone and met Ui-hwa Chung, the speaker of the National Assembly.
24. 2. 2015
European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen visits Prague
European Commission Vice-President Jyrki Katainen met the State Secretary for European Affairs, Tomáš Prouza, economic and social partners, and representatives of the banking sector during his visit to Prague. The main item on the agenda was the Investment Plan for Europe, which is expected to deliver up to EUR 315 billion to the European economy.
16. 2. 2015
The Czech Republic dispatches a convoy with humanitarian aid for Ukraine
Today, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka and Minister for Foreign Affairs Lubomír Zaorálek, President of the Czech Red Cross Marek Jukl, Director-General of the Fire Rescue Service Drahoslav Ryba, Chairman of the State Material Reserves Authority Pavel Švagr, and a representative of the People in Need organisation symbolically launched the journey of a Czech humanitarian convoy for Ukraine.
12. 2. 2015
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka holds talks at an informal meeting of the European Council
Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka headed the Czech delegation at the informal meeting of heads of state and government of EU Member States held on Thursday 12 February 2015 in Brussels. EU leaders discussed the recently concluded agreement on the ceasefire in Ukraine, adopted a joint declaration on the struggle against terrorism and debated the future of the economic and currency union.
