Domestic Affairs
-
Counter-intelligence service confirms it averted Iraq planned attack in 2003
Security experts and the public alike were left reeling on Sunday after a Czech TV station revealed that Iraqi intelligence agents working for Saddam Hussein plotted an…
-
PM Fischer reveals new members of his government
The caretaker government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer is undergoing its first major change since it was sworn in seven months ago. The Czech prime minister has announced…
-
PM expresses regret over Roma sterilization but activists say practice continues
Human rights campaigners won an important moral victory on Monday when the government of Jan Fischer expressed regret over the forced sterilization of women, almost all of…
-
Mirek Topolánek defends post as Civic Democrat leader
Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolánek scored a half victory at the 20th Civic Democrat Party congress that took place in Prague over the weekend. The former prime minister…
-
Czech Senate bans appearance by controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders
The Czech Senate on Thursday banned an appearance by the controversial Dutch politician Geert Wilders on its premises. Mr Wilders was going to screen his anti-Islamic film…
-
Brussels summit should pave way for decision on Czech Commission portfolio
Czech Prime Minister Jan Fischer flies into Brussels on Thursday for a special meeting of government leaders to dole out the top jobs created by the European Union’s…
-
Havel to MEPs: no contradiction in dual Czech, European identity
Former president Václav Havel gave a speech at the European Parliament on Wednesday, and the reception was a marked contrast to that given to his successor Václav Klaus…
-
Czech president writes his account of country’s course for Velvet Revolution commemoration
President Václav Klaus is making his own contribution to the 20th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution. The Czech president has penned his own assessment of how and why…
-
Prague could face strike as unions demand more funding for transport network
Prague could soon experience a crippling transport strike. Trade unions at the city’s transport authority are demanding an increase in funding for the city’s metro, tram…
-
Parties break stalemate over EU Commissioner as Füle chosen for job
The tortuous process of choosing a new European Commissioner is over – the government announced on Tuesday that Europe Minister Štefan Füle would be nominated to the five…
-
Student activists unveil “present” received for Velvet Revolution anniversary
The small patch of green outside Malostranská metro station in the centre of Prague has been hosting a bizarre outdoor display this month. Besides a monument to Czech WWII…
-
Communist deputy chair Josef Skála: reforming the regime was the ambition of my generation
Twenty years after the fall of Czechoslovakia’s communist regime, the Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia has retained both its communist label and much of its ideology…
Pages
- « první
- ‹ předchozí
- …
- 143
- 144
- 145
- 146
- 147
- 148
- 149
- 150
- 151
- …
- následující ›
- poslední »