Tomio Okamura
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- 4d ago
Thousands protest in Prague against plan to fund Czech public broadcasters from the state budget
Protesters in Prague's Old Town Square opposed a bill that would abolish the broadcasting fee and move Czech Television and Czech Radio onto state funding, with budgets about 15% lower.
- Jul 24
New details on Czech detained in China emerge during Okamura's Beijing visit, as parallel spy case stalls in Prague
Foreign Minister Petr Macinka confirmed that new information about a Czech citizen detained in China surfaced during Speaker Tomio Okamura's meeting in Beijing, while a parallel espionage case involving a Chinese national remains unresolved in Prague.
- Jul 1
Czech SPD pushes to revoke Zelenskyy's Order of the White Lion, citing Poland's example
A Czech governing party MP has called for President Petr Pavel to revoke Volodymyr Zelenskyy's highest state award, following Poland's earlier move over a Ukrainian military unit named after the controversial UPA.
- Jun 24
Constitutional Court orders Czech government to include President Pavel in NATO summit delegation
The Czech Constitutional Court issued a preliminary injunction on Wednesday ordering the government to include President Petr Pavel in the official delegation to the NATO summit in Ankara on 7–8 July and to arrange his accreditation before the Friday 26 June deadline.
- Jun 15
Czechs overwhelmingly see government-president dispute as a problem, poll shows
Eight in ten Czechs consider the ongoing tussle between the cabinet and President Petr Pavel over his role in international summits a problem, according to a Kantar survey for Czech Television.
