Press Advisories

12. 1. 2012

A series of expert discussions on the National Reform Programme updating has began

The Government of the Czech Republic will present to the European Commision its updated National Reform Programme in April 2012, in connection with the timetable of the European Semester. It will summarize the reform efforts contributing to fulfilling goals set in Europe 2020 Strategy. Representatives of Government Departments and both parliamentary chambers will take part in the document updating process.

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19. 12. 2011

The Government has declared a period of national mourning to honour the memory of President Václav Havel

Today, during an extraordinary session, the Government announced that 21st – 23rd December will be days of national mourning to honour the memory of President Václav Havel. The Cabinet also proposed that the Parliament pass a bill on the merits of the first President of the Czech Republic.

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18. 12. 2011

Prime Minister Petr Nečas: President Václav Havel Did So Much for the Czech Republic

President Václav Havel symbolised the positive social, economic and political changes that followed November 1989. He deserves enormous thanks for the Czech Republic for, of all things, his unhesitating courage to speak up in the name of democracy and human freedom under the totalitarian regime, for which he was persecuted, including imprisonment.

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18. 11. 2011

OECD Supports Government Reforms

OECD Secretary General Ángel Gurría supported the reform efforts of Prime Minister Petr Nečas' government. During his visit to the Czech Republic, he presented the prime minister with the Economic Survey of the Czech Republic for 2011.

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14. 10. 2011

The totalitarian period must not be forgotten, said Prime Minister Petr Nečas

The main representatives of the European organizations that study the totalitarian past signed an agreement on the establishment of the Platform of European Memory and Conscience.

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14. 10. 2011

Prime Minister Petr Nečas: Support of the less developed countries of the EU is the way to competitiveness

According to the Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas a strong cohesion policy is the way for the EU to be competitive, as he stated after the Visegrad Group Summit.

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12. 10. 2011

October 14, 2011: Prime Minister Petr Nečas will host the Prime Ministers of V4 countries

On Friday 14th October 2011 Petr Nečas, the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic, will host the Prime Ministers of Hungary and Poland, who will attend the traditional Summit of V4 countries.

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