Domestic Affairs
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Unemployment nudges 10% though analysts say worst is over
New figures released by the government on Monday showed unemployment creeping up towards the dreaded 10 percent mark in January. The registered number of unemployed was 9…
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Czechs to go to polls in general elections on last weekend of May
General elections will be held in the Czech Republic on the last weekend of May, the country’s president, Václav Klaus, announced on Friday. The dates are the latest…
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Campaigners sound alarm over proposed change to road noise limits
The business freesheet E15 has reported that the Czech Transport Ministry is looking at ways to increase acceptable limits of noise pollution in order to build new roads…
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Study finds most Czech companies monitor employee internet activity
Concerns about employee privacy in the Czech Republic are on the rise. A freshly released survey suggests that three quarters of all Czech companies track the web pages…
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Polish concern over vandalism of bilingual signs in Český Těšín
President Václav Klaus visited North Moravia on Monday, and during a trip to the regional capital Ostrava he met representatives of the Czech Republic’s Polish minority…
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Government approves additional troops for Afghan mission
The government has approved reinforcements of 55 troops for the Czech contingent serving in Afghanistan. Earlier this year, lawmakers approved 535 troops to continue the…
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“We were criminally naïve”: a former Czech PM looks back to the Velvet Revolution
Since the fall of communism, Petr Pithart has been a central Czech political figure. As one of the first people to sign the human rights manifesto, Charter 77, he spent…
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Klaus steps in to stop mandatory swine flu vaccinations for soldiers
President Vaclav Klaus has stepped in to stop mandatory vaccination of Czech soldiers against swine flu, telling Army staff the order to vaccinate all 16,000 soldiers was…
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Environment Ministry calls in international experts to sidestep pressure over controversial power…
Modernisation plans for the Czech Republic’s biggest coal-fired power plant have become a very hot topic indeed. So much so, that the Ministry of Environment has…
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Trade unions: government should spend more to boost economy
With the soaring deficit of the state budget and uncertain forecasts about the country’s economic output in 2010, the Czech government is working on a strategy to improve…
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Quo vadis, Praha? The heated debate over the future of the Czech capital
One of the most important documents concerning the future of Prague is the rather unimaginatively named “Development Plan”. Since 1999, the plan has been the key public…
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IMF mission warns time running out for economic reforms
A delegation from the global financial and economic watchdog, the International Monetary Fund, has delivered a mixed message to the Czech Republic. The good news is that…
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