Domestic Affairs
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Czech Republic braces itself for weeks of political uncertainty
The Czechs have gone to the polls: after eight years in government, the Social Democrats are to make room for the opposition right-of-centre Civic Democrats, with their…
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Political analyst Jiri Pehe on election outcome
Who will rule the Czech Republic over the next four years? In recent days political analysts have been speculating on the pros and cons of various coalition scenarios. On…
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Czech Greens celebrate an election first
As pre-election polls predicted, the Czech Green Party looks to have safely crossed the five percent barrier and made it into parliament for the first time since its…
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Civic Democrats celebrate victory
Live music, food, champagne. The Civic Democrats are celebrating and they say their victory is clear. They also point to the high voter turnout at 65%, as opposed to 58…
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Thirty percent of vote always success for Social Democrats, says deputy PM
Though the governing Social Democratic Party do appear to have come off second best in this year's elections, the party did win a greater percentage of the votes than most…
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Communists snag smaller percentage than in 2002
The Czech Communist party so far appears to have received a smaller percentage of votes cast than they did in the 2002 election - when they won nearly a fifth of the vote…
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Czechs abroad call for introduction of postal vote; turnout expected low at embassies
According to estimates, some two million people of Czech extraction live outside the Czech Republic. Some 300,000 out of those have Czech citizenship and are therefore…
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President Vaclav Klaus votes
When polling stations in the Czech Republic opened on Friday, the country's leading political representatives did not wait long to cast their votes. President Vaclav Klaus…
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A look back at the pre-election campaigns
Many pundits in the Czech Republic agree that this year's pre-election campaigns were - at least as far as the country's two largest parties were concerned - among the…
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The Roma in Czech politics
The Czech Republic is often criticised by the outside world for doing little to improve the living conditions of its Roma minority. It is hard for them to find work, many…
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General elections just hours away
Less than twenty-four hours before polling stations open for general elections the two strongest parties on the Czech political scene - the ruling Social Democrats and the…
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First time voters discuss Czech politics ahead of this weekend's elections
Tens of thousands of Czechs will be voting for the first time in this weekend's general elections. To get a flavour of how some new voters see the elections - and Czech…
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