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Czech disinformation campaign on Russian disinformation

15 April 2022

Czech Intelligence Services chief Colonel Michal Koudelka gave a press conference to caution against the new stratagems of the Russian secret services.
While noting that the expulsion of Russian diplomats and the travel ban on Russian businessmen depletes the Russian secret services of their (...)

Czechia: back on track against Russia

12 February 2022

As director of Czech Security (BSI), Colonel Michal Kudelka (see photo) had accused Russia of being involved in the 2014 explosions at the ammo storage facility in the Czech village of Vrbetice. He was subsequently relieved of his functions by President Miloš Zeman, who accused him of making (...)

Statement by Josep Borrell on Russian criminal activities

by Josep Borrell

Brussels (Belgium) | 21 April 2021

The European Union strongly condemns the illegal activities on the territory of the Czech Republic that caused the explosions at the Vrbětice ammunition depot in 2014. It resulted in the deaths of two Czech citizens, a serious threat to civilian population and immense material damage. The EU (...)

An EU Member State Minister on Official Visit to Damascus

12 August 2018

The First Vice-President of the Czech Government and Foreign Minister Martin Stropnický paid an official visit to Damascus. He was received by his Syrian counterpart Walid al-Muallem.
Since the beginning of the aggression against Syria, the European Union has closed the embassies of its member (...)

Novichok: Czech Prime Minister contradicts his President

8 May 2018

Contradicting the comments of Miloš Zeman (President of Czech Republic), the Czech Prime Minister, Andrej Babiš, tweeted: “The Czech Republic has never produced, developed nor even stocked any substance belonging to the Novichok group”.
In a communiqué, he made the following specific points: (...)

Czech Republic produced Novichok

6 May 2018

During an televised interview broadcast on TV Barrandov, the President of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman (see photo), has indicated that he commissioned his secret services to produce a report on the Russian allegation that it was probably his country that had produced Novichok, the same (...)

Prague Declaration on European Conscience and Communism

Prague (Czech Republic) | 3 June 2008

Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
– Bearing in mind the dignified and democratic future of our European home,
– whereas societies that neglect the past have no future,
– whereas Europe will not be united unless it is able to reunite its history, recognize Communism and Nazism as a (...)

“Egoism poses threat to EU unity”

by Jiri Pehe

29 June 2005

The fiasco of the EU summit brought to light the differences of attitude among the majority of the new member countries from Central and Eastern Europe and the “old” members. But the differences were not just as we expected. We did not see any of the new member countries being immature and eager (...)