Domestic Affairs
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Government clears restructuring route for struggling Czech Airlines
The Czech government has cleared far reaching plans for Czech Airlines to face the future. The state-owned carrier will be relieved of its debt burden but at the price of…
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Czech public finances post worst balance in a decade during first four months of 2010
The hole in Czech public finances is growing, and will be difficult to patch. Such is the warning message issued by the Finance Ministry on Monday, whose latest figures…
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Czech lower house election campaign goes into final straight after slow, negative start
Czechs go to the polls in just under four weeks for elections to the lower house of parliament. As the deadline approaches, the two main parties have unveiled their final…
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Czech Environment Ministry approves renovation of country’s biggest coal-fired power station
Earlier this year Micronesia called on the Czech Republic not to refit its biggest coal-fired power station, Prunéřov, saying the pollution it will produce threatens the…
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Czech and Austrian foreign ministers discuss bilateral issues in Prague
The Austrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Michael Spindelegger held talks in Prague on Tuesday with his Czech counterpart Jan Kohout on issues ranging from the Beneš…
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High schools come under pressure from regional politicians to drop mock elections
Over the next three days, more than 140 high schools in the Czech Republic are taking part in a mock election, aimed at boosting interest among students on the cusp of…
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Top court ruling fuels debate on pension reform
Experts are concerned that a recent landmark ruling by the Czech Constitutional Court on the pension system might lead to excessive government expenditures. The verdict…
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Lower house chair Miloslav Vlček forced to step down over affairs
The chairman of the lower house of the Czech Parliament Miloslav Vlček has been forced to step down, after revelations of improper loan arrangements and reports he helped…
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Anti-corruption watchdog backs referenda to brake councils’ plans to steamroller through solar…
A Czech anti-corruption watchdog is helping citizens at several sites around the county to prepare referenda for or against plans for massive solar power plants. It is…
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Prime Minister Jan Fischer to become vice-president of European Bank for Reconstruction and…
Prime Minister Jan Fischer will be leaving Czech politics after May’s general elections. The head of the caretaker government said on Tuesday he was nominated for vice…
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Klaus given significant chance to influence monetary policy, euro adoption
There were mild ripples of excitement in the banking world this week when the governor of the central bank announced he would be quitting his post eight months earlier…
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Czech government declares Saturday and Sunday days of national mourning
The world is still in shock over Saturday’s tragedy, when 96 passengers, including the Polish president Lech Kaczynski, died in a plane crash near Russia’s Smolensk. The…
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