Czech opposition party ANO plans to remain with its current European partner, the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe (ALDE), after European Parliament elections next year, deputy chairman Karel Havlíček said on Monday. He made the comment after discussions in Prague with the group’s co-chairs in Prague.
Illegal drug sales in Czechia continued to move increasingly online last year, the police’s dedicated drugs agency said in an annual report published on Monday. The study said that vendors send banned substances to users via mail order and courier services, with buyers paying for them in cryptocurrencies.
The Czech economic confidence index decreased in June to the lowest level in six months, survey results from the Czech Statistical Office showed on Monday. The economic sentiment dropped to 90.3 in June from 94.1 in the previous month. Moreover, this was the lowest score since December last year, when it was 89.7
Some 10,000 refugees could be left without housing from July after the proposed changes to the support, admitted Czech Interior Minister Vit Rakusan (STAN) yesterday, speaking on Czech Television’s Vaclav Moravec’s Questions. As of 18 June, 344,800 people from Ukraine had temporary protection visas in the Czech Republic.
Greenpeace activists interrupted a general meeting of the energy company ČEZ for about 10 minutes in Prague on Monday. They were protesting against the extension of mining operations at the Bílina surface quarry; ČEZ Group’s Severočeské doly has acquired the right to use the mine from the national mining authority until 2035.
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