Domestic Affairs
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President swears in new Czech “reform” government over six weeks after elections
A new Czech centre-right government made up of the Civic Democrats, TOP 09 and Public Affairs has just been sworn in, after a month and a half of coalition talks. However…
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Alarm as anti-cronyism party says will replace police chief with ‘one of our own people’
The centre-right government hasn’t even been appointed yet but already trouble seems to be brewing over personnel changes at the head of the Czech police force. Radek John…
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MPs fail to elect new Czech ombudsman
The lower house of Parliament failed on Friday to elect the new Czech ombudsman, a successor to the late Otakar Motejl who passed away in May. None of the four candidates…
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Public Affairs puts coalition agreement to online vote
Assuming all goes well in the last meeting of the emerging coalition on Friday – involving procedural aspects of cooperation between the Civic Democrats, TOP 09 and the…
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Coalition agrees final chapters in cost-cutting government programme
Negotiating teams from the three parties who will form the next government finally closed the final chapters of their coalition agreement on Wednesday, paving the way for…
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Addressing segregation of Romany children: cost-cutting measures may succeed where good intentions…
Ever since the fall of communism governments have struggled to deal with the segregation of Romany children, a vast number of whom end up in special schools which severely…
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Incoming government coalition sets 2011 budget goals
Fast on the heels of an agreement on the share out of cabinet posts, the incoming Czech government has hammered out the main lines of its proposed budget for next year…
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Obama nominates White House “ethics Czar” Eisen as ambassador to Czech Republic
US President Barack Obama has nominated Norman Eisen, a lawyer and the president’s advisor on ethics, as the new ambassador to the Czech Republic. The Czech Foreign…
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Gender equality campaigners mortified as Nečas unveils all-male cabinet
Tortuous negotiations on who will fill key posts in the new centre-right cabinet appear to have ended in agreement, with the final pieces of the jigsaw falling into place…
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Central Bohemian region takes unusual step to improve poor state of roads
Authorities in Central Bohemia have come up with an unconventional remedy to improve the state of local roads. They’ve put the names and cell phone numbers of staff…
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Czech Republic plays for high stakes in Temelín nuclear power plant tender
The contract to build two new nuclear reactors at the current south Bohemian site of Temelín with the option for another three elsewhere has been described as the tender…
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Prague councillor wants to push homeless people from city centre
A Prague City councillor, Jiří Janeček of the Civic Democrats, has come forward with a controversial plan which – if implemented – would push long-term homeless people…
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