Domestic Affairs
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Is democracy under threat in central Europe?
The year 2006 will go down as a year marked by political instability in central Europe's post-Communist states. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have all…
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Senator accused of racism could play role in government formation
Just three weeks ago Jiri Cunek was fighting off accusations of racism, when - as mayor of Vsetin - he moved Romany rent-defaulters out of the town. But now Mr Cunek, who…
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Civic Democrat leader gets green light for coalition talks
Civic Democratic party leader Mirek Topolanek was re-elected for another two-year term at the party's national conference over the weekend and received a strong mandate to…
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Government talks evoke restrained optimism
It appears the Civic Democrats and the Social Democrats are close to agreeing a deal that would see them divide up power in a new government. The former are no longer…
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PM drops idea of early elections in favour of trying to form stable government
The second round of talks on forming a new government since parliamentary elections ended in stalemate half a year ago, saw unexpected developments on Monday when Prime…
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Klaus to appoint Topolanek PM for second time, but why?
President Vaclav Klaus announced on Monday that he was no longer willing to wait for the country's political parties to agree on forming a temporary government to lead the…
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Vsetin mayor in race storm after evicting Romanies from town centre
The town of Vsetin in eastern Moravia is at the centre of what is becoming a nationwide debate over housing, local politics and race relations. Mayor Jiri Cunek's decision…
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President invites party chiefs to Prague Castle to discuss new attempt at forming cabinet
It has been 150 days since general elections in June produced an inconclusive result and the country has been without a stable government ever since. For the first time…
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War veterans protest "desecration" of military memorial
The National Memorial on Vitkov Hill in Prague is a structure hard to miss. It is a severe rectangular building with no windows, accompanied by a large statue of 15th…
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Paroubek under fire from Skromach, Zeman over election results
The leader of the Social Democrats, Jiri Paroubek, has come under fire from within his own party, after an unimpressive showing in the Senate and local elections. There…
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Twenty-two personalities awarded with state honours on occasion of national holiday
Saturday, October 28th, marked the 88th anniversary of the foundation of independent Czechoslovakia. On that occasion, Czech President Vaclav Klaus presented high state…
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Senate elections: a triumph for the centre-right Civic Democrats
As expected the second round of Senate elections held over the weekend were a triumph for the centre-right Civic Democratic Party headed by Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek…
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