Domestic Affairs
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Is the Czech Republic the new “bad-boy” of the European Union?
In January 2009, the Czech Republic will for the first time assume the EU presidency. But the current Czech coalition government may have a problem – its policies have…
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Former prime minister fails bar exam
News has emerged that the former Czech prime minister Stanislav Gross has failed his bar exam. For Gross, this latest story is just one of a series of negative reports…
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Will Czech lawmakers have to pay for public transport?
Free plane tickets around the Czech Republic, generous travel allowances, low- rent luxury flats in Prague– those are just a few of the many perks enjoyed by Czech…
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Czech Parliament opens debate on Lisbon Treaty
The Czech Parliament on Wednesday opened debate on the Lisbon Treaty signed in December of 2007 by the EU’s 27 member states. The treaty replaces the controversial EU…
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First Czech soldier killed in action in Afghanistan
The first Czech soldier has died in action in what the United States calls the war on terror. He was the victim of a suicide bomber in southern Afghanistan on Monday; two…
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New bill to make dual nationality possible for former Czech citizens
The Interior Ministry has come up with a new bill on citizenship which will make it easier for former Czech nationals to have their Czech citizenship returned. If it goes…
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Who passed that law?
Approving new laws is no easy task – especially when you have to change the foundations of the whole legal system as Czech lawmakers had to do in the years after the fall…
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Parliament debates ammendment to the drugs law
Although drug abuse is a criminal offense in the Czech Republic, the existing legislation does not distinguish between hard and soft drugs, merely drawing a line between…
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Czech court places Prague castle under administration
The official seat of the country’s president and Prague’s most important landmark, Prague Castle, has been placed under administration – or distraint- as a result of debts…
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MPs want exiled Carpathian Czechs compensated
Czech lawmakers have recommended that people forced to abandon their homes in Carpathian Ruthenia, when this part of Czechoslovakia was ceded to the Soviet Union at the…
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Issue of Jiří Čunek’s return to cabinet remains unresolved
Leaders of the country’s ruling coalition met on Wednesday to discuss upcoming tasks and priorities. The one important issue which was pointedly avoided was the possible…
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Parliament fails to lift ban on full-contact dog training
The Czech Parliament has failed to overrule a presidential veto of a bill which was meant to lift a ban on the use of foxes in the training of burrowing dogs. Under the…
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