Domestic Affairs
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Czech Republic to abolish infant homes by 2013
The Czech government plans to abolish all of the country’s infant homes where babies under the age of three are placed if they are considered at risk or their families…
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Government approves proposed tax reform
The Czech government on Wednesday approved a package of tax reform measures intended to simplify the tax system and shift taxation from direct to indirect taxes. The…
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Analyst: “Bátora affair” just pretext for government crisis
Ministers from the TOP 09 party made good on their promise on Wednesday and boycotted a cabinet meeting in protest of the continued presence of the controversial, highly…
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Conflict over ultra-conservative civil servant shakes Czech coalition government
The Czech centre-right government faces another imbroglio. Ministers for the coalition TOP 09 party walked out of Wednesday’s government meeting over offensive comments…
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Churches accept government’s restitution proposal
More than twenty years after the fall of communism the Czech Republic stands another chance to establish a new relationship between the state and the country’s churches…
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Police force to open doors to certain foreign recruits
The ranks of the organised crime department of the Czech police have hitherto been filled with Czech citizens by law. It is not only Czech citizens though contributing to…
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Prague Pride gay festival begins amidst political controversy
The five-day Prague Pride gay festival kicked off on Wednesday amidst heated political controversy. The country’s top political figures, including President Václav Klaus…
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Controversy over Prague’s first gay and lesbian pride parade escalates
With two more days left to go before it begins, the gay and lesbian community’s Prague Pride festival has stirred up considerable controversy. The event, held under the…
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Amidst corruption scandal, high-ranking police officials vow to clean-up force
Czech police’s organized crime squad has uncovered a case of widespread police corruption, arresting six suspects, four of them from within the ranks of police. One…
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Czech parties struggle to find roles for former leaders
The former leader of the Czech Social Democrats Jiří Paroubek has announced plans to leave the party and establish a new political group. Should his intentions materialize…
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Roma advocacy group suspends police cooperation over neo-Nazi marches
A leading Roma advocacy group has suspended co-operation with the interior ministry, accusing the police of going soft on far-right extremism. The group – Romea - says at…
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Right-wing parties willing to introduce some form of progressive taxation
Although on Wednesday the cabinet approved a draft budget for 2012 envisaging a deficit of 105 billion crowns, the right wing parties have not given up pushing for an…
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