Domestic Affairs
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Culture minister stokes controversy with lifelong marriage proposal
The Christian Democrat Culture Minister Václav Jehlička has stoked controversy by suggesting an amendment to the countries marriage code that would allow for what appear…
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“Finished” Topolánek gathering support ahead of hotly anticipated party leadership vote
After a whitewash for the Civic Democrats in regional and Senate elections, Mirek Topolánek’s days as party leader appeared to be numbered. Now, however, as a leadership…
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Chamber of Deputies approves new criminal code
An historic moment: that is how Justice Minister Jiří Pospíšil described a vote in the lower house on Tuesday approving the country’s new criminal code, which will fully…
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Health minister under fire over proposed reforms
Reform in the health sector has proven one of toughest challenges since the fall of communism, with the post of health minister held by 13 people since 1993. The current…
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Could Communists replicate first participation in regional governments at national level?
Two weeks after regional elections which saw a landslide victory for the opposition Social Democrats, governments in all of the Czech Republic’s 13 regions are now being…
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Journalists raise alarm after MPs pass bill to make publication of police wiretaps illegal
Transcripts of police wiretaps are regular fodder for the Czech media, but perhaps not for much longer. On Friday MPs in the lower house approved a bill that would outlaw…
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Embattled PM announces cabinet re-shuffle and says he’ll fight his adversaries
Bolstered by a successful meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek came home in fighting spirit, saying he was planning…
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Will Bém or an unknown challenger unseat embattled Civic Democrat leader?
Barely a day goes by without new speculation over Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek’s political future, threatened by his party’s dismal failure in mid-term elections. This…
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Pehe: EU worried at “learner driver” Czechs steering Europe through crisis
It was a weekend of accusations and soul-searching for the main governing party, the Civic Democrats, in the wake of a second terrible drubbing at the hands of the left…
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Has the government secured its future following the no-confidence vote win?
Mirek Topolánek’s centre-right government may have emerged victorious from Wednesday’s no-confidence vote, but it’s not out of the woods yet. There is still the nasty…
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Government survives no-confidence vote
The centre-right government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek survived a vote of no-confidence in the lower house on Wednesday. The victory came only days after the…
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Social Democrat aim to “abolish” health fees in regional hospitals raises practitioners’ ire
Health care fees of 30, 60 and 90 crowns introduced earlier this year at Czech surgeries, hospitals, and emergency wards have remained a major issue among many Czechs and…
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