Petr Pavel sworn in Czech Republic’s new president pledges aid to Ukraine 3/9/2023 5:01 p.m His predecessor wanted to tie the Czech Republic to China and Russia. In his inaugural speech, the new Prague President Petr Pavel sets completely different milestones: the former NATO general pledges his full support to the attacked Ukraine. The Czech…
Former Czech Chief of Staff Petr Pavel after announcing his victory in the presidential election, in Prague, January 28, 2023. MICHAL CIZEK / AFP Shortly after the polls closed in the Czech Republic on Saturday, January 28, the results confirmed the victory that the polls had predicted: retired soldier Petr Pavel won by more than…
Former chief of staff Petr Pavel becomes the new president of the Czech Republic. After counting all constituencies in the run-off election, the former NATO general prevailed with 58.3 percent of the votes against former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, according to the CSU statistics authority. The billionaire Babis therefore accounted for 41.7 percent. The liberal-conservative…
Petr Pavel at his campaign headquarters in Prague on Saturday January 28, after the closing of the polls for the Czech presidential election. DAVID W CERNY / REUTERS General Petr Pavel, former head of NATO’s military committee and supporter of military aid to Ukraine, was elected Saturday, January 28, to the presidency of the Czech…
Former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, candidate for the presidency of the Czech Republic, slips his ballot into the ballot box during the first round of the election, January 13, 2023, at a polling station in Pruhonice. PETR DAVID JOSEK / AP In the Czech Republic, the names of the two men vying for the succession…
Former dissident, deputy, then commissioner for human rights, Petr Uhl will devote his life to the defense of human and minority rights. Here, November 11, 2009. RENE VOLFAK / AP Young Czechoslovak teacher passing through Paris, Petr Uhl had acquired a taste for revolution in the effervescence of May 68. This taste must have cost…
“I am convinced that we will soon have a strong and stable government,” assured Petr Fiala, during an unusual ceremony, during which the president, Milos Zeman, in a wheelchair and suffering from Covid-19, was protected from plastic barrier. ROMAN VONDROUS / AP Former political science professor Petr Fiala, 57, was appointed Prime Minister of the…
Petr Kellner, in Prague, August 23, 2020. ROMAN VONDROUS / AP The shock was the magnitude of his fortune and his media power. On Monday, March 29, almost all the media in Central Europe covered the news of the sudden death of Petr Kellner, the first Czech fortune, boss of the conglomerate PPF, which is…
