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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)

Jiri Jicha wrote that Andy Burnham confirmed after a briefing with intelligence services the direct involvement of the Kremlin in the Brexit referendum in 2016. According to Jicha, Burnham warned Berlin and Paris that Russia is similarly attempting to influence their countries. He described Brexit as an abuse of the British state by foreign intelligence services and claimed that Britain is still paying for it with industrial collapse, chaos, and rising prices. #Brexit #Rusko #Zpravodajství (translated)

After the explosion of a propane-butane bottle in a house in the Žďár region, the owner was seriously injured, and the police discovered weapons and ammunition during the investigation, which raised suspicions of criminal offenses related to illegal arms possession and general endangerment. #požár #výbuch #zbraně (translated)

The author of the article published a satirical text styled as minutes from an extraordinary meeting of the crisis staff. In it, he described President Pavel's return from Morocco, his participation in the elections, acknowledgment of a mistake, and apology as a situation that thwarted the prepared criticism. He attributed to imaginary critics a plan to focus on the cost of the flight, the president's clothing, the car from the airport, his greeting to the electoral commission, and his expression. According to the text, they were to question both the apology and its timing, and to criticize the president regardless of whether he had left or returned. The author concluded by stating that the text is a fictional satire. #politika #satira #prezident (translated)

Four Ukrainians were detained in Vienna on suspicion of espionage, who are said to be connected to the Ukrainian military intelligence, and the court decided to remand two of them due to concerns about the continuation of criminal activity and tampering with evidence. #špionáž #Rakousko #Ukrajina (translated)

A drunk prosecutor in Plzeň crashed into two parked cars and fled the scene, having over three promille of alcohol in his breath, while the police are now investigating suspicions of endangerment under the influence of an addictive substance. #OpilýŘidič #DopravníNehoda #Plzeň (translated)

Barbora Mercury ironically wrote that Kulidakis has just dispelled all suspicions that Andrej Babiš is stealing. She referred to an exchange in which the answer to the question of whether the person steals was negative, with the reasoning that life is not about money. https://t.co/0Th82mr6Q0 #Babiš #korupce #politika (translated)

The British anti-terrorist police are investigating two men from Latvia who were arrested at the Molesworth military base on suspicion of unauthorized entry and damage to property, with the incident occurring after a similar security breach at another base in England. #Británie #bezpečnost #NATO (translated)

The Russian attack on Kramatorsk in the Donetsk region resulted in the death of 30 people and injuries to 18 others, raising suspicions of war crimes, as authorities decided to suspend public transport in the area due to the deteriorating security situation. #Kramatorsk #Válka #Ukrajina (translated)

The MP for Motorists, Vojtěch Krňanský, is once again running for a position in his municipality in the Chrudim region, where under his leadership, the sale of municipal apartments took place at a price significantly lower than their usual market value, which led to an investigation and suspicion of negligence. #Byty #Chrudimsko #Politika (translated)

The article describes the situation in the village of Chožov, where 30 people registered before the elections claiming that they would work and live in an uninhabitable property, which raises suspicions of organized registration for the purpose of influencing the elections. #přihlašování #volby #Chožov (translated)

The Japanese Fair Trade Commission has raided the four largest brewing groups in Japan, including Asahi, over suspicion of secret agreements on beer prices and other products, while investigating possible cartel activities of these companies. #pivo #AntimonopolníÚřad #JaponskýTrh (translated)

The owner of Pilsner Urquell, the brewing group Asahi, is facing an investigation in Japan due to suspicions of price coordination and abuse of its dominant market position in the beer market, which has led to declines in the stock prices of Japanese beer manufacturers. #pivo #antimonopolníprávo #Japonsko (translated)

The former director of the German intelligence agency, August Hanning, and his former colleague, Manfred D., were arrested in connection with espionage suspicions, which could lead to one of the biggest scandals in the history of the German secret service if the accusations are confirmed. #špionáž #Německo #BND (translated)

David Rangl wrote that the British Daily Mail reported on Tuesday, citing Russian media, about a possible second death from the plague. According to these reports, another patient was said to have died in a hospital in the Irkutsk region, though Russian authorities have not confirmed this. The Insider reported according to Rangl that the report was published by REN TV and later removed; the station had previously deleted five posts about suspected plague cases. Rangl also wrote that Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan have tightened sanitary and quarantine controls at their borders, and that according to the Daily Mail, Mongolia has done the same. The Irkutsk branch of Rospotrebnadzor labeled reports of the introduction of stricter sanitary measures in the region as "fake" on Tuesday, he noted. Finally, he added that Roman Prymula had reserved a table at the Rio's restaurant in Prague's Vyšehrad for January. #mor #Rusko #novinky (translated)