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The Czech Republic has joined the NATO Innovation Fund!

21.8.2023

At the end of July were taken the final steps to establish the NATO Innovation Fund, the first-ever multinational venture capital fund focused on strategic investments in disruptive technologies.

Minister Černochová: Czech Republic and Germany share perception of current major threats

25.7.2023

Federal Minister of Defence of Germany Boris Pistorius was at a two-day visit to the Czech Republic. He and Minister of Defence Jana Černochová visited the National Memorial to the Heroes of the Heydrich Terror in Prague and later at the Ministry of Defence, they discussed present and future defence cooperation.

Additional MoUs to support defence industrial cooperation with Ukraine

19.7.2023

Last week, Prague was the venue to the third meeting of the Czech-Ukrainian Intergovernmental Commission on Defence Industry. The Czech Republic was represented by Director General of the MoD Defence Industrial Cooperation Division Radka Konderlová, and Ukraine by Deputy Defence Minister and National Armaments Director Volodymyr Havrylov.

Czech Republic and Ukraine to strengthen defence industrial cooperation

18.7.2023

First Deputy Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic František Šulc and Minister of Strategic Industries of Ukraine Oleksandr Kamyshin signed a Memorandum of Understanding between the Czech Ministry of Defence and Ukrainian Ministry of Strategic Industries at the beginning of July. The Memorandum paves the way for a closer cooperation in many specific areas, especially in repairs and maintenance of weapons, development of weapons and ammunition and modernisation and maintenance of armoured vehicles.

Successful six months at the MoD: 2% GDP, modernisation, cooperation with the U.S., and efficient help to Ukraine

27.6.2023

A press conference of the Prime Minister Petr Fiala, Minister of Defence Jana Černochová, and the Chief of the General Staff Lieutenant General Karel Řehka took place at the Ministry of Defence. The conference reviewed the achievements of the last six months, including the approval of the Act on Defence Funding, acquisition of new materiel, transatlantic cooperation, and help to Ukraine.