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The government led by Andrej Babiš is proposing a change to the conflict of interest law, known as lex Babiš, which would ease the existing rules and allow companies owned by government members to receive grants and public contracts, provoking strong opposition. #lexBabiš #střetzájmů #politika (translated)

Kobliha stated that Andrej Babiš had allegedly received 19 billion CZK from ČEPRO without tender processes. He compared this to the Dozimetr case, in which, according to the author, there was manipulation of tenders and acquisition of contracts at the Prague public transport company for 114 million CZK, expressing doubts about it. #korupce #zákazky #politika (translated)

The author of the contribution wrote that Czech Railways risked their largest contract because they were supposed to sign an agreement with the region, even though they did not have a closed contract with the manufacturer. https://t.co/l9bq0oDOml #ČD #zakázky #doprava #CZ (translated)

The Ineos Grenadier, characterized by traditional construction and high customizability, has been ordered by the Italian army as the first NATO country and by an Austrian consortium for the armed forces, while the British car manufacturer is concurrently seeking further contracts with European armies. #IneosGrenadier #vojenskévozy #armáda (translated)

Janusz Konieczny stated that the Pirates won a dispute with the state-owned company Čepro over information about contracts awarded without competition to Agrofert. After his dismissal, Čepro reportedly published that their total volume amounted to 19 billion crowns. Konieczny claimed that the goal is to compel the company to compete for contracts like other institutions do. Konieczny stated that Čepro based its approach on the opinion of the former vice-chairwoman of the Office for the Protection of Competition (ÚOHS), who, according to him, left after serious information about suspicions of manipulation in favor of representatives of the ANO movement was made public. He said that the company began awarding contracts to Agrofert without competition in 2017, when Andrej Babiš became prime minister. He added that Čepro could have competed for contracts just as it did before that year. Referring to an article by Seznam Zpráv from reporter Lukáš Valášek, Konieczny wrote that the approach during the first Babiš government did not change under the cabinet of Petr Fiala. According to email correspondence cited in the article, the Ministry for Regional Development, led by Ivan Bartoš, wanted to raise the matter, but the Ministry of Finance, headed by Zbyněk Stanjura, rejected the proposal. Konieczny added that he considered the dispute a won battle, not the end of the matter, and that Čepro must start competing for contracts. He also mentioned the work of Datlab and Jiří Skuhrovce and thanked Ivan Bartoš for his involvement. #Piráti #Česko #transparentnost (translated)

The author wrote that Turkish companies TAV, Limak, and IC İçtaş continued to pursue contracts for the extensive expansion of the airport in Riyadh, despite it becoming the target of a series of Houthi attacks. Parts of the construction project were estimated to be worth around 30 billion dollars, and new bids for key contracts were expected in December. #stavebnictví #Rijád #Turecko #TR #SA (translated)

Ivan Bartoš stated that more than two years ago, as a minister, he proposed a comprehensive reform of the Office for the Protection of Competition. According to him, the office should serve as a tool for powerful individuals to influence public contracts and the flow of billions into their pockets rather than having a control function. He cited its head, Mlsna, whom he described as a favorite of Miloš Zeman and a friend of Zbyněk Stanjura and Blažek. Bartoš wrote that the ODS (Civic Democratic Party) stopped the reform and he subsequently left the government. According to him, the reform was prepared by experts and was meant to bring the Czech Republic closer to Western democracies. Bartoš referred to an index of oligarchs' influence on politics, which he said the magazine The Economist ranked the Czech Republic second only to Russia. He added that in the previous government only the Pirates wanted to address the issue, but Stanjura blocked their efforts. Bartoš also stated that the Pirates have now won the dispute with the company ČEPRO, which had to provide information about contracts for Agrofert. According to him, the company awarded contracts worth over 10 billion directly to Agrofert without competition, and another 9 billion without competition during the government of Petr Fiala. Bartoš added that it is necessary to fight against corruption in the state and that he will continue to do so. #korupce #politik #reforma (translated)

Lukáš Valášek wrote that the state-owned company Čepro has paid Agrofert over 19 billion crowns for contracts without a public tender since 2017. According to him, Čepro began to claim that it did not have to hold public tenders after the law prohibiting companies owned by politicians from obtaining public contracts came into effect. Valášek stated that the company has relied on the opinion of the then vice-chairwoman of the Office for Protection of Competition (ÚOHS), who left the office due to suspicions of manipulating decisions in favor of representatives of the ANO party, Jaroslav Faltýnek and Jiří Švachula. According to him, she signed the opinion before her departure. In preparing it, she was supposed to have used documents from the ministries led by Alena Schillerová and Karel Havlíček, which, according to Valášek, downplayed Čepro's exceptional position, even though it is captured in state strategies. According to Valášek, the government of Petr Fiala did not address the matter, and the ministries, now again under the control of Havlíček and Schillerová, do not want to reopen it based on their statements. Čepro also refused to inform him how many contracts it has already awarded to Agrofert under the new government of Andrej Babiš, despite the ÚOHS ruling that the company is subject to the information law at the request of the Pirate Party's analytical team. Valášek added that even the ÚOHS led by Petr Mlsna, whom Babiš appointed, did not see a reason for a review. According to Valášek, the Prime Minister decided whether the government would extend Mlsna's mandate for additional years. https://t.co/O1ekCFdPwn #Česko #politika #korupce (translated)

Denik P – Paukner Media addressed Filip Turek's apology for his statements about the DUHA Movement in a post. It stated that Turek repeated the wording of the court ruling in the video, but also mentioned which people he believed left the original team at the Ministry of the Environment. The author focused on their professional backgrounds and attitudes towards energy. Regarding Martin Sedlák, an advisor to Petr Hladík, it was written that he previously worked in the DUHA Movement and later led the Union of Modern Energy and the Alliance for a Zero-Emission Future. He attributed to him statements from 2009 and 2011 against the need for nuclear energy and stated that he collaborated with DUHA on delaying the completion of Temelín. Martin Ander, another former DUHA employee and advisor to the minister, was identified as a proponent of a zero-emission economy and strict measures against both coal and nuclear power plants. It was claimed that Ander advocated for the termination of Czech nuclear energy and that similar policies in Germany contributed to the consequences of the energy crisis. The head of the climate protection section at the ministry, Petr Holub, was also linked by the author to the DUHA Movement and opposition to nuclear energy. It was noted that Holub promoted climate education at the ministry and participated in the National Climate and Energy Plan, which, according to the post, set a 30% share of production from renewable sources. It was also claimed that Holub advocated for subsidy support in the law for the creation of renewable energy capacity corresponding to ten times the installed capacity of Dukovany. The author estimated the investment costs from 2023 to 2030 at 100 billion crowns per year and referred to a SEEPIA study. Eva Lejsalová, the director of PR at the ministry, was described by the author as a former director of the political institute of KDU-ČSL, not an environmental expert. Regarding communication director Martin Polívka, it was written that he was Hladík's chief of staff in Brno; according to the author, he did not have the necessary education and called himself a political marketing expert. Petr Holub's advisor, Edvard Sequens, was labeled as an anti-nuclear activist and a member of the Calla association. He attributed to him support for the rapid end of coal energy and industrial contraction and stated that the association opposed new reactors in Dukovany and Temelín even in 2025. According to the author, Sequens considered nuclear energy an outdated technology that could be replaced by renewable sources and lower energy consumption in industries. Regarding Radim Misiaček, the project director of acceleration zones, the author stated that his contract with the ministry included a fee of 7,000 crowns daily for selecting experts, without a specified working time. Among the selected, he mentioned Martin Abel, a candidate from the Greens and a member of the Climate Lawsuit association, and Eva Volfová, a politician from STAN, whom he claimed had gained a stake in a company drawing state contracts. He added that he believed the case was being investigated by the police. In conclusion, the author refused to assess whether they were experts. He reacted to the media's labeling of their departure from the ministry as an "exodus of experts" and "dismantling of the expert team," stating that he wanted to present the people Turek claimed to have "scraped" from the ministry. #HnutíDUHA #energetika #odborníci (translated)

The growth of the Czech industry continued in August despite the company-wide holidays in the automotive sector, with most sectors recording a year-on-year increase in production and new orders, although employment in the industry continues to decline. #průmysl #zakázky #ekonomika (translated)

The councilors in Prostějov approved the announcement of a contract for the construction of a covered twenty-five meter swimming pool, which elicited criticism from the opposition, as the decision was made just a few days before the local elections. #Prostějov #bazén #investice (translated)

Senator Hana Kordová Marvanová described bullying, pressure, and non-transparent contracts related to the Prague Public Transit Company in the court proceedings of the Dozimetr case, hinting at the influence of the mafia in politics. #DopravníPodnik #kauzaDozimetr #šikana (translated)

The police have acquired key confessions in the case regarding the contract of the Bulovka University Hospital for the procurement of linear accelerators, which may complicate the situation for the defendants, including former ODS MP Marek Šnajdr and former hospital director Andrea Vrbovská. #korupce #zdravotnictví #právo (translated)

The European Union is investing seven billion euros in the development of a supercomputer network as part of a strategy to increase computing capacity, with the French factory Bull in Angers significantly ramping up production of these machines and now competing for contracts on artificial intelligence training. #superpočítače #uměláinteligence #Evropskáunie (translated)

✂ Something is really wrong here! The children's playground at Nad Primaskou is a textbook example of a public contract tailored to fit. How is 11 million crowns of public money being spent in Prague 10? ❌ The contract was awarded to a new company without any history or qualifications (StaveeMe). ❌ The municipality's requirements were exact to the millimeter. https://t.co/2mUindyjwJ #Praha10 #veřejnézakázky #dětihřiště #CZ (translated)

Ministerstvo obrany ztratilo 17,6 milionu korun v důsledku nezdařené zakázky na dodávku deseti amerických dronů „Osprey-H“ od firmy Summit Advanced Systems, která se ukázala být silně zadlužená a nedodala ani jeden dron, přičemž i přes vyšetřování policie nebyl odhalen žádný trestný čin. #Drony #MinisterstvoObrany #Zakázky

Pavel Jaroš, šéf české pobočky slovenských plynáren SPP, byl dříve označován za šedou eminenci ČSSD a čelil obžalobě za předražené státní zakázky, přičemž jeho majetek, zahrnující nemovitosti a bankovní vklady, vyvolal otázky o jeho politických vazbách. #korupce #investigativnižurnalistika #politika