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5 days ago | 
intellinews.com | Albín Sybera
Leader of the junior ruling coalition party, the ultranationalist Slovak National Party (SNS), Andrej Danko, has stirred up a new row inside populist Prime Minister Robert Fico's left-right coalition after he said he is open to discussing leaving Nato.
“Let’s talk about how much neutrality costs and let’s talk about whether it makes sense to be Nato members,“ Danko was quoted as saying by state broadcaster STVR and other media in the country following the weekend SNS party summit.
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1 week ago | 
onet.pl | Albín Sybera
Foto.: Alaska Region U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Flickr, Public domain. Po ogłoszeniu przez UE w maju planu wycofania się z rosyjskiej energii do 2027 r., populistyczni przywódcy Viktor Orbán i Robert Fico szybko skrytykowali tę decyzję, argumentując, że spowoduje ona poważne wyzwania gospodarcze dla Węgier i Słowacji. Polityka, a nie rurociągi, może zniweczyć plany UE dotyczące uniezależnienia się od rosyjskiej energii.
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1 week ago | 
respublica.pl | Albín Sybera
Po ogłoszeniu przez UE w maju planu wycofania się z rosyjskiej energii do 2027 r., populistyczni przywódcy Viktor Orbán i Robert Fico szybko skrytykowali tę decyzję, argumentując, że spowoduje ona poważne wyzwania gospodarcze dla Węgier i Słowacji. Polityka, a nie rurociągi, może zniweczyć plany UE dotyczące uniezależnienia się od rosyjskiej energii. Wymagane członkostwo Aby uzyskać dostęp do tej zawartości, musisz być członkiem.
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2 weeks ago | 
visegradinsight.eu | Albín Sybera
Hungary and Slovakia’s populist leaders are turning energy dependence into political capital, posing a greater threat to the EU’s 2027 Russian fossil fuel phase-out plan than infrastructure or market readiness. After the EU announced its 2027 Russian energy phase-out plan in May, populist leaders Viktor Orbán and Robert Fico the move, arguing it would pose significant economic challenges for Hungary and Slovakia.
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3 weeks ago | 
intellinews.com | Albín Sybera
The Slovak parliament has passed a memorandum urging members of the populist left-right cabinet of Robert Fico not to vote against new sanctions directed against Russia.
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4 weeks ago | 
intellinews.com | Albín Sybera
Czech Minister of Justice Pavel Blažek said he is to resign after multiple reports of his ministry accepting CZK1bn (€40mn) in bitcoin from a sentenced drug dealer, Tomáš Jiřikovský, who donated the bitcoins to the ministry after his release from prison in 2021.
“After an agreement with Prime Minister Petr Fiala, I have decided to resign as minister of justice. I am not aware of committing any illegal deeds.
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4 weeks ago | 
intellinews.com | Albín Sybera
Czech Minister of Justice Pavel Blažek has said he will resign after multiple reports of his ministry accepting CZK1bn (€40mn) in bitcoin from a sentenced drug dealer, Tomáš Jiřikovský, who donated the bitcoins to the ministry after his release from prison in 2021.
“After an agreement with Prime Minister Petr Fiala, I have decided to resign as Minister of Justice. I am not aware of committing any illegal deeds.
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1 month ago | 
intellinews.com | Albín Sybera
Czech PPF’s chief investment officer, Didier Stoessel, appears ready to take on large international streaming platforms such as Netflix and HBO in PPF’s home markets, led by Czechia, where PPF has a strong footing through its Oneplay, into which the group recently merged its streaming platform Nova Voyo and sports O2 TV.
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1 month ago | 
intellinews.com | Albín Sybera
US nuclear company Westinghouse has made its first shipments of new nuclear fuel to Czechia as the country pushes to replace the Russian state agency Rosatom and its arm TVEL, on which Czech nuclear power plants (NPPs) relied for years.
Prague launched a major overhaul of the country’s energy reliance on Russia following the 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine by Russia.
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1 month ago | 
visegradinsight.eu | Albín Sybera
Czech NGOs are bracing for an uncertain future as US-linked funding cuts bite, exposing cracks in an already fragile financing system that even the largest organisations struggle to navigate. Czech NGOs/CSOs surveyed by Visegrad Insight, as part of the ‘Foresight on European Values and Democratic Security’ in Central Europe project, voiced concerns over the lack of domestic funding, despite the increased involvement of local private donors and other improvements in recent years.
