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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 627

Andrej Babis

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a video conference with Austrian Chancellor Alexander Schallenberg and Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babic about the COVID-19 pandemic, November 30, 2021. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)
November 30, 2021, 6:07 pm
Bennett defends ‘drastic steps’ against Omicron in call with Austrian, Czech leaders
PM argues phone tracking, closure of borders necessitated by continued uncertainty over new coronavirus strain, touts boosters as effective tool to combat pandemic
By ToI Staff
The Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman is admitted to the military hospital in Prague, Czech Republic, October 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
October 10, 2021, 5:35 pm
Czech president rushed to hospital, leaving election outcome in limbo
Milos Zeman plays a critical role in nominating a future prime minister; he remains in intensive care a day after his ally Andrej Babis loses vote
By Jan Flemr
Clockwise from top left: Ecuador's President Guillermo Lasso, Jordan's King Abdullah II, Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis, Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan, Russian President Vladimir Putin, Former British prime minister Tony Blair. (AP Photo, pool via AP)
October 4, 2021, 12:15 am
Bombshell international investigation opens ‘Pandora’ box of financial secrets
Nearly 3 terabytes of data in 12 million files leaked to group of 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries, in report dubbed ‘Pandora Papers’
By Michael Liedtke and JONATHAN MATTISE
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during his meeting with the prime minister of Hungary, Viktor Orbán and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, in Jerusalem, on March 11, 2021. (Abir Sultan/Pool Photo via AP)
March 14, 2021, 2:13 pm
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Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, right, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, center left, and Israeli Public Security Minister Amir Ohana unveil a sign during a ceremony at the new Embassy of the Czech Republic Jerusalem office in Jerusalem on March 11, 2021. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, Pool)
March 13, 2021, 7:58 pm
PA, Arab League condemn opening of Czech diplomatic office in Jerusalem
Ramallah says move is ‘violation of international law’; Arab League’s Ahmed Aboul Gheit claims mission will affect Jerusalem’s legal status
By ToI Staff and Lazar Berman
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, with Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis, left, and Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, in Jerusalem, March 11, 2021. (Haim Zach/GPO)
March 12, 2021, 4:53 am
Netanyahu meets Hungarian, Czech leaders to discuss vaccine cooperation
Prime minister, Viktor Orban, Andrej Babis also discuss ‘green passport’ to allow travel between countries for vaccinated individuals
By ToI Staff
Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi (second from left) and Czech Prime Minister Andres Babiš cut the ribbon at a ceremony opening the Jerusalem office of the Czech Embassy in Israel on March 11, 2021 (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)
March 11, 2021, 5:01 pm
Czech prime minister opens embassy office in Jerusalem
Andrej Babis lauds ‘full-fledged diplomatic mission’ in capital; FM Ashkenazi thanks Prague for leading change in European approach to Israel
By Lazar Berman
Prime Minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babis, left, welcomes his Hungarian counterpart Viktor Orban for the V4 summit at the Lednice Chateau in Lednice, Czech Republic, June 11, 2020. (AP Photo/ Petr David Josek)
March 9, 2021, 8:53 pm
Netanyahu to host Hungarian, Czech counterparts to discuss COVID cooperation
Viktor Orban and Andrej Babis will meet Israeli premier a week before national election, which he has staked on his ability to bring vaccines to Jewish state
By AFP and ToI Staff
Czech Republic's then-acting Prime Minister Andrej Babis at a news conference at the government's headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, April 12, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
September 21, 2020, 11:46 pm
‘I got carried away’: Czech PM regrets lifting virus measures
Showing similar trends to Israel’s handing of the pandemic, Czech Republic is also facing a raging second wave after initial government success in keeping cases low
By AFP and ToI Staff
Czech Republic's Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek speaks with the media as he arrives for a meeting of EU foreign ministers at the Europa building in Brussels, January, 20, 2020 (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)
May 24, 2020, 1:07 am
Czech FM, a staunch Israel ally, pans annexation, sparking internal row
Country’s president, PM denounce op-ed in which Tomáš Petříček and former top diplomat argue that annexing West Bank would raise questions about Israel’s future as a democracy
By Raphael Ahren
Yesh Atid chairman Yair Lapid leads his weekly faction meeting in the Knesset, June 4, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
January 28, 2019, 8:12 pm
Yesh Atid: As PM, Lapid would demand Orban apology for ‘anti-Semitic campaign’
Party says leader would also insist Poland rescind ‘disgraceful Holocaust law’ absolving it of blame for WWII atrocities
By Raoul Wootliff
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the leaders of the Visegrad Group -- Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Poland -- in Budapest, July 19, 2017 (Haim Tzach/GPO)
January 28, 2019, 12:11 pm
Israel to host 4 Central European leaders, including Hungary’s Orban
Visegrad Group’s February summit in Jerusalem marks first meeting of consortium outside of Europe
By Raphael Ahren
Czech President Milos Zeman speaking at a reception in honor of Israel's 70th birthday at Prague Castle, April 25, 2018 (Facebook)
November 25, 2018, 9:37 am
Czech president to visit Jerusalem Sunday in ‘first stage’ of embassy move
Milos Zeman will also give a speech at the Knesset during trip to inaugurate office space in the capital that will not have diplomatic status
By Raphael Ahren
In this file photo from April 12, 2018, Czech Republic's acting Prime Minister Andrej Babis speaks during a news conference at the government's headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
April 21, 2018, 6:24 pm
Czech PM says country will open honorary consulate, not embassy in Jerusalem
Israel had hoped the Czech Republic would follow the US and move its mission from Tel Aviv; acting PM Babis does not want to break with EU policy
By ToI Staff
Czech Republic President Milos Zeman, left, and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Israel on Monday October 7. (Kobi Gideon/GPO/Flash90)
March 18, 2018, 12:25 am
Under Israeli pressure, Czechs said to consider Jerusalem embassy move
Israel’s envoy to Prague says PM Babis is ‘risk averse,’ but also heavily influenced by pro-Israel public opinion in his country
By ToI Staff
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