Domestic Affairs
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Motorway connecting CR and Germany finally completed
On Friday, Central and Eastern Europe's motorways were connected for the first time to the Western European motorway grid. On the exact spot where the Iron Curtain stood…
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Government toppled in confidence vote
The minority Civic Democrat government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek lost a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday, triggering the fall of his cabinet and edging the…
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President to decide next step if Civic Democrat government fails
On Tuesday all eyes will be on parliament as Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's government begins procedures leading up to a crucial confidence vote. Even now few are giving…
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Wiretap scandal deepens row between Civic and Social Democrats
A month after the Civic Democrat minority government took office, differences between the ruling Civic Democrats and the opposition Social Democrats couldn't run deeper…
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Hundreds of former Communist secret police agents in Czech police force
One of the steps taken by the Czech Republic to come to terms with its communist past were so-called 'lustrace', or screening laws. They were meant to prevent former…
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More light shed on terror threat against Czech Republic
More light was shed on the alleged terrorist threat against the Czech Republic on Tuesday, with claims that a Prague-based Albanian drug dealer was a crucial link in a…
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Czech Republic on high-alert: intelligence points to possible terrorism threat
Czechs woke up on Saturday morning to the news of a possible terrorist threat against this country. The reports came on the heels of the arrest of four people in Norway…
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"Race" through city exposes difficulties faced by pedestrians
Friday, September 22, is European Car-free Day. In 22 European countries, including the Czech Republic, drivers have been asked to leave their cars at home and use other…
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Social Democrats' integrity weakened by former party leader
Developments on the Czech political scene - which has been pretty much deadlocked since the inconclusive general elections in June - have taken an unexpected turn. The…
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Social Democrats roll out big guns in bid to unseat Bem
In a around thirty days time the Czech Republic's weary electorate will be asked to go to the polls, four months after June's inconclusive parliamentary elections. This…
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Topolanek hammers nail in coffin of 2010 euro adoption
For some time successive Social Democrat governments have spoken of the Czech Republic joining the eurozone by the end of the decade - January 1st, 2010 being the date…
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Government backs plans for Institute of National Memory
On Wednesday the government backed a plan long prepared by the ruling Civic Democrats to found a new Institute for National Memory - covering the legacy of Communism in…
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