CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-EU-MEETING

CZECH REPUBLIC-PRAGUE-EU-MEETING

(220910) -- PRAGUE, Sept. 10, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Czech Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura (R) attends a press conference after the first day of an informal meeting of the EU member states' finance and economy ministers and central bank governors in Prague, the Czech Republic, on Sept. 9, 2022. Finance and economy ministers of the European Union (EU) member states discussed here on Friday ways to protect citizens from high energy prices and financial support for Ukraine. (Photo by Dana Kesnerova/Xinhua)

Tomas Repka

Tomas Repka

***MAY 22, 2000, FILE PHOTO*** Retired Czech footballer Tomas Repka, 45, who played in the national team in 1994-2001, will definitely go to prison for two years for embezzlement and harming his ex-wifeｨs rights, the appeals court ruled today, on Tuesday, April 30, 2019, tightening the original 15-month sentence. The verdict has taken effect. The sentence included the previous punishment for Repka's Internet attacks on his second former wife in the form of false erotic ads on her services, qualified as harming the rights of another. Besides, Repka faces criminal prosecution in other cases. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta from the Eurazio Center company in Modletice, near Prague, Czech Republic, shows prototype of FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D designed at CVUT Prague, on April 3, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vojtech Vlk)

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta from the Eurazio Center company in Modletice, near Prague, Czech Republic, shows prototype of FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D designed at CVUT Prague, on April 3, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vojtech Vlk)

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta from the Eurazio Center company in Modletice, near Prague, Czech Republic, shows prototype of FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D designed at CVUT Prague, on April 3, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vojtech Vlk)

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta from the Eurazio Center company in Modletice, near Prague, Czech Republic, shows prototype of FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D designed at CVUT Prague, on April 3, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vojtech Vlk)

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta, Eurazio Center, FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D, production

Zbynek Korneta from the Eurazio Center company in Modletice, near Prague, Czech Republic, shows prototype of FFP3 respirator CIIRC RP95-3D designed at CVUT Prague, on April 3, 2020. (CTK Photo/Vojtech Vlk)

Lubomir Kavalek

Lubomir Kavalek

***FILE PHOTO*** Czech-American chess player Lubomir Kavalek attends a chess tournament in Prague, Czech Republic, on August 12, 2006. (CTK Photo/Zbynek Stanislav)

Dam Ramzer, Martin Puta, Zbynek Miklik

Dam Ramzer, Martin Puta, Zbynek Miklik

L-R Dan Ramzer (ODS), Martin Puta (Mayors for the Liberec Region; SLK) and Zbynek Miklik (Pirates) speak during a press conference after post-election negotiation about coalition on October 6, 2020, in Liberec, Czech Republic. Puta become the regional governor of the Liberec Region again. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

Dam Ramzer, Martin Puta, Zbynek Miklik

Dam Ramzer, Martin Puta, Zbynek Miklik

L-R Dan Ramzer (ODS), Martin Puta (Mayors for the Liberec Region; SLK) and Zbynek Miklik (Pirates) speak during a press conference after post-election negotiation about coalition on October 6, 2020, in Liberec, Czech Republic. Puta become the regional governor of the Liberec Region again. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

Dam Ramzer, Martin Puta, Zbynek Miklik

Dam Ramzer, Martin Puta, Zbynek Miklik

L-R Dan Ramzer (ODS), Martin Puta (Mayors for the Liberec Region; SLK) and Zbynek Miklik (Pirates) speak during a press conference after post-election negotiation about coalition on October 6, 2020, in Liberec, Czech Republic. Puta become the regional governor of the Liberec Region again. (CTK Photo/Radek Petrasek)

Milos Vystrcil, Petr Fiala, Martin Kupka, Zbynek Stanjura

Milos Vystrcil, Petr Fiala, Martin Kupka, Zbynek Stanjura

(L-R) Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, ODS chairman Petr Fiala, ODS deputy chairman Martin Kupka and chairman of the ODS parliamentary club Zbynek Stanjura attend the press conference after the the regional and Senate elections at the ODS election staff in Prague, Czech Republic, October 3, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

Ronald Harwood

Ronald Harwood

***FILE PHOTO*** Ronald Harwood, British author, playwright and screenwriter, speaks during a discussion on the occasion of premiere of the Taking Sides play, at the Celetna Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 6, 1998. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Ronald Harwood

Ronald Harwood

***FILE PHOTO*** Ronald Harwood, British author, playwright and screenwriter, speaks during a discussion on the occasion of premiere of the Taking Sides play, at the Celetna Theatre in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 6, 1998. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Rastislav Madar

Rastislav Madar

***FILE PHOTO*** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar has left Health Minister Adam Vojtech's (for ANO) working team for quarantine restrictions relaxation at his own request, amid a stormy debate on the face-mask wearing duty in Czechia, telling CTK that there is no need for him to deal with low blows, on August 24, 2020. *** Epidemiologist Rastislav Madar attends a press conference on tick-borne encephalitis in Prague, Czech Republic, on March 21, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Italian conductor and composer Ennio Morricone conducts Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno during Prague Proms concert on Thursday, July 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno

Italian conductor and composer Ennio Morricone conducts Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno during Prague Proms concert on Thursday, July 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Italian conductor and composer Ennio Morricone conducts Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno during Prague Proms concert on Thursday, July 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Italian conductor and composer Ennio Morricone conducts Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno during Prague Proms concert on Thursday, July 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Ennio Morricone

Ennio Morricone

Italian conductor and composer Ennio Morricone conducts Czech National Symphony Orchestra and Czech Philharmonic Choir Brno during Prague Proms concert on Thursday, July 14, 2011. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak

Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak

***FILE PHOTO*** Egyptian president Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, left, meets with Czech president Vaclav Klaus, right, on April 7, 2008, in Cairo, Egypt. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Suzanne Mubarak, Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, Livia Klausova

Suzanne Mubarak, Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, Livia Klausova

***FILE PHOTO*** Egyptian president Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, 2nd from right, and his wife Suzanne, left, meet with Czech president Vaclav Klaus, 2nd from left, and his wife Livia Klausova, right, on April 7, 2008, in Cairo, Egypt. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak

Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak

***FILE PHOTO*** Egyptian president Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, right, meets with Czech president Vaclav Klaus, left, on April 7, 2008, in Cairo, Egypt. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak

Vaclav Klaus, Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak

***FILE PHOTO*** Egyptian president Muhammad Hosni El Sayed Mubarak, right, meets with Czech president Vaclav Klaus, left, on April 7, 2008, in Cairo, Egypt. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad, left, and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Miroslav Toman

Miroslav Toman

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman (photo) said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Zbynek Semerad

Zbynek Semerad

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad, photo, and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Miroslav Toman

Miroslav Toman

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman (photo) said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Zbynek Semerad

Zbynek Semerad

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad, photo, and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Miroslav Toman

Miroslav Toman

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman (photo) said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad, left, and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad, left, and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Miroslav Toman

Miroslav Toman

Vets confirmed bird flu of its highly pathogenic type H5N8 at a farm of company Moras Moravany near Pardubice, which is this year's second epicentre of the disease, State Veterinary Administration (SVS) head Zbynek Semerad and Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman (photo) said today, on Monday, February 17, 2020. Vets will cull about 140,000 birds at the farm. It concerns mostly chickens for slaughter, the SVS and the ministry said. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Ivan Kral

Ivan Kral

***JUNE 15, 1998, FILE PHOTO*** Czech musician Ivan Kral died on Sunday aged 71 in his home in Michigan, Greg Jarvis from the band Flowers of Hell said on social media today, February 3, 2020, and published a press release provided by Kral's wife, Cindy Hudson. According to Hudson, Kral died of cancer. The respected bass guitarist was able to work with such stars as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or the band Blondie. Kral emigrated to the USA in the 1960s and started returning to the Czech Republic in the 1990s, when he became a sought-after producer and live concert musician. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Ivan Kral

Ivan Kral

***JUNE 15, 1998, FILE PHOTO*** Czech musician Ivan Kral died on Sunday aged 71 in his home in Michigan, Greg Jarvis from the band Flowers of Hell said on social media today, February 3, 2020, and published a press release provided by Kral's wife, Cindy Hudson. According to Hudson, Kral died of cancer. The respected bass guitarist was able to work with such stars as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or the band Blondie. Kral emigrated to the USA in the 1960s and started returning to the Czech Republic in the 1990s, when he became a sought-after producer and live concert musician. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Ivan Kral

Ivan Kral

***JUNE 15, 1998, FILE PHOTO*** Czech musician Ivan Kral died on Sunday aged 71 in his home in Michigan, Greg Jarvis from the band Flowers of Hell said on social media today, February 3, 2020, and published a press release provided by Kral's wife, Cindy Hudson. According to Hudson, Kral died of cancer. The respected bass guitarist was able to work with such stars as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or the band Blondie. Kral emigrated to the USA in the 1960s and started returning to the Czech Republic in the 1990s, when he became a sought-after producer and live concert musician. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Ivan Kral

Ivan Kral

***JUNE 15, 1998, FILE PHOTO*** Czech musician Ivan Kral died on Sunday aged 71 in his home in Michigan, Greg Jarvis from the band Flowers of Hell said on social media today, February 3, 2020, and published a press release provided by Kral's wife, Cindy Hudson. According to Hudson, Kral died of cancer. The respected bass guitarist was able to work with such stars as Patti Smith, Iggy Pop, David Bowie or the band Blondie. Kral emigrated to the USA in the 1960s and started returning to the Czech Republic in the 1990s, when he became a sought-after producer and live concert musician. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaxigrip

Vaxigrip

***FILE PHOTO*** Vaccine Vaxigrip against flu is pictured on Oct. 16, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaxigrip

Vaxigrip

***FILE PHOTO*** Vaccine Vaxigrip against flu is pictured on Oct. 16, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaxigrip

Vaxigrip

***FILE PHOTO*** Vaccine Vaxigrip against flu is pictured on Oct. 16, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaxigrip

Vaxigrip

***FILE PHOTO*** Vaccine Vaxigrip against flu is pictured on Oct. 16, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Vaxigrip

Vaxigrip

***FILE PHOTO*** Vaccine Vaxigrip against flu is pictured on Oct. 16, 2009 in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Stanislav Zbynek)

Zbynek Dudek, Vratislav Brabenec

Zbynek Dudek, Vratislav Brabenec

Defendant Zbynek Dudek, center, comes to the trial in the Prague District Court, on January 23, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. The Court starts dealing with case of five former communist secret police (StB) officers suspected of abuse of power in relation to so-called Asanace (Sanitation) operation. On the right side is seen Vratislav Brabenec, musician and member of The Plastic People of the Universe music band, who was under the threat of kidnapping his two-year-old daughter within the operation and in 1982 Brabenec was forced to move to Canada. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Zbynek Dudek, Vratislav Brabenec

Zbynek Dudek, Vratislav Brabenec

Defendant Zbynek Dudek, left, comes to the trial in the Prague District Court, on January 23, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. The Court starts dealing with case of five former communist secret police (StB) officers suspected of abuse of power in relation to so-called Asanace (Sanitation) operation. On the right side is seen Vratislav Brabenec, musician and member of The Plastic People of the Universe music band, who was under the threat of kidnapping his two-year-old daughter within the operation and in 1982 Brabenec was forced to move to Canada. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Zbynek Semerad

Zbynek Semerad

Czech State Veterinary Administration (SVS) central director Zbynek Semerad speaks during a press conference on bird flu, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Bird flu reappeared in Czech Republic after a three-year pause in the form of its highly pathogenic type H5N8, not infectious for people. The hotbed of the infection was recorded in a small poultry farm in the village Stepanov nad Svratkou, pictured, in the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Zbynek Semerad

Zbynek Semerad

Czech State Veterinary Administration (SVS) central director Zbynek Semerad, center, speaks during a press conference on bird flu, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Bird flu reappeared in Czech Republic after a three-year pause in the form of its highly pathogenic type H5N8, not infectious for people. The hotbed of the infection was recorded in a small poultry farm in the village Stepanov nad Svratkou, pictured, in the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Zbynek Semerad, Miroslav Toman

Czech State Veterinary Administration (SVS) central director Zbynek Semerad, left, and Czech Agriculture Minister Miroslav Toman speak during a press conference on bird flu, on January 18, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. Bird flu reappeared in Czech Republic after a three-year pause in the form of its highly pathogenic type H5N8, not infectious for people. The hotbed of the infection was recorded in a small poultry farm in the village Stepanov nad Svratkou, pictured, in the Vysocina Region, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michaela Rihova)