Czech Presidency of the EU - News

Press releases and photos about current activities of the Ministry of Interior and its representatives during the Czech Presidency of the EU 

March 2009
   

Meeting of the EU – TTE Council

• Brussels, 31st March - The meeting of the EU TTE Council for the area of telecommunication involving the ministers for transport, telecommunication and energy took place on Tuesday. The minister of the Interior Ivan Langer presided over the meeting. “We had a very successful Council. We adopted the conclusions on an accessible information society and agreed that modern information and telecommunication technologies can be one of the means of leading the EU out of the economic downturn. The economic crisis is also a chance for Europe, particularly when it comes to modern technologies,” said Interior Minister Ivan Langer.
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Minister Ivan Langer in Zurichu

• Zurich, 27th March - The Minister of the Interior Ivan Langer, the Swiss president Hans-Rudolf Merz and the Deputy Chairman of the European Council Jacques Barrot took part in celebrations of finishing the entry of Switzerland into the Schengen area.
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CZ PRESs NEWS No. 6

• Prague, 31st March - In the last newsletter (CZ PRESs NEWS No. 6) you can find an article about the Czech minister of the Interior Ivan Langer and his visit to the USA. Next article is a report from the meeting of EU commission on drugs that took place in Vienna. The priority number 6 for the Czech presidency, Police cooperation, is also introduced. The interview is also connected with meeting in Vienna and drugs – the interviewed person is Dr. Tomáš Zábranský, Adviser of the Minister of the Interior for Drug Issues. Click here to see more.
    

 

 

Mr.Gomes

• Prague, 25th March - The Deputy Minister of the Interior for European Affairs Lenka Ptáčková Melicharová met on Wednesday March 25th the Portuguese Ambassador José Júlio Pereira Gomes. It was a complimentary meeting on the occasion of Mr.Gomes´s inauguration in the Czech Republic (October 2008). The priorities of the Czech presidency and agenda of the JHA council meeting on April 6th were briefly discussed during the meeting.
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Meeting with Mr.Harada

• Prague, 24th March - The Czech Deputy Minister of the Interior for European Affairs, Lenka Ptáčková Melicharová, today met the Ambassador of Japan Chikahito Harada. The courtesy meeting took place on the occasion of the introduction Mr. Harada to the office in the Czech Republic (since October 2008).The priorities of the Czech presidency were also briefly discussed during this meeting.
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Press conference

• Washington, 17th March 2009 - The minister of the Interior of Czech Republic Ivan Langer and the vice-chairman of the European Commission Jacques Barrot visited between the 16th and 17th of March the USA. „The main goal of our visit to the USA was exchange and acquisition of information. We were especially concerned in the visa policy, international protection of children, fight against illegal content on the internet, transatlantic cooperation and reciprocal legal aid. This trip can be an opportunity for meeting the new American administrative. We wanted to found out in which areas can Europe help the United States and on the other hand what USA can do for Europe in the field of internal security,” said the minister of the Interior Ivan Langer.
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CZ PRESs NEWS No.5

• Prague, 16th March - The fifth issue of the newsletter CZ PRESs News containing information about the events related with the Czech Presidency came out today. The highlights of this issue are a conference in Belgian Bruges where preparation of the Stockholm program was discussed and the topic of Switzerland becoming the 25th state of the common Schengen area. You will as well read about the priority of the Ministry of the Interior for the Presidency, this time it is the “Schengen cooperation, border control and visa policy”. And as usually, our newsletter interviewed one of the ministerial directors of departments – today it is the Director of the Department for Asylum and Migration Policy Tomáš Haišman. Click here to see more.

 

Minister Langer and
Ambassador Kammer

• Prague, 12th March - The Interior Minister Ivan Langer met  the Ambassador of Switzerland  Jean François Kammer. During their meeting minister Langer obtained the official invitation of the Swiss government  for a ceremonious act, which will be hold by occasion of entry of Swiss Confederation to Schengen.
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Meeting of the MEPA Board

• Vienna, 9th - 10th March. The solemn opening of the three-month main course MEPA (Central European Police College, the international project of eight European countries) was held in Vienna. During the course participants go round eight European stations. During they journey they learn the different ways and methods to combat serious and organized crime, and together elaborate a case study, which is then used at the national level to teach in the police schools and for the needs of the relevant police departments.
  After the opening the subsequent meeting of the MEPA Board Director took place. The Czech Republic was represented by the director of Education and Administration of the Police Education JUDr.Helena Tomková and the Head of the International Police Training Department Mgr. Karin Jancyková.
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Ivan Langer and Roberto Maroni

• Beograd, 5th March 2009 - The minister of the Interior Ivan Langer took part in the ministerial conference on the topic of achieving goals in the field of security in the South-Eastern Europe area.
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Meeting in Bruges

• Bruges, 4th March 2009 - Delegation of the Ministry of the Interior, led by the minister Ivan Langer attended a conference in Bruges. The theme of the meeting was "Preparation of the Program of Stockholm, a strategic agenda of the JHA" and the whole conference was done under the mandate of the 3 presidencies - French, Czech and Swedish.
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CZ PRESs NEWS No. 4

• Prague, 2nd March – The forth issue of the CZ PRESs NEWS newsletter containing information about the events connected with the Czech Presidency came out today. The first article brings news from JHA meeting in Brussels where SIS II and Guantanamo were discussed. The second article informs about The Conference on Data Collection and People Trafficking which took place in Vienna.  As usual newsletter presents a priority of the Ministry of the Interior for the Presidency. This time it is complementary and flexible migration policy. In this issue we interviewed the Director of the Security Policy Department Martin Linhart. Click here to read.

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