Václav Bartuška, the Czech Foreign Ministry's Special Envoy for Energy Security, explained this statement. "For the Czech Republic and Europe in general, this does not matter fundamentally," he said.

The Czech Senate has passed a law that effectively bars Russian nationals from obtaining Czech citizenship, according to Radio Svoboda. The legislation, titled Lex Ukraine, primarily focuses on extending temporary protections for Ukrainian refugees,

Disinformation platforms are gearing up to target the Czech Republic's parliamentary elections this autumn. This stark warning came from Michal Koudelka, head of the Czech Security Information Service (BIS).

On January 28, the Czech Republic officially presented the Brussels has a plan for the gradual integration of Ukraine and Moldova into the internal market of the European Union. This was announced by the Czech Minister for European Affairs Martin Dvorak.

As reported, Ukraine stopped the transit of Russian gas to the EU on January 1, 2025. Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico stated that his government would discuss measures in response to Ukraine's halt of Russian gas transit through its territory to Slovakia.

The Czech Republic’s beer exports increased year-on-year in 2024, the first spike in beer exports to Russia since a slump caused by Moscow’s 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine and the subsequent severing of business links to Russia.

The Czech Republic could also get an exemption until June 2024 under a proposed revision of the oil ban, Bloomberg’s sources said. The European Commission on Wednesday officially proposed a full ...

Russian crude oil exports, including overseas shipments and pipeline deliveries, fell by 2.2% in 2024 from a year earlier, Russian business daily Kommersant reported on Monday, citing a source with knowledge of Russia’s oil export data.

Top seed Anna Kalinskaya of Russia had to battle in the second set before eliminating Switzerland's Simona Waltert 6-2, 7-6 (3) on Wednesday in the Round of 16 at the Singapore Tennis Open.

The Czech Republic's central bank plans to shift billions of reserves to bitcoin. Plus Australia and the Netherlands crack down on BNPL, and other news from the world of payments.

Czech National Bank Governor Ales Michl wants to create bitcoin reserves worth billions of euros. He will present his idea to the Board at Thursday's monetary policy meeting. The Czech Republic could become the first Western central bank to hold cryptocurrencies.

"The most widespread disinformation tends to revolve around temporary issues," Ivan Ruta Cuker of CEDMO told EURACTIV.pl's Truth Talks podcast.