Domestic Affairs
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Should Moravians be treated as an ethnic minority?
Czech law gives special rights to minorities who make up at least ten percent of the population of a town or village. This gives them the right to have public signs in…
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Prague takes first step towards Olympic bid
Prague city councillors have just voted in favour of the city making a bid to host the Olympic Games in 2016 and the city council will now decide on the matter. If, as…
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Environment Minister says Nuclear Safety Office is playing down Temelin accidents
The Temelin nuclear power plant in South Bohemia has been in operation for over six years and yet its employees have their work cut out for themselves fixing one fault…
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Constitutional Court ruling enables municipalities to ban street prostitution
A ruling on Thursday by the Constitutional Court was good news for many towns and villages across the Czech Republic. It enables local authorities to ban prostitution from…
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Parties selecting candidates for 2008 presidential elections
After four years in office President Klaus is the most trusted Czech politician. A poll by the SC&C agency suggests that two thirds of Czechs would like to see him re…
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Slim hope for attempt to toughen up toothless anti-smoking legislation
Toughening up the Czech Republic's rather toothless anti-smoking legislation is back on the agenda this week, but those hoping for a strict ban along the lines of Italy or…
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Will planned increase in speed limit lead to problems on Czech motorways?
Most European countries seem to agree on a speed limit of 130 km/hour or less on their motorways. The Czech Republic, however, may soon become the only country in Europe…
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Catholic Church, Prague Castle administration discuss handing over of St Vitus Cathedral
As we reported last month, the Supreme Court cancelled all previous rulings by lower courts that ordered the Czech state to hand over Prague's St Vitus Cathedral to the…
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Christian Democrats stand by their man, but pressure growing on Cunek
The Christian Democrats leader Jiri Cunek seems to never be off the front pages these days, with a constant flow of allegations concerning his investigation on suspicion…
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New group wants "rockets not radars" - but are they serious?
There has been a great deal of talk in the last couple of months about US plans to build part of its anti-missile defence shield - a radar - here in the Czech Republic…
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Ambassador Richard Graber - radar station does not make Czechs military target
The head of the U.S. Missile Defence Agency was in Brussels this week to argue the case for placing part of its missile defence shield in Poland and the Czech Republic…
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Second biggest party could be facing extinction
The Social Democrats, the second biggest party in the country, may be facing extinction. A lawyer who represented them in court seven years ago says he is owed billions of…
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