Section: Czech Republic
Czech government reaffirms support for EU sanctions
The Czech cabinet on Monday reaffirmed its full support for EU sanctions against Russia. A Foreign Ministry report concluded that the sanctions were having a tangible effect on the Russian economy and should remain in place until Russia changed its stance on Ukraine. …read more Source: Radio...
Czech PM rejects Zeman´s idea of Finlandisation of Ukraine policy
Prague – Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka rejected the proposal for the Finlandisation of Ukrainian foreign policy, or its subordination to the interests of Russia, made by President Milos Zeman… …read more Source: České...
Full text: Putin addresses Federal Assembly
Russian president holds a hard line on the Ukraine situation in a major annual speech …read more Source: The Prague...
President Zeman proposes “Finlandization” of Ukraine
Czech President Miloš Zeman continues to stir controversy in the international arena. After criticising the EU’s sanctions against Moscow and questioning Russia’s involvement in the conflict in Ukraine, Mr Zeman has now suggested that Ukraine should drop its NATO aspirations. Instead, he argues, Ukraine should emulate Finland’s...
Zeman is Russia’s extended hand – Ukrainian journalists in Prague
Prague – Ukrainians do not understand Czech President Milos Zeman’s statements about Ukraine, considering him Russia’s extended hand, Ukrainian journalists Vitali Syzov and Maksym Shcherbyna,… …read more Source: České...
Ukraine should not enter NATO – Czech President Zeman
Astana – Ukraine should not enter NATO, the country should be neutral and its Finlandisation should be implemented, Czech President Milos Zeman told Czech journalists on the second day of his visit… …read more Source: České...
Kiev, unhappy with recent pro-Russian statements by president, summons Czech ambassador
Ukraine’s Foreign Ministry summoned Czech Ambassador to Kiev on Thursday to ask for an explanation regarding unspecified statements by Czech President Miloš Zeman. In a recent interview for Russian television, the head-of-state described the situation in Ukraine as a civil war and criticised EU sanctions against Russia. Ukraine called the...
Ambassador to Ukraine called on carpet
Ukrainian Foreign Ministry apparently put off by Zeman’s interview on Russian TV …read more Source: The Prague...
Zeman criticises anti-Russian sanctions on Russian TV
Moscow – Czech President Milos Zeman voiced again his critical position on the sanctions the West imposed against Russia over its policy in the Ukrainian crisis in an interview for the Russian television… …read more Source: České...
V4 presidents condemn Russian annexation of Crimea in Bratislava
Bratislava – The March Russian annexation of Crimea was an aggression, the presidents of the Visegrad Four (the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia) agreed at their meeting with Ukrainian… …read more Source: České...
