CZ, Nomination to Nobel Prize for economics for Babiš and green light for Sobotka

and best wishes for the new Czech cabinet to figure out new ways for export, other than the renamed Duties.

After an eleven hour debate the new Czech coalition government of the Social Democrats, ANO and the Christian Democrats won confidence, the confidence motion received 110 votes in the 200-seat lower house - announced the Radio Prague.  It wasn’t too much fear about losing the confidence vote even with one seat less than expected.

Isn't it ironic?
In a speech in the lower house ahead of Tuesday’s vote of confidence, the Czech president, Miloš Zeman questioned how the government would raise the funds to meet its pledges. He said “... if Finance Minister Andrej Babiš managed to find the reserves in the next four months, before negotiations on the state budget, he should be nominated for a Nobel Prize for economics." - wrote the Radio Prague yesterday.

Foreign policy - charged with human rights issues, long term investments and the seeking for export markets - matrix seems to challenge not only Hungary but Checu Republic too. Within a programme promising to support economic growth, create new jobs, make public administration more efficient and foster social cohesion it won't be a too easy ride.

Beside the research for new markets for Czech industry products, the new cabinet shall faces a series of challenging diplomatic meetings in 2014 like those of president of Uzbekistan, Islam Karimov and the one of Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovich, planned for April.
The Radio Prague recently reported that according to the Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek 'the Soviet-style authoritarian rule implemented by President Yanukovych was close to what his own country had experienced in the past' and called the EU to take actions to end the crisis.

The Duty of the Egyptian police

is coming from Czech Republic. More exactly from Uherský Brod, the Česká Zbrojovka (CZUB) factory, where 80,000 pieces of the 9 mm CZ P-07 Duty are produced to be delivered to Egyptian police in 2014.

Janes reported that "Ceská zbrojovka (CZ) plans to launch its new 9 mm P-09 pistol onto the export market at the IWA arms fair in early March 2014." On 17 February 2014, Radio Prague announced: 'The Egyptian interior ministry has asked the Czech arms producer Česká zbrojovka Uherský Brod to supply the Egyptian police with another 80,000 pistols, following a delivery of 50,000 pistols last year. The request for a new delivery was made several days ago, according to the E15 daily. The orders are worth hundreds of millions of crowns. Česka zbrojovka is one of the biggest Czech arms manufacturers. The company produced 181,000 arms in 2012 and its sales reached 2.1 billion crowns.'

The CZ has won the international tender to supply 50,000 pistols to the Egyptian interior ministry in May last year. The planned delivery consisted of 50,000 9 mm CZ P-07 Duty, several hundred 9 mm Scorpion EVO III submachine guns and 'some' CZ 805 BREN A1 assault rifles, according to the firearmblog.
The exports had to be suspended then due to the clashes between the government forces and the pro-Morsi protesters. Now, increasing the quantity, first CZ received an order for extra 29,000 9 mm CZ P-07 Duty.
Then for another 50,000 pistols that another European firm was to supply.
This year the 1600 workers of the czech firearm company are to manufacture 223,000 pieces of weapons, according to E15.
Egypt has announced that it purchased 50,000 9mm CZ P-07 Duty, “several hundred” 9mm Scorpion EVO III submachine guns and an unspecified number of CZ 805 BREN A1  assault rifles from Ceska Zbrojovka.
The CZ P-09 pistol, called the Duty is one of the most reliable and most wanted service arm beating competitors like the western Glock or Sigsauer and its price reflects its undoubtedly good rename.

CZ, Prelude for the czech confidence vote 17, feb 2014

Today the new confidence vote is held in the Czech lower house 

Corruption investigation ends in scandal
On 13th June 2013, as a result of an investigation started in early 2012, some of the closest advisors and collaborators of the Czech Prime Minister, Jiri Rusnok, like
Jana Nagyová, Managing Director of the Section of the Prime Minister of the Czech Republic's Cabinet,
Lubomír Poul, Director of the Office of the Government,
Ondrej Páleník, former head of the Military Intelligence Service;
Milan Kovanda, current head of the Military Intelligence Service,
Ivan Fuksa, former Minister, and
Petr Tluchoř, former Deputy
were arrested in association with unspecified misconduct.

June 2013: Prime Minister, Petr Nečas resigned
On 17 June 2013, it resulted in the resignation of the Prime Minister, Petr Nečas, and the cabinet. Nečas also quit as leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS).

August 2013: Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok resigned
In Agust 2013 the Czech cabinet headed by Prime Minister Jiri Rusnok has resigned as well, after Miloš Zeman centre-left government, succeeding the previous government collapsed in June, has lost a vote of confidence in the Czech Republic's parliament.

Czech people proudness

Czech people are the less and less proud to be Czech - revealed the results of the CVVM public opinion research institute last survey published Saturday, 9th November 2013.

It says, that 40% of the respondents are proud to be czech, 42% are neither prour nor ashamed, and 14% are ashamed to be czech. Two years ago, in 2011 47% of the them were proud and 9% ashamed Six years ago, in 2007 50% were proud, and only 6% ashamed. Before proportion of proud Czechs has been at least 50%. Prouds are generally above age of 60, have their graduation on bachelor degree at university. Wealthy Czechs are more often proud of their nationality than poor ones.
Stil ⅔ of Czechs would prefer the Czech nationality instead of any other, 20% rather would not and 7% would prefer something else. 43% of the respondents would join the army in case of war and 50% would not.
source: MTI, Hungarian news agency