Domestic Affairs
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Czech euro adoption retreats further into distance
The media coverage surrounding the problems in the eurozone has - rightly – focused on the seventeen countries that use it, as they attempt to shore up efforts to stop the…
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Government to scrap eco-tender as finance minister refuses to back lowest bid
Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas has announced his government will not name a winner in a multi-billion public tender to clean up the country’s old environmental pollution…
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President Klaus denies allegations of corrupt presidential pardon
Czech President Václav Klaus has come out strongly against allegations that the agenda of granting presidential pardons was corrupt. Earlier this week, the weekly Respekt…
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Conservative figure Bátora quits Education Ministry post
Controversial activist Ladislav Bátora has announced he is leaving his post at the Education Ministry. Earlier this year, his stint at the ministry became a source of…
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Analyst: new leftist political party could weaken Social Democrats
At one time Jiří Paroubek was one of the most influential politicians in the country, both as prime minister and as leader of the Social Democratic Party: but a poorer…
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Pilot emission of government bonds sells like hot cakes
The government’s offer of state bonds, enabling citizens to invest in the national debt, has proved hugely successful. After registering orders for more than 16.5 billion…
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Nečas ally appointed Agriculture Minister
The post of agriculture minister was filled this week as abruptly as it was vacated with Thursday’s appointment of Civic Democrat Petr Bendl. A close ally of the prime…
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Prague mayor renews “Blob” debate
The drawn-out debate over the construction of a futuristic building colloquially known as “the Blob” originally meant to house the Czech National Library in Prague has…
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Observers sceptical “announced” Roma political party will gain traction
Reports surfaced on Tuesday that a number of representatives of the Czech Roma community are considering founding a new party focussing on Roma issues, including how to…
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Roma rights advocate Gwendolyn Albert on anti-Romany rallies, poverty and the government’s strategy…
The Czech Republic recently saw an outbreak of tensions between the country’s Romany minority and parts of the majority population. People in the isolated northern…
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Expert on extremism: racism in mainstream politics poses bigger threat than ultra-right groups
The special Czech police squad for fighting organized crime has warned that ultra-right groupings in the country have been gathering strength and are now better organized…
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Minister Schwarzenberg accuses power giant ČEZ of secretly funding political parties
Foreign Minister, and coalition TOP 09 party leader Karel Schwarzenberg has accused the state-controlled electricity firm ČEZ of bankrolling Czech political parties. In an…
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