Domestic Affairs
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Number 3 for Jesus: Czech parties get numbers to run with in May’s elections
There are 27 Czech political parties running in May’s general elections. Only a few of them have a realistic prospect of entering the lower house of Parliament, but they…
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How will US-Russian nuclear deal affect Czech security?
US President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev are set to sign a landmark nuclear arms control treaty in the Czech capital on Thursday. But some Czechs…
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Petr Nečas – safe pair of hands whose reign as party leader could be brief
Mirek Topolánek finally bowed to the inevitable on Thursday, and bowed out of Czech politics. He announced he would relinquish his post of leader of the Civic Democrats on…
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Czech Foreign Ministry closes embassies to cut costs
The Czech Foreign Ministry this week put to work an extensive cost-cutting plan, and closed down the embassy in Angola, the consulate in Montreal and the cultural Czech…
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Topolánek to step down after over seven years as chairman of Civic Democrats
After over seven years in the post, Mirek Topolánek is stepping down as chairman of the Civic Democrats. The announcement comes days after he was forced to quit as…
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Proposal seeks to include right to adopt in registered partnership legislation
The Green Party has recently brought forward a proposal to change legislation so that gay and lesbian individuals in the Czech Republic who live in a registered…
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Human rights minister Michael Kocáb steps down at Greens’ request
The Minister for Human Rights and Minorities Michael Kocáb has resigned - meeting a request by the Green Party which no longer intends to support the country’s caretaker…
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Analyst: Topolánek’s failure to resign as party leader likely to cause further problems for Civic…
The Civic Democrats’ Mirek Topolánek has bowed to pressure from within his own party and agreed to step down as election leader two months before the Czechs go to the…
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Civic Democrats replace besieged election leader
In a desperate attempt to boost their chances in the upcoming elections, the centre-right Civic Democrats on Thursday replaced their election leader. In a heated five hour…
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Small parties seen making an impact in May lower house elections
The deadline has passed for political parties and movements to register for lower house elections at the end of May. More have come forward than last time round four years…
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Topolánek resists pressure to step down as head of Civic Democrats
The head of the Civic Democratic Party, Mirek Topolánek, has resisted intense pressure from his own party to step down, in the wake of controversial remarks made during an…
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Prince Charles visits revolutionary ‘eco-friendly’ village in Moravia
Britain’s Prince Charles spent a day in Moravia on Monday, and paid a visit to the country’s first ‘eco-friendly’ village - Hostětín, in the White Carpathian mountains…
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