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Czech President Appoints Babis As PM

December 9, 2025 4:04 am

Czech President Petr Pavel on Tuesday formally appointed billionaire Andrej Babis as prime minister, returning the populist leader to office after his ANO party won parliamentary elections earlier this month.

The appointment, broadcast live on national television, clears the way for a new government once Babis presents his full cabinet, which is expected later this month. He replaces a centre right administration that governed after narrowly defeating ANO in the previous election cycle.

The move marks a significant political shift in Prague, with implications for Czech foreign policy, relations with the European Union, and support for Ukraine.

Babis leads ANO …

Czech Protest Marking Velvet Revolution Demands PM Quit

November 17, 2019 3:02 pm

Around a quarter-million Czechs flooded central Prague on Saturday to mark 30 years since the Velvet Revolution toppled communism in then-Czechoslovakia, with protesters demanding that billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis quit over allegations of graft.

Some demonstrators waved flags or brandished banners calling for Babis to step down and chanted “Shame!” and “Resign!”.

The CTK Czech news agency quoted Interior Minister Jan Hamacek as saying some 250,000 people had rallied at Letna park — the site of some of the biggest 1989 rallies — matching a similar protest in June.

It came on the eve of the 30th anniversary of …