Michal Kučera

The Russian regime does not misuse sports by accident. It turns hockey players into showcases for its propaganda, and Ovechkin is a textbook example of that. As long as Russian sports are an extended arm of the Kremlin, they have no business on the ice with the free world. No excuse of "sports are not politics." For them, it is and always has been. (translated)

Motorists are trying to flood the media space with ballast, while Babiš and his allies are preparing to introduce preemptive rights. This would benefit the large entities the most. Their intention would be the biggest intervention in property rights since 1989. I do not want a return to Bolshevik practices here! (translated)

"Politics do not belong in sports," Russian sports officials repeat every time it suits them to play the victim. And then CSKA Moscow dresses players in jerseys with the hammer and sickle. Symbols of the regime responsible for millions of deaths, repression, and famines. Hypocrisy in its purest form. Yuck. (translated)

Petr Pavel is giving an interview to American CNN and warns about Russian state terrorism and hybrid warfare against Europe. Meanwhile, Petr Macinka is clowning around with a supposed Paukner and then demonstrates a tragicomic crisis communication. Two completely different worlds. (translated)

Today, a new director has taken over the Czech Railways. Without a selection procedure. Without experience in managing a company of this scale. For a business with billion-dollar turnovers, this is a gamble with state assets. And the bill for this experiment will fall on the government. (translated)

On the highways, diesel is almost 50 CZK in some places. Where are your famous measures now, Mrs. @alenaschillerov? The state spent billions on interventions in prices, regulation ended, and prices are rising again. And it's worse than it was. I said from the beginning that this is not a solution. Now it's only (translated)

Prague Airport: successful director dismissed due to results. The new management is controversial, unions on strike alert. Czech Railways: successful director ends due to toilet paper. Successor appointed without a selection process. Krkonošsko-jesenická National Park: respected director dismissed overnight. Managing the state like your own company. (translated)

The end of Michal Krapinec at the head of ČD seems like a script that SPD and Tomio Okamura have been preparing from the beginning. The "scandal" with toilet paper was just a pretext. Now a person from the Ministry of Transport is coming. SPD is gaining influence over key state institutions. And that is exactly what I think it was about. (translated)

The idea that a few rain showers will solve the drought is probably as rational as the belief that the Earth is flat. The government should say what specifically it is doing to retain water in the landscape, instead of promising castles in the air. Those will not retain water. Not a drop. (translated)

August 1968 was a brutal act of Soviet aggression against Czechoslovakia. It brought the dead, the wounded, emigration, political purges, fear, and two decades of humiliation. Today, the Kremlin is destroying Ukraine with the same perverse imperial logic and again claiming the right to decide the fate of other nations. (translated)

Before politicians discredit themselves by saying "after all, it's been raining for a week" like "I am a lawyer," Rajchl: a few rain showers won't solve the problem of drought! It's not about the fact that it was hot now. It was sometimes like that even a hundred years ago. It's about the trend. There are more hot days, drought is longer, and the landscape has a low ability to retain water. (translated)

What is the government planning with Prague Airport? The "cream" of Czech management is being appointed, the former head of communication for Agrofert is coming, and Andrej Babiš is already talking about selling 40% of the airport. Even though they promised the opposite. My tip for the scenario: disarray → decline in value → "necessary" privatization → the "right" buyer. (translated)

Russian rockets are falling 300 kilometers from our borders into Poland and continue to kill civilians in Ukraine. These are absolutely insane things. And yet there is great pressure for Russia to return to the Olympics, the World Championship in hockey, and other sports. They should not have the right! (translated)

Russian Rosatom admits that it is running out of money. Let us recall that the government, with Minister Havlíček, wanted to entrust the construction of the Czech nuclear reactor to this company. That would have been a security and economic risk for years. We avoided that after our pressure. Today, they should be grateful to us for that. (translated)

According to Transport Minister Bednárik, he has "absolutely unlimited resources" always at hand, but only when it suits him. For the construction of high-speed tracks, including in our region, there suddenly isn't any money. This is what politics looks like according to the motto: everything for oneself, nothing for others. (translated)

Petr Pavel has shown again how a statesman behaves. He overlooks the personal insults and shouting from Andrej Babiš and does not lower himself to his level. However, the prime minister is doing one important thing for democracy: with each similar insult, he helps Petr Pavel gain support for re-election. ✌️ (translated)

Alena Schillerová announced the end of fuel price regulation. This socialist experiment should never have been implemented, so there is nothing to celebrate. Now the minister should tell the citizens how much this whole adventure has cost us. If that is not too exhausting a question for her. (translated)