Czech Prime Minister-designate Andrej Babiš (ANO) has reportedly filed a
lawsuit against Slovakia at the European Court of Human Rights in
Strasbourg, in the latest chapter of a long-running dispute over whether he
Czechs regard the 1989 Velvet Revolution as the highlight of their
nation’s greatest moment since the foundation of Czechoslovakia a century
ago, while for the Slovaks their proudest hour was the Slovak National
Jana Reichová left Czechoslovakia just weeks after the country’s
invasion by Soviet-led troops in 1968 and started a new life in Sydney
together with her husband and son. Soon after her arrival in Australia she
The Czech Foreign Ministry has handed out its annual Gratias Agit Awards to
Czech expatriates and foreigners for promoting the good name of the Czech
Republic abroad. This year’s recipients include the Parisian branch of
Foreign Minister Martin Stropnický on Friday handed out Gratias Agit
awards to Czech expatriates and foreigners for promoting the good name of
the Czech Republic abroad.
The Slovak Supreme Court has rejected a petition from Czech Prime Minister
Andrej Babiš with regard to his ongoing dispute with the Slovak National
Memory Institute over his communist past.
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, who was re-appointed to the post on
Wednesday, said that he would sue Slovakia in the European Court of Human
Rights over allegations that he had been an informer for the Communist-era
secret police.
