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 …
The tender for a new tracked IFVs for the Army of the Czech Republic in the estimated value of CZK 52 billion is likely to receive another blow, both from an unexpected side and at an unexpected moment. The tender was officially launched in the spring of 2019, and two years later, long after the original expected completion date, …
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.
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.