Overview
- Location
- Czechia
- Website
Description
The Ministry of the Interior is the central state administration body for home affairs, in particular for:
- public policy and other matters of internal order and security within a defined scope, including supervision of road safety and traffic flow,
- names and surnames, registers, citizenship, identity cards, residence reports, population records and birth numbers,
- associations in political parties and political movements,
- the right of assembly,
- public collections,
- archival science
- weapons and ammunition,
- fire protection,
- travel documents, authorisation of residence of foreigners and status of refugees,
- territorial division of the state,
- state borders, their measuring, maintenance and management of the documentary work,
- state symbols,
- state, economic and professional secrecy.
The Ministry of the Interior also ensures:
- the telecommunications network of the Police of the Czech Republic and methodically directs the cipher service,
- cooperation within the international organisation Interpol.