Domestic Affairs
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Pundit: trade unions tap into public discontent with state of Czech politics
Thursday’s trade union transport strike was the biggest anti-government protest since the fall of communism. The prime minister argues that the cabinet’s flagging…
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Public mostly in support of transport union protest against government reforms
While Czechs in the big cities struggled to get to work on Thursday, union leaders gathered some 1000 demonstrators in the center of Prague. Sympathizers with the trade…
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Strike arrives as unions and government fail to find consensus
After months of negotiations between the government and trade unions, and countless demonstrations against government reform measures, the long-feared nationwide transport…
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Constitutional Court grants municipalities authority over VLTs in landmark ruling
The Czech Constitutional Court on Tuesday issued a groundbreaking verdict that grants the country’s towns and cities the authority to decide if and where VLTS, video…
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Preparations for strike intensify
Preparations for a day-long nationwide transport strike, set for Thursday, June 16, have continued to grow in intensity. Along with the expected freeze of all public…
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Court bans Monday transport strike, so unions plan a bigger one for Thursday
A nationwide transport strike planned for Monday was averted when a Prague court ruled that the trade unions had not announced the protest sufficiently ahead of time. The…
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Transport strike on Monday set to paralyze Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is set to come to a standstill on Monday when the country will see one of the biggest labour protests in its history. To show their discontent with the…
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Public Affairs’s deputy chair Karolína Peake: we will support reform bills despite coalition…
The lower house of the Czech Parliament is in session debating a series of reform bills. But the government that has vowed to implement them has been entangled in a drawn…
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Vladimír Dlouhý: Low growth key obstacle to government's reform plans
What will Germany’s decision to phase out nuclear power mean for the Czech Republic? Can the Czech government implement far-reaching reforms without credibly tackling…
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Czech foreign minister concludes week-long US visit
The Czech foreign minister, Karel Schwarzenberg is winding up his week-long trip to the United States. At a meeting with US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in…
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Coalition leaders agree on outlines of health care reform
Leaders of the Czech coalition government have approved the basic outlines of the planned health care reform. The first phase of the reform, which should be introduced in…
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Culture Ministry orders return of state-owned artworks from abroad to avoid seizures in arbitration…
The Czech Republic will bring back home state-owned artworks that are on loan abroad in an effort to avoid their seizure in a protracted arbitration case. The decision…
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