Domestic Affairs
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Czech electricity companies face multi-billion crown bill for cushioning the solar power boom
Czech energy companies are in uproar over government moves to cushion the bill for a solar power boom in the country. Basically, the energy companies are bearing the brunt…
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Šumava National Park director steps down amidst concerns about its future
The Czech government wants to implement a radical change of direction in the management of the Šumava National Park in southern Bohemia. On Monday, the director of the…
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Education minister says school-leaving exam results alarming but not tragic
Not a tragedy - at least not yet - is how the country’s Education Minister Josef Dobeš is rating the results of a recent school-leaving exam in a trial run. Those were…
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Jobs fair puts spotlight on Czech doctors’ mass exodus threat
The Czech health sector is facing serious problems. Around a quarter of hospital doctors have given warning that they will leave to work abroad unless there are given…
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Cuban political dissident and family begin asylum in the Czech Republic
The first Cuban political prisoner granted political asylum in the Czech Republic has arrived with his family and relatives in his host country. The dissident, who spent…
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Czech army ends Kosovo mission
The main force of the Czech Army serving in the NATO operation in Kosovo has returned home to the Czech Republic, ending a peacekeeping mission of eleven years. Only a…
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TOP 09 in danger of being sidelined at Prague City Hall
Following the recent municipal elections, it appeared that the winners in the capital, TOP 09 (with its candidate for mayor Zdeněk Tůma) would head City Hall. But a little…
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Can citizen power change the face of Czech town halls?
One of the most startling features of recent elections in big cities, towns and local councils across the Czech Republic was the success of independent citizens’ groups in…
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Senate results should spark reflection from government parties, force negotiations with Social…
Political analyst Jiří Pehe says the Senate election results represent a backlash against the centre-right coalition government’s reforms. He expects the outcome to make…
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Opposition’s victory in senate elections may slow government’s reform drive
The opposition Social Democrats triumphed in the weekend senate elections winning a majority in the upper house of Parliament and pledging to use the power to slow down…
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Temelín delay highlights worldwide problems getting nuclear plants delivered on budget and on time…
Czech Prime Minister, Petr Nečas, on Tuesday confirmed that one of the biggest building contracts in the country and world, the building of two new nuclear reactors at the…
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Public Affairs seeks way ahead after electoral defeat
As the dust settles on the weekend’s local and Senate elections, one loser stands out: the smallest party in the coalition government, Public Affairs. Just five months…
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