Domestic Affairs
-
Preferential votes turn party ballots upside down
In the Czech general elections, voters shook up the political scene by turning away from the major parties and supporting newcomers. But the change did not stop there: in…
-
Centre-right coalition talks proving far from easy
Following the weekend general elections, Czech right-wing parties are scrambling to capitalize on their gains and reach agreement on a coalition government of fiscal…
-
Amcham’s Weston Stacey: Corruption concerns changed Czech political environment
Ahead of the Czech general elections, the Prague-based American Chamber of Commerce, or Amcham, came up with an initiative to curb corruption and to reform Czech public…
-
Public Affairs party remains a mystery to many
One of the winners of these elections and a newcomer to Parliament, the Public Affairs party, clearly owes its success to its leader Radek John, a former TV journalist who…
-
Voters shake-up status quo, pave way for government of “fiscal responsibility”
In the final weeks ahead of the election, polling agencies in the country repeatedly predicted a major win for Jiří Paroubek’s Social Democrats but the reality at the…
-
Czech Republic heading for centre-right coalition government
With 99 percent of the vote counted in the country’s general elections it is increasingly clear that voters have turned away from the two big parties, the Civic and Social…
-
Czechs cast their ballots in general elections
Czechs are going to the polls to cast their ballot in elections to the lower house of Parliament. At the end of a long and sometimes aggressive campaign, the field is…
-
Government opts for expropriation to push through strategic motorway link
For several years a battle over a piece of farmland has stopped a strategic Czech motorway project in its tracks. On Monday the government decided to remove that obstacle…
-
Catholic Church and state end 18-year-long legal battle over St. Vitus’ Cathedral
Prague’s famous St. Vitus’ Cathedral, home to the country’s coronation jewels and the final resting place of Czech kings, has long been an issue of contention between the…
-
Final political poll shows everything still to play for
With four days still to go before Czechs start voting in elections to the lower house, the last opinion poll has come out. But the political parties and their leaders…
-
New legislation could see fall in number of gaming machines in Czech Republic
Gaming machine bars – known as hernas – are an extremely common sight in the Czech Republic. But now, under legislation approved by the Senate on Thursday, many could…
-
A novel way to get out the vote: free beer for students
As elections draw closer, political parties and civic activists are doing their best to encourage people to vote. Brewer Stanislav Bernard, a right-leaning former…
Pages
- « první
- ‹ předchozí
- …
- 133
- 134
- 135
- 136
- 137
- 138
- 139
- 140
- 141
- …
- následující ›
- poslední »