In brief

• According to Novinky.cz, Robert Fico's government can currently count on 75 of 150 MPs, and Speaker of the National Council Richard Raši announced that votes will not take place before Tuesday, 10 November.
• The Czech iDNES.cz reports that MP Roman Malatinec announced his move to the group centred around former environment minister Tomáš Taraba, and media in Slovakia say the Fico government has lost its majority.
• According to Novinky.cz, Prosecutor General Maroš Žilinka ordered criminal proceedings to be reopened over the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine.
• Žilinka described the earlier decision to discontinue this case as premature.
• The case concerns MiG-29 fighter jets, launchers, and a KUB system radar station.

Czech press

The Czech portal Novinky.cz reports that Robert Fico's Slovak governing coalition lost its previously narrow majority in parliament after MP Roman Malatinec moved to the party of former environment minister Tomáš Taraba. According to Slovak media cited by Novinky.cz, the government can currently count on 75 of 150 MPs. Speaker of the National Council Richard Raši announced that votes will not take place before next Tuesday, i.e. 10 November (Fico ztratil v parlamentu většinu – Novinky.cz).

According to the Czech iDNES.cz, the Slovak governing coalition lost its previously narrow majority in parliament after MP Roman Malatinec announced his move to the group centred around former environment minister Tomáš Taraba. The daily notes that media in Slovakia say Robert Fico's government has lost its majority, (Ficovi utíká další poslanec. Vláda zřejmě přišla o většinu v parlamentu – iDNES.cz)

According to the Czech portal Novinky.cz, Slovak Prosecutor General Maroš Žilinka ordered criminal proceedings to be reopened over the transfer of military equipment to Ukraine. He described the earlier decision to discontinue this case as premature. It concerns MiG-29 fighter jets, launchers, and a KUB system radar station. (Slovenský šéf prokurátorů Žilinka bude znovu prověřovat darování vojenské techniky Ukrajině – Novinky.cz)