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Blesk: Epicentre: Zeman's outrageous insults of transgender people. And why hasn't the Czech Republic stood up for homosexuals?

June 29, 2021

The new Hungarian legislation has provoked a stormy reaction from the EU leadership. It bans education about sexual minorities in schools. However, the Czech Republic is one of the countries that has so far refused to join in the criticism of Hungary. In an interview with CNN Prima News on Sunday, President Miloš Zeman criticised women's political rights activists, the Me Too movement against sexual harassment and sexual minority events such as Prague Pride. His words that he finds transgender people "truly disgusting" have already gone around the world. Is the Czech Republic a progressive and liberal country, as Prime Minister Andrej Babiš claims? What are the implications of the condemnatory words of the head of state? These were the topics of Tuesday's Epicentre with Vladimír Bartovic, director of the EUROPEUM Institute for European Policy.

DENÍK: The Russians controlled the Central Europe from Prague. Now they're going to have a mini embassy

April 22, 2021

Our research fellow Vít Havelka commented on the current situation about the Russian embassy in Prague. In connection with the ongoing Vrbětice affair, which has resulted in a reduction in the number of diplomats. He refers to the implications this may have for Russian tourists in the future.

Info.cz: The new EU emission target will get particular outlines. For the Czechia, this is an opportunity to modernize energy and industry

April 30, 2021

Kateřina Davidová wrote a commentary reflecting the new emission targets in the context of the Czech Republic.

EURACTIV: Is nuclear energy harmful for climate? Brussels has not decided yet, Czechia remains awaiting

April 23, 2021

Our research fellow Kateřina Davidová commented on the issue of nuclear energy for server EURACTIV.

EURACTIV: Czech Republic is failing to fulfill the goals of its climate strategy

March 10, 2021

Our research fellow Kateřina Davidová was a guest of the EURACTIV podcast. The podcast is focusing on the question of climate strategy and its fulfillment by the Czech Republic in comparison with other member states from the V4 and the EU.

Deník N: Babiš praises one of the best gifts. The Czechia will receive more from the EU, subsidies for Agrofert do not have to be capped

July 22, 2020

Our Vít Havelka commented for the article in Deník N on the topic of the amount that the Czech Republic can expect from the European budget for the next seven years.

Deník N: The Czech Republic will get hundreds of billions, won't be even possible to exhaust everything, Jourová praise the EU budget. Babiš doesn't like it

June 04, 2020

Our Vít Havelka for Deník N on the negative stance of the Prime Minister Andrej Babiš towards the new EU budget of 750 billion euro.