Domestic Affairs
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Czech foreign policy review searches for new directions
The Czech Foreign Minister has announced a wide ranging review of foreign policy to take account both of changes in the Czech Republic and those in the wider world. The…
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Hašek gains momentum in leadership bid
Last year the Czech Republic saw no shortage of political drama in national, municipal and Senate elections; 2011 has so far been quieter, but in one area at least things…
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Government moves goalposts on sports financing
Serious problems at the country’s biggest lottery and betting firm, Sazka, have highlighted the issue of how to finance Czech sports. The government no longer trusts the…
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Coalition leaders clash over selection of new police chief
Tension in the Czech coalition government has mounted over the selection of the new police chief. A committee convened by Interior Minister Radek John on Wednesday picked…
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Government looks to stop the sale of new, unrestricted drugs from Poland
The government is trying to speedily resolve a sharp increase in the recreational use of certain legal but addictive drugs brought in to the country from Poland. In just…
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Pavel Kohout: unconventional economist and government advisor
Pavel Kohout is an economist who seems seldom out of the media. He recently created a stir when he announced he was leaving the government’s advisory committee, NERV, and…
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Czech Foreign Ministry reviews priority goals and how to achieve them
The Czech Foreign Ministry has launched a far reaching review of what its future priorities should be and how it can achieve them. The review is aimed at adapting policy…
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Czech government moves to soften controversial “muzzle” law
The Czech government on Wednesday moved to soften the controversial “muzzle” law that strictly prohibits journalists from revealing information about individuals involved…
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Shock therapy capitalism marks 20th anniversary
Twenty years ago, in January 1991, Czechoslovakia began a crash course in capitalism as the old system of central economic planning that had been in place for the previous…
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Tomáš Chalupa to become new Czech environment minister
Prime Minister Petr Nečas on Monday named Civic Democrat deputy Tomáš Chalupa the country’s new environment minister. Mr. Chalupa, currently mayor of Prague 6, is expected…
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Justice Ministry releases list of ex-communists among Czech judges and prosecutors
The Czech Justice Ministry has placed online a list of currently serving judges and prosecutors who were members of the totalitarian Communist Party. The move was forced…
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First post-communist Czechoslovak foreign minister Jiří Dienstbier dies
Czech Senator Jiří Dienstbier, a leading figure of the Czech dissident movement and the country’s first post-communist foreign minister died over the weekend at the age of…
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