Příspěvky (blog) – The Chamber of Deputies

Taiwanese media are reporting on the ongoing visit to Taiwan by the Czech Chamber of Deputies chairwoman Marketa Pekarova Adamova

It also quotes Pekarova as saying that the visiting Czech delegation was the largest in the history of Taiwan-Czechia relations and the largest of any Czech delegation traveling overseas over the past five years.

Retired general Petr Pavel elected new Czech president

The new president-elect Petr Pavel will take oath to Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil (Civic Democrats, ODS) at Prague Castle, the president seat, on March 9, lower house chairwoman Market Pekarova Adamova (TOP 09) announced today.

Opposition fails to topple Fiala’s government again

The opposition failed to topple the coalition government of PM Petr Fiala (Civic Democrats, ODS) again, as the MPs of all five coalition parties voted against expressing the no confidence in the cabinet today.

EU – Czech Presidency 2022 (1.7. – 31.12.2022) – General overview

Overall summary of the Czech Presidency 2022 at the governmental and parliamentary level.

Lower house nods to Ukrainian troops‘ Czech stay for training

The Chamber of Deputies today nodded to Ukrainian soldiers' stay in Czechia for the purpose of training and to sending up to 55 Czech soldiers to train Ukrainians elsewhere in the EU, and also approved the mandate for further foreign missions to Kosovo and Iraq.

Czech parliament head praises UAE stance on war in Ukraine

Prague, Nov 24. Marketa Pekarova Adamova (TOP 09), head of the lower house of Czech parliament, appreciated the stance of the United Arab Emirates on the war in Ukraine, she told a press conference after meeting UAE Federal National Council President Saqr Ghobash in Prague.

LXVIII Plenary Meeting of COSAC (Nov 13 – Nov 15, 2022)

European Committees of EU parliaments call on national parliaments to recognise current Russia as a terrorist regime.

Czech EU presidency 2022 – COSAC conference

On Nov 11 - Nov 15, 2022 the biggest event of the parliamentary dimension of the presidency of the Czech Republic in the EU will take place in the O2 Universum congress center.

Chamber passes sanction bill against foreigners

Prague, Oct 14 The Chamber of Deputies today passed a sanction bill against foreigners and foreign companies that committed an unlawful act, under which the Czech state can impose a ban on entry and stay on them or freeze their property.

Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination and Governance in the EU – SECG

Prague, Oct. 13 - On Tuesday, October 12, the two-day SECG interparliamentary conference ended in Prague.

Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies in Brussels: Putin’s crimes must be punished

Brussels, Oct 12 - The Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, organised a meeting of Women Speakers of EU Parliaments in Brussels.

Lower house passes enactment of third-state heritage protection

Prague, Sept 30 - The lower house of the Czech Parliament almost unanimously passed a bill today on the procedure of confiscating illegally transferred cultural objects to EU countries and returning them back to the country of their origin, with no MP requesting adaptations to the bill.

Czech lower house observes minute of silence for Queen Elizabeth

Prague, Sept 9. The Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of Czech parliament, observed a minute of silence today to pay tribute to the late Queen Elizabeth II, who died on Thursday at the age of 96 years, being the longest ruling monarch in the British history.

Inter-Parliamentary Conference for the Common Foreign and Security Policy and the Common Security and Defence Policy

Prague, Sept. 5. - Prague hosted inter-parliamentary conference on foreign, security and defence policy

Special lower house session to deal with energy crisis convoked

Chamber of Deputies chairwoman Marketa Pekarova Adamova (TOP 09) today convoked a Chamber of Deputies urgent session to deal with tackling the energy crisis and skyrocketing prices, as requested by the opposition ANO, for August 26, her spokesman has told journalists.

MPs nod to Czech departure from nuke research institute in Russia

The Chamber of Deputies approved the termination of Czech membership of the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research seated in Dubna near Moscow.

The Czech Republic has held the Presidency of the Council of the EU since 1 July 2022

Some parliamentary events will also take place under this presidency, for which a special website with a parliamentary dimension has been set up.

Zelenskiy thanks Czechs, warns Russia would not stop in Ukraine

The Russian invasion of Ukraine is only the first step the Russian leadership needs to open its way into other states, and a battle for the future of Europe is taking place in Ukraine, its President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told the two houses of Czech parliament in a video transmission today.