Domestic Affairs
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Bureaucratic goof could cost country billions of crowns
What appears to be gross bureaucratic incompetence may cost the Czech Republic billions of crowns. The country’s belated bid to become a party in the ongoing criminal case…
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Thousands follow Václav Havel’s casket on final journey to Prague Castle
The atmosphere in the Czech capital was somber on Wednesday as thousands of mourners followed ex-president Václav Havel’s casket on his final journey through Prague. Along…
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Tomáš Sedláček: Only now we will slowly realise the gift we had in Havel
Continuing our commemoration of the late president Václav Havel we talk with Tomáš Sedláček, the renowned economist who, in 2001 as a precocious university graduate, came…
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Václav Havel to be given state funeral and highest military honors
As thousands of Czechs line up to pay their last respects to Václav Havel, bowing to his casket at the Prague Crossroads spiritual centre where he is lying in repose…
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Václav Havel’s decency gave him courage, says his former advisor Jiří Pehe
People in the Czech Republic and around the world hail the late ex-president Václav Havel as a great European, a humanist and a man who stood up to the communist regime, a…
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Nation mourns death of a hero
The death of Vaclav Havel stopped Czechs in their tracks on Sunday. A hush fell over the country as thousands of people gathered to light candles and pay a silent tribute…
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Parliament approves 2012 budget conceding revision likely in the spring
The 2012 state budget on Wednesday sailed thought the lower house of Parliament despite heated protests from the opposition who labeled it “misleading” and “unrealistic”…
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Czech MPs approve direct presidential election
After years of debate, the lower house of the Czech Parliament on Wednesday voted in favour of direct presidential elections. A last-minute deal between the coalition and…
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Culture minister resigns amidst corruption allegations
Czech Culture Minister Jiří Besser tendered his resignation to the prime minister on Thursday amidst allegations of corruption and unethical behavior. The minister said…
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Czech government prepares for bad times
Standard & Poor's fuelled fears of a crippling economic crisis in Europe on Monday, issuing a dire warning of an unprecedented mass downgrade of eurozone countries’ credit…
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Former defence minister to be charged in corruption case
One of the most blatant corruption cases in recent years will end up in court. Prosecutors in the north-eastern city of Ostrava have announced that two people will be…
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Prague police chief arrested, contracts frozen in anti-corruption sting
The mayor of Prague has frozen all contracts signed by the City Police force and ordered a full investigation after the head of the force was arrested last week on…
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