Domestic Affairs
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Former foreign minister caught discussing corruption around military contract on hidden camera
There was a huge development in a scandal surrounding a large military contract on Tuesday, when Swedish TV broadcast secretly made recordings of former Czech foreign…
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Government minister calls for debate on adoption by gay couples
The cabinet minister responsible for minorities and human rights, Dzamila Stehlikova, has called for a debate aimed at allowing gay couples to adopt children. In an…
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Communist Party torn between Lenin's legacy and need for reform
While former dissidents and prisoners of conscience marked the 59th anniversary of the 1948 communist putsch with calls for the communist party to be banned, Communist…
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Easier farmland purchases for foreigners could threaten Czech farmers
The Czech government has recently backed proposed legislation that should make it easier for foreigners from EU countries to buy Czech farmland. Until now, foreign EU…
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Roma evictions back in the spotlight
When the then mayor of Vsetin Jiri Cunek evicted several hundred Romany rent defaulters from their homes and re-housed them in hastily erected portacabins and vacant…
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Can proposed new reforms save failing healthcare system?
For Czechs, extensive medical care has been the norm for generations. Healthcare was free for all in this country under communism. Since the Velvet Revolution, Czechs have…
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Much discussion but little change at Green Party national convention
Environment Minister Martin Bursik won two big battles this weekend. At a Green Party national convention, he went a long way towards persuading his colleagues to support…
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Supreme Court overturns earlier rulings, returns famous cathedral to state
Many in the Czech Republic considered it "case closed" when a Prague appeals court last September confirmed the Roman Catholic Church's ownership of Prague's famous St…
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Business News
In Business News this week: the Constitutional Court rules against an amendment to a law giving compensation to clients of three bankrupt banks; The Czech Consolidation…
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Senator stripped of immunity to face charges of corruption
Christian Democrat Senator Jiri Cunek has been stripped of his parliamentary immunity. The Senate, on Wednesday, made the decision following a request by the Czech Police…
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Head of Czech branch of Interpol revealed as former StB agent
The head of the Czech branch of Interpol has been revealed to be a former StB secret police agent. The interior minister has confirmed that Pavol Mihal used a false name…
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Will gale-force winds change the face of Czech forests?
Rolling hills and coniferous forests are what you would call typical Czech landscape, but with the climatic changes affecting central Europe that may be about to change…
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