Domestic Affairs
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Tlusty - dispute with Nomura over IPB settled
The highly-publicised dispute between the Czech Repubic and the Japanese investment group Nomura appears close to resolution. The Czech Finance Minister Vlastimil Tlusty…
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Czech Republic says 'No' to beer tax hike
The Czech Republic has blocked an EU Commission proposal that would have seen a 4.5 percent hike on taxes on alcohol including beer. That is something that would no doubt…
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Will Dalik incident further impact politician/journalist relationship as well as government talks?
At the weekend a second attempt to form a new government was made all the more complicated; it was revealed that an advisor to Civic Democrat Prime Minister Mirek…
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Comments by PM's aide complicate negotiations
After what initially appeared to be a breakthrough in government negotiations last week, politicians in the Czech Republic are back at square one. On Sunday the Social…
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IMF warns Czech Republic failure to implement reforms could result in economic slowdown
The International Monetary Fund has warned the Czech Republic that failure to implement much needed reform of its public finances could result in an economic slowdown. But…
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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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