Last week, Prime Minister Babiš announced that he would return five billion to the Army, and another five probably in February. The chairwoman of the Defense Committee, Jana Černochová, commented on this, saying that such a procedure does not solve the problem, and mentioned the potential consequences for the replacement of tracked …
At the last week’s extraordinary meeting the Government approved the transfer of 5 billion crowns from the budget reserve to the budget of the Ministry of Defense. Another 5 billion crowns, which the Ministry of Defense is still to receive, is to be transferred to its budget „maybe“ in February, said Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
Within two months, Prime Minister Babiš fundamentally reconsidered his approach to the Army contract for the acquisition of 210 tracked IFVs. On 17th March he said that we probably don't need the IFVs immediately and a month later he told the Czech Television: At the moment there is probably no situation for us to purchase the …
The defence budget for this year is CZK 75.5 billion (USD 3.32 billion). It is a 13% increase compared to 2019, when the budget reached 66,7 billion (1.19 % of GDP). Almost a quarter of this year's budget will be invested, ie over 18 billion crowns.On the other hand, it is 780 million behind MoD’s expectations presented in 2018. …