Domestic Affairs
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Eurosceptics declare Treaty of Lisbon “finished”
Most EU leaders certainly hoped it wouldn’t come to this: a failure by a single country to ratify the Treaty of Lisbon, the third rejection of proposed reforms to the…
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Prague looks to Plan B after Irish voters reject Lisbon Treaty
Whoever in the Irish government thought of holding a referendum on Friday the 13th might now be regretting it. Unofficial vote tallies from the popular vote on the Lisbon…
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Are Czech teachers paid enough?
Thousands of Czech school pupils enjoyed a day off on Monday as their teachers took to the streets to demand more money. Over half of the country’s schools were closed as…
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Greenpeace activists evicted from Brdy military zone
At the end of April, activists from the Greenpeace environmental group set up a camp on a patch of land in the Brdy military to protest against the US radar facility to be…
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Fate of reforms uncertain as weakened government comes under fire
The heat is on Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek’s centre right government. Half-way though implementing its programme of fiscal reforms it is racked by internal conflict…
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Rebel Civic Democrat Vlastimil Tlustý: “I don’t want to bring down the government”
The centre-right government has been hit by the most serious crisis in its existence, with Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek admitting the possibility of a minority…
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Former supreme state attorney doesn’t have to apologise for “judicial mafia” claims
The Czech judicial system is supposed to be waging war on criminals, but seems to be waging war on itself this week. The supreme state attorney Renata Vesecká lost a high…
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Czech farmers join German protests against low milk prices
Czech farmers have started pouring away thousands of litres of milk which could not be delivered to German diaries, picketed by local farmers protesting against low milk…
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Outlook bleak for centre-right coalition amid Tlustý rebellion over church law
When Mirek Topolánek’s centre-right coalition government came to power in January 2007, it held the slimmest majority – two seats - in parliament, and has survived pretty…
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Havel calls on Prague citizens not to vote for Civic Democrats
The former Czech president Václav Havel has largely refrained from interfering in or commenting on domestic politics since stepping down as president five years ago. But…
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Demonstrators end anti-radar hunger strike – but politicians to take up cause.
At midnight on Monday, protesters Jan Tamáš and Jan Bednář will suspend their three week hunger strike over the government’s plans to allow a US anti-missile radar base…
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Constitutional Court rules on health fees
On Wednesday the Constitutional Court ruled that health care reforms introduced by the government this year did not contradict the Czech constitution. The ruling came six…
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