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Straits Times
3 days ago
- Business
- Straits Times
Czech opposition party says it will call no-confidence vote in government
PRAGUE - The opposition ANO party plans to call a no-confidence vote in the Czech government after the justice minister resigned over accepting a $45-million bitcoin gift for the ministry from an ex-convict, deputy ANO chief Karel Havlicek said on Tuesday. The minister, Pavel Blazek, a lawyer and veteran senior official in Prime Minister Petr Fiala's centre-right Civic Democrats party, denied doing anything illegal in his decision to accept the gift - which was part of bitcoin holdings returned to the former convict after he served a jail sentence. The scandal is a further setback for the government which has been trailing the opposition, led by the populist ANO party, in opinion polls before an election set for October 3-4. "Unless something absolutely exceptional happens, we will trigger a no-confidence vote," Havlicek, whose party has enough members of parliament to force a no-confidence motion, said on Czech Television. "There is no other option." The donation was 30% of bitcoin holdings of the ex-convict that had been confiscated with hardware and frozen for about decade, while bitcoin value soared. A court ordered the release of the hardware after the person served his sentence, Czech media reported. It was not clear why the person agreed to the gift and he declined to comment to Czech media. Fiala said on Tuesday he understood public suspicions that the state may have been abused for legalising criminal income, and that the issue had to be fully investigated. The person providing the gift was convicted for running an illegal marketplace on the internet and was in jail in 2017-2021 for fraud, drug trade and illegal armament, Czech media reported. REUTERS Join ST's Telegram channel and get the latest breaking news delivered to you.
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Business
- Yahoo
Czech opposition to call no-confidence vote against government in bitcoin gift scandal
PRAGUE (Reuters) - Czech opposition ANO party plans to call a no-confidence vote in the government after the justice minister resigned over accepting a $45 million bitcoin gift for the ministry from an ex-convict, deputy ANO chief Karel Havlicek said on Tuesday. "Unless something absolutely exceptional happens, we will trigger a no-confidence vote," Havlicek said on Czech Television. "There is no other option."
Reuters
3 days ago
- Business
- Reuters
Czech opposition to call no-confidence vote against government in bitcoin gift scandal
PRAGUE, June 3 (Reuters) - Czech opposition ANO party plans to call a no-confidence vote in the government after the justice minister resigned over accepting a $45 million bitcoin gift for the ministry from an ex-convict, deputy ANO chief Karel Havlicek said on Tuesday. "Unless something absolutely exceptional happens, we will trigger a no-confidence vote," Havlicek said on Czech Television. "There is no other option."
Yahoo
28-04-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Czech initiative delivers another 400,000 shells to Ukraine, Prague says
The Czech ammunition initiative had delivered another 400,000 high-caliber rounds to Ukraine as of the end of April, Czech Defense Minister Jana Cernochova said on April 27. Speaking on a Czech Television program, Cernochova reiterated that the initiative already supplied 1.5 million rounds of various calibers in 2024 and has enough funds to continue until this fall. The initiative, backed by contributions from Canada, Norway, the Netherlands, Denmark, and other countries, has significantly boosted Ukraine's artillery capabilities, Prague said. Cernochova revelead that other countries, such as Belgium, have also shown interest in participating. The initiative was launched last year amid Ukrainian shell shortages, primarily caused by delays in U.S. military aid in early 2024. Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky noted that the initiative had reduced the effectiveness of Russian artillery "by 500%" and improved the shell ratio from 1-to-10 in Russia's favor to 1-to-2. "I don't want to tie myself down by any numbers," Cernochova said when asked by a news host whether the initiative aims to provide more rounds than last year. "We will supply as much ammunition as we can find around the world. And we still have enough resources; they are now around an additional 1.5 million (rounds)." Cernochova added that it will be up to donors whether the initiative will be able to secure and deliver the ammunition to Ukraine in the shortest possible time. Czechia's leading opposition party, ANO, aims to suspend the initiative if it wins the parliamentary elections in October 2025, ANO's deputy leader, Karel Havlicek, said in January. Prague has been a strong supporter of Ukraine, supplying military aid, leading EU efforts to secure weapons, and hosting hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian refugees. Read also: Trump urges Putin to 'stop shooting, sit down and sign a deal' to end Ukraine war We've been working hard to bring you independent, locally-sourced news from Ukraine. Consider supporting the Kyiv Independent.
LBCI
20-02-2025
- LBCI
Knife attack at Czech shopping center kills two
An attacker killed two people with a knife in a shopping centre in the Czech city of Hradec Kralove on Thursday, police said, adding that they had detained the suspected attacker soon after the incident. Czech Television reported the suspect was a 16-year-old Czech citizen. "Although we were on the scene within a few minutes of the report, both victims suffered injuries so serious that they could not be saved despite all efforts of responders," the police said in a post on X. Police said they were investigating the motive for the attack in the city, which is 110 km (68 miles) east of Prague. Reuters
