Domestic Affairs
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Central or Eastern? Schwarzenberg, Lavrov tussle over map of Europe
Prague, as any Czech schoolchild will tell you, is west of Vienna, and Czechs get notably prickly when their country is placed in “Eastern” rather than “Central” Europe…
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Czech Republic criticized for fining journalist who protected source
A year ago, Sabina Slonková acquired undercover footage of the president’s chief of staff, Jiří Weigl, meeting lobbyist Miroslav Šlouf in a downtown Prague hotel. Ms…
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Future of anti-missile system hinges on Iran, says Hillary Clinton after talks with Czech…
Uncertainty over American plans to build an anti-missile system that would be part based in the Czech Republic has not been dispelled after a meeting between the Czech…
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Biden suggests US missile defence will go ahead if key conditions met
Recent days have seen increased uncertainty on the future of US missile defence plans in Europe, including the deployment of a radar base in the Czech Republic and…
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Czechs criticized for surgically castrating sex offenders
Europe’s leading human rights body has urged the Czech Republic to stop surgically castrating sex offenders immediately. The Council of Europe has called the treatment ‘…
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Czech journalists up in arms over a bill that would ban publication of police wiretappings
The lower house of Parliament on Thursday overturned a Senate veto on a bill that would outlaw publishing transcripts or broadcasting recordings of phone calls intercepted…
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Government passes bill on foreign missions
A vote in the lower house on Wednesday has ensured that the Czech Republic will continue its foreign military missions for at least another year. Following hours of debate…
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Czech authorities considering scheme to pay laid-off immigrant workers to return home
Rising unemployment spells bad news for the hundreds of thousands of non-nationals working in the Czech Republic. Things are especially difficult for workers from outside…
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Abolition of health fees causes mayhem in selected pharmacies
The Czech Republic’s health care reform has sustained a severe blow. On Monday, the opposition Social Democrats fulfilled the promise which secured their victory in the…
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Dienstbier: US unlikely to build radar base in Czech Republic
Two weeks into the new Obama administration some have expressed doubts over the future of US missile defence in central Europe. Last year the Czech Republic signed two…
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New pro-European party gears up for EP elections
Smaller parties in the Czech Republic are already gearing up for this year’s elections to the European Parliament, anxious to reach voters even though the elections only…
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Foreign Ministry fined over Sarkozy-Topolánek leak
The National Security Office has fined the Foreign Ministry over the leak of a transcript of an official conversation between the Czech prime minister Mirek Topolánek and…
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