Monday did not just see the Czech government remove a wide-range of travel restrictions. A green light has also been given for workers from some non-EU states to apply for work in the Czech Republic. This is particularly relevant when it comes to Ukraine, the Czech Republic’s second largest source of foreign labour. However, restrictions for applicants from a number of other countries are still in place. …read more Source:: Radio...
Launched in Prague in 2009, the European Union’s Eastern Partnership (EaP) is a policy project that seeks to build bridges and help support the EU’ neighbours to the east – Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova, and Ukraine. In March the European Commission published its plans for the future of the project. I spoke to analyst Pavel Havlíček from the Prague-based foreign policy NGO Association for International Affairs who was part of a team that recently published a Visegrad Insight study looking into possible EaP development scenarios about those plans and how they may be affected by the coronavirus. …read more Source:: Radio...
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...
