Domestic Affairs
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Czech authorities launch new online visa application system
The Czech Foreign Ministry has launched a new online system for long-term visa applicants. The authorities believe the new tool will curb corruption that was allegedly…
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Czech media getting bad press over extremism
The Czech media is regularly ranked as one of the freest in the world, but recent events have called into question how well that freedom is utilised where political…
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Christian Democrats seek salvation with Svoboda
The traditional kingmakers of Czech politics – the Christian Democrats – held a closely observed national congress at the weekend. The main event was the election of a new…
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Experts believe extremism is being fed by media attention
With the elections to the European Parliament coming up, political parties in the Czech Republic are trying to get their issues to the fore. Out of the sidelines of that…
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Christian Democrats seek Moses to lead party out of political desert
It’s a party drifting in the political doldrums, and this weekend it will decide whether to stay with the current captain or toss him overboard. The Christian Democrats…
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Social Democrat rally turns into egg war
Campaigning in the European elections has taken a dramatic turn, unseen since the fall of communism in 1989. Social Democrat rallies held around the country have been…
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Eggs-treme protests disrupt Social Democrats’ election campaign
In the run up to the European elections next month, column inch after column inch has been dedicated to a rather unlikely piece of news from the campaign trail; at a…
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Czech MPS expenses under scrutiny after British scandal
The British scandal over MPs imaginative expense payments has focused attention on how Czech lawmakers are compensated and their accounts controlled. The comparison shows…
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Government close to finalising main priorities
The country’s new prime minister, Jan Fischer, has revealed that his government is now close to releasing its official policy statement, with the government due to hammer…
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Unions protest policies of former centre-right government
Some 23,000 union members from several countries descended on Prague on Saturday to protest against steps taken by the former Czech government to tackle the economic…
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Corruption concerns over huge biggest ever environmental tender
The interim Czech government is pushing ahead with a tender for the biggest environmental clean-up operation in the country’s history – removing environmental damage…
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Few real issues in EP election campaign
Three weeks before Czechs go to the polls to vote in elections to the European Parliament, campaigning is in full swing. While the two strongest parties are engaged in…
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