Early Bird: Austrian and Fiala reiterated, they will not cooperate with ANO after the elections. Taylor Swift got engaged
Yesterday's meeting of the Chairman of the STAN movement Vít Rakušan and the Chairman of the Civic Democrats and Prime Minister Petr Fiala was a symbol that was supposed to show that both groups will cooperate without the ANO movement of Andrej Babiš. The invitation to the meeting was also received by the chairman of the Pirates Zdeněk Hřib, but he did not arrive at the meeting. Singer Taylor Swift got engaged to American football player Travis Kelce.
Politicians declared disinterest in cooperation with ANO
The leader of the STAN movement, Vít Rakušan, and leader of the Civic Democrats and Prime Minister, Petr Fiala, who is the leader of the Spolu coalition, reiterated after their joint meeting last night that their parties will not cooperate with the ANO movement after the elections. The meeting, which lasted about two and a half hours at the Malostranská beseda in Prague, showed their willingness to govern together again, and was a symbol that despite differences, politicians are ready to cooperate. The leader of the Pirates, Zdeněk Hřib, was also invited to the meeting, but he did not attend. He announced his absence in advance; the Pirates criticized the format of the discussion, the server Ceskenoviny.cz reported.
Singer Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce are serious
The relationship between singer Taylor Swift and American football player Travis Kelce is official. The couple announced their engagement on Tuesday via an Instagram post with the caption: "Your English teacher and your physical education teacher are getting married." The post contained five pictures. One depicts the couple hugging in a floral arrangement. Another one is a detailed shot of the artist's ring - a large oval diamond with a gold ring. Another image shows Kelce kneeling, the television website CNN reported.
Venezuela deploys warships and drones to the coast
Venezuela will patrol its military ships and drones to the country. This happens after the United States deployed warships to the area. The deployment involves approximately 4,500 American soldiers. The administration of US President Donald Trump last week accused Venezuelan left-wing President Nicolás Maduro of involvement in cocaine trafficking and cooperation with drug cartels, according to Al Jazeera.
Trading volume on the Prague Stock Exchange was record high
The volume of share trading on the Prague Stock Exchange reached a record 5.17 billion crowns yesterday. It's the highest since the introduction of the Xetra trading system in 2012. This was mainly due to shares of the energy company ČEZ, said ČTK exchange spokesperson Jiří Kovařík. The daily trading volume on the Prague market usually moves well below a billion crowns. Despite the record high activity, however, the PX index weakened for the fifth time in a row, by 0.4 percent to 2,287.95 points. Downward pressure came from Austrian financial titles and Doosan Škoda Power engineering.
Sources: Ceskenoviny.cz, CNN, Al Jazeera
