Domestic Affairs
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Political parties ponder plethora of possible post-election permutations
Keenly anticipated general elections are being held in the Czech Republic at the end of the next week. Opinion polls suggest the Social Democrats should come first, though…
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A disappointing waste of time? MPs look back at four-year term as lower house meets for final…
Ten days before the general elections, the lower house of the Czech Parliament met on Tuesday for its last session. Most of the MPs are running again; some have quit, and…
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Rolling Bohemian hills become Afghan desert for Flying Rhino 2010
The Czech Republic is currently playing host to the British Army's largest integrated land-air military exercise, called Flying Rhino. More than 2,000 troops from the UK's…
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Jan Herzmann: surveying the Czech political scene
Jan Herzmann is a managing partner in one of the top Czech polling agencies, Factum Invenio. While most of the work is marketing surveys for companies, the current…
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Left wing parties fare miserably in mock election held in Czech schools
Two weeks before general elections, the NGO People in Need has just released the results of a mock election held in Czech schools last month. The results suggest that if…
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“Havel’s children” likely to shun lower house elections
If the imminent Czech lower house elections have failed to enthuse a large part of the population so far then that appears doubly true for many young people. Figures…
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Czechs sceptical about Brussels’ plan to review national budgets
In the wake of the Greek financial crisis, the European Commission has proposed that the budgets of countries using the euro should be reviewed in Brussels before they are…
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British Prime Minister David Cameron’s special Czech relationship
The British Conservatives under leader David Cameron have won power after 13 years in the political wilderness. The newly installed British Prime Minister has been a…
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Czechs escape direct costs of Greek contagion package but face stepped up scrutiny of public…
European Union finance ministers have agreed a massive package of funding to stop the spread of Greek financial crisis and save the euro zone from collapse. The Czech…
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Czech intelligence sees decrease in right-wing extremism
Activities of right-wing extremists have dropped in the first three months of this year, according to a report by the Czech intelligence service, or BIS, released on…
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Recriminations follow violent attack on politician at election rally
Politicians across the board were shaken by a violent attack on the deputy leader of the Social Democrats, Bohuslav Sobotka, at an election rally in Brno on Wednesday. Mr…
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Public Affairs party comes under scrutiny for pre-election street patrols
The surprise political hit of the Czech general election campaign so far, the Public Affairs party, has come under the spotlight for another reason than its high poll…
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