

Czechia Outlines Priorities for Presidency: Defence, Energy, and Ukraine
He chose as his theme “Europe as a task,” inspired in an essay by communist resistance leader and first Czechian prime minister Václav Klaus.
He chose as his theme “Europe as a task,” inspired in an essay by communist resistance leader and first Czechian prime minister Václav Klaus.
The European Union is not NATO, but Ukraine joining the Union, while undoubtedly symbolically effective, could further aggravate tensions between Russia and the rest of the European continent.
Czech president Miloš Zeman appointed the leader of a large centre-right alliance, Petr Fiala, as prime minister on Sunday. Zeman oversaw the ceremony—which had originally been scheduled to take place on Friday—from inside a plexiglass box especially designed for the occasion. He was seated on a wheelchair and flanked by health workers in hazmat (PPE) suits. […]