Krystof Chamonikolas

4 days ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Krystof Chamonikolas

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4 days ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Krystof Chamonikolas

Czech opposition parties urged the government to formally resign just four months before elections after a ministry accepted a $45 million Bitcoin donation from a convicted drug dealer. The move ratchets up pressure on the center-right cabinet of Prime Minister Petr Fiala before the Oct. 3-4 general ballot, which most polls predict will be won by billionaire populist Andrej Babis’s opposition ANO party.

1 week ago | news.bloomberglaw.com | Krystof Chamonikolas

The Czech Republic’s most popular political party pledged to seek full state ownership in power producer CEZ AS to boost energy security if it returns to government after elections due in October. The ANO group, headed by billionaire former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, is weighing three different paths to raise the government’s ownership to 100% from 70%, the party’s deputy leader Karel Havlicek said in an interview.

1 week ago | bloomberg.com | Krystof Chamonikolas

A CEZ nuclear power plant in Dukovany, Czech Republic. (Bloomberg) -- The Czech Republic’s most popular political party pledged to seek full state ownership in power producer CEZ AS to boost energy security if it returns to government after elections due in October. The ANO group, headed by billionaire former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, is weighing three different paths to raise the government’s ownership to 100% from 70%, the party’s deputy leader Karel Havlicek said in an interview.

1 week ago | news.bloombergtax.com | Krystof Chamonikolas |Andrea Dudik

State-linked Chinese hackers were behind a cyberattack against the Czech Foreign Ministry’s unclassified networks, according to the government in Prague. Czech security authorities are investigating activity that began in 2022 by APT31, a Chinese hacking group that is associated with the Ministry of State Security, the Czech Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Wednesday.