Ivan Bartoš, Deputy Prime Minister for Digitisation and Minister of Regional Development   As a Minister responsible, among others, for regional development, I will focus during the Czech Presidency on Cohesion Policy as a very important European investment tool helping Member States and their regions to develop. I would like to provide the EU with […]

The Czech Republic has always been at the heart of Europe.   Michal Fleischmann, Ambassador of the Czech Republic to France   The virtual transfer of the torch» of the French Presidency of the EU Council and the Czech Republic in Paris took place on the 30th. June on the Trocadéro esplanade with behind the Eiffel […]

2022, a Franco-Czech year for Europe French Ambassador in Czechia Alexis Dutertre Although relations between France and the Czech Republic are ancient, the partnership between our two countries has been amplified, immeasurably, by the succession of our presidencies of the Council of the European Union in 2022. We have never worked together as much as […]

Michal Pěchouček, Chairman of the Executive Board of prg.ai   Can you briefly introduce us to prg.ai?  prg.ai was founded in 2019 by academics from the Czech Technical University, Charles University, and the Czech Academy of Sciences, with a significant contribution provided by the City of Prague. This synergy of human and institutional resources is […]

Despite being the new engines of growth for economies, startups are particularly hard to build even more so when the founders are technical first-time founders with no business experiences. For this reason, a new category of investors was created in the mid-2000’s to specifically help those with technical skills and great ambitions. Going by the […]

Mr. Richard PAVLICA, President of the Czech Space Alliance (CSA)   1/        Can you briefly introduce us to The CSA and your missions?  The Czech Space Alliance (CSA) is an industry association of, and for, Czech space companies with proven skills and track record in aerospace business, and with broad international client base. The alliance […]

  The Ministry of Culture, pursuant to Section 8 of Act No. 2/1969 Coll., on the Establishment of Ministries and Other Central Government Authorities of the Czech Republic, as amended, is the central body of state administration for arts, cultural education, cultural heritage, affairs of churches and religious societies, press matters, including the publication of […]

Vladimír Balaš, Minister for Education, Youth and Sport Czech Priorities in the area of Education, Youth, Sport, and Research – Opportunity for “New Europe”   The Czech Republic takes over the Presidency at unprecedented times. The world has not yet fully recovered from the Covid-19 pandemics when the barbaric Russian aggression against Ukraine changed the geopolitics […]

Prof. MUDr. Vlastimil Válek, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Health We are living through a difficult time plagued by civil and health threats. The COVID-19 pandemic and Russian aggression have certainly changed the way we think about global health and our lives. What these threats have not changed, however, are our plans and attitudes […]

Marian Jurečka, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Labour and Social Affairs The crisis shows European cohesion. Difficult times can make us stronger The Czech Republic took over the presidency in the Council of the EU just a few weeks ago. As we know, the time we are in now is very changeable and it […]