Domestic Affairs
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President Klaus not to chair EU leaders' summit
Czech President Václav Klaus on Wednesday announced that he had no ambitions to chair a high-profile summit of EU leaders in June, proposing that the task should go to the…
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Church takes cathedral claim to Constitutional Court
The Czech Catholic Church has filed a complaint with the country’s Constitutional Court over a 2007 verdict by the Supreme Court according to which the state is the…
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Treason? Politicians scrap over whether Klaus must sign Lisbon Treaty
There was much rejoicing in Europe last week when Czech senators voted in favour of ratifying the European Union’s Lisbon Treaty, which aims to streamline the way the EU…
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President Klaus delays putting signature to Lisbon ratification
The upper house of the Czech parliament has voted to ratify the EU’s Lisbon treaty, finalizing the parliamentary ratification of the document. But one major obstacle…
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Caretaker Prime Minister Jan Fischer’s government line-up gets cool response
Six weeks after the fall of the centre-right coalition, Czechs have been told the line-up of their new caretaker government. The last minute haggling over its composition…
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Czech government unveils strategy to combat rise in far-right extremism
In one of its final acts before leaving office, the Czech government has just approved a new strategy to deal with a rise in far-right extremism. The release of the plan…
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Talks on caretaker cabinet back on track after hitting the rocks
A caretaker cabinet to tide the Czech Republic to early elections is supposed to be formally appointed on Friday, but there’s still no agreement on who will be in it. Last…
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Social Democrats turn spotlight onto high wages of state company bosses
Fat cat wages at Czech state controlled companies during the economic crisis have been pushed into the limelight by the main opposition party, the Social Democrats. Party…
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Will the interim government give President Klaus a bigger role in the Czech EU presidency?
With a caretaker government due to take over on May 8, there is growing concern as to how the Czech Republic will handle the remainder of its EU presidency. Can the…
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Aeroflot excluded from CSA sell-off that could net Czech state rather less than originally hoped
The Czech government said on Monday that Aeroflot would not be allowed to bid for its stake in the Czech national carrier, CSA. However, the exclusion of the Russian…
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Alarm as Canada receives more refugees from Czech Rep than Iraq, Afghanistan
Canada has expressed concern about rising numbers of asylum seekers from the Czech Republic, most of them believed to members of the Roma or gypsy minority. There’s…
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Outgoing coalition, opposition agree on stimulus package
One of Prime Minister Jan Fischer’s first tasks in his new job will be implementing a billion-crown stimulus package to kick-start the Czech economy. A final outline of…
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