A symbolic changing of the guard also took place at the Ministry of Defence, where Prime Minister Petr Fiala inducted the new head of the ministry, Jana Černochová (ODS). After her earlier meeting with President Miloš Zeman, Černochová said that she would give up her post as mayor of Prague 2 and will devote herself fully to the …
On Tuesday at its closed meeting the Defense Committee called on the Government to equalize the number of diplomats at the Russian Embassy in Prague and the Czech Embassy in Moscow. In the adopted resolution the members of the Committee condemned the terrorist attack perpetrated by GRU.
The fine of 550 million crowns imposed on the Ministry of Defense for the tender for the purchase of Army helicopters is valid, the chairman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS) Petr Mlsna announced. The President of the Office rejected the appeal filed by the Ministry against the first-instance decision of February …
From Wednesday 31 March to Friday 2 April 2021, Minister of Defense Lubomír Metnar visited Mali, where Czech soldiers are serving in the EUTM Mali training mission and, since the beginning of the year, also in the Takuba task force under French Operation Barkhane.