Domestic Affairs
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Is it time to change the Czech Constitution?
Appointing Jan Fisher the country’s new prime minister on Thursday, President Klaus expressed satisfaction with the speedy solution to the country’s political crisis. Yet…
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President Klaus appoints Jan Fischer prime minister
Czech President Vaclav Klaus on Thursday appointed Jan Fischer the country’s new prime minister, ending a period of uncertainty after the fall of Prime Minister Topolánek’…
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Czech Republic not to accept Guantanamo detainees, says interior minister
The Czech Republic will not accept any former inmates from the Guantanamo Bay military prison camp, Interior Minister Ivan Langer said on Monday in response to a US appeal…
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Caretaker cabinet talks hit snag as small parties dither
It was all looking so hopeful on Monday – a caretaker government approved by four parties to take the country until early elections. A week is a long time in politics, but…
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Little-known official Jan Fischer in frame to lead interim government to early elections
Less than two weeks after the Czech government lost a no-confidence vote, the three parties in the outgoing coalition and the opposition Social Democrats announced on…
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MPs who helped topple government stand for Libertas in European elections
The two rebel Civic Democrat MPs, Vlastimil Tlustý and Jan Schwippel, who voted against their party to topple the government in last Tuesday’s no-confidence vote are back…
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Security and protocol in the spotlight hours before Barack Obama arrives in Prague
Prague is preparing to host the biggest event of the Czech EU presidency – an EU-US summit attended by the leaders of the 27 and US President Barack Obama. It is President…
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Czech media get to grips with stringent new reporting rules
A stringent new media law has just taken effect in the Czech Republic, restricting the use of official information, including telephone wire-taps. Media owners, editors…
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Caretaker cabinet would take office before end of EU presidency under reported provisional…
A week after the Czech government lost a vote of no-confidence, the main players appear to have reached agreement on a way out of the crisis. Early elections look set to…
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"I hope we will be thought of as an honest broker" - Milena Vicenová on the Czech EU presidency
This Tuesday marks the halfway point of the Czech Republic’s EU presidency. On a recent visit to Brussels, I met one of the people instrumental in organizing the Czechs’…
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Israel's President Shimon Peres on state visit to Czech Republic
The Israeli president Shimon Peres arrived in the Czech capital on Monday for a two-day state visit. Mr Peres was welcomed at Prague Castle by his Czech counterpart…
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Political leaders seek solution to government crisis
Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek, whose centre-right cabinet was defeated in a no-confidence vote in the lower house earlier this week, on Thursday formally submitted…
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