Current migration flows should not lead to renewed controls at the Czech-Slovak border, Czech Ambassador to Slovakia Rudolf Jindrák said at a meeting with Slovak Interior Minister Ivan Simko on Mo .
The Office of the President has been assisting Deputy Prime Minister Jan Hamáček in organizing his alleged trip to Moscow, the website SeznamZpravy reported on Sunday, adding that the news was confirmed by the president’s chief foreign policy advisor Rudolf Jindrák. Speaking to Czech Radio later in the day, Mr Jindrák denied the allegation, claiming that his words were misinterpreted.
The news site Seznam.Cz published an article last Sunday in which multiple sources said Mr Hamáček considered negotiating with Moscow for anti-coronavirus vaccines in exchange for Prague’s silence over the alleged involvement of Russian agents in the deadly Vrbětice explosions of 2014.
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The Czech Republic has confirmed its friendly relations with Israel, becoming only the second EU country to open a branch of its embassy in Jerusalem. The office, staffed by a diplomat and an administrator, started operating on Monday, March 1. I discussed the importance of the move with Petr Kratochvíl from the Institute of International Relations, and begun by asking him about the reasons behind it:
Miloš Zeman in Israel, photo: Štěpán Macháček, ČRo
“There are two dimensions to the decision, the personal and the national. The personal is, primarily, the strong influence of president Zeman. He has several pet projects in foreign policy that he has been cultivating for a long time. So every time the government needs something from the president they offer him a “diplomatic morsel” so to speak, for which they expect his favours and this is a case in point.