Domestic Affairs
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Teachers and students seek compensation for damages suffered during Communist period
The Christian Democrats, one of the two smaller parties in the ruling coalition, have formulated a new bill which aims to compensate teachers and students who were thrown…
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Ultra-right National Party seeks to gain attention ahead of elections
The National Party, one of three tiny ultra right wing groupings which have been on the margin of Czech politics for years now without gaining any significant support - is…
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Longest serving Czech MP Michal Kraus steps down over financial scandal
Michal Kraus, the longest serving deputy in the Czech lower house, has resigned. The Social Democrat MP had come under fire from the press and the opposition, over…
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Corruption scandals mushrooming in Czech politics ahead of general elections
On Tuesday, a member of parliament for the opposition right-of-centre Civic Democratic Party gave up his mandate and all his political functions. Vladimir Dolezal is…
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The start of an election year: President Klaus stays out of the fray as politicians bicker
As customary on January 1st Czechs gathered around their TV sets to hear the president's New Year address to the nation. President Klaus's speech was your typical New Year…
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Wanted businessman leaves country to avoid prosecution
The Czech media are full of it - another billionaire wanted by the authorities has left the country. Earlier this year businessman Radovan Krejcir escaped from his villa…
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Health minister prescribes "radical treatment" for Czechs
Are you overweight? Do you smoke? Do you neglect medical check ups? The average Czech would give you a "yes" answer to all of the above and the health minister now intends…
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2006 to bring higher social benefits, more expensive utilities
This Sunday, New Years Day, will find many Czechs - like people around the world - making New Year's resolutions. But they won't have any say over some changes, which have…
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Lower house approves controversial bill to deregulate rent market
The lower house approved landmark legislation on Tuesday which would phase out the controversial system of regulated rents. The bill, if it is approved by the Senate and…
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Czech MPs approve law on same-sex partnerships
Only a week after 27-year old Vladko Dobrovodsky collected the first prize, worth some 450,000 dollars, in the Czech Republic's first TV reality show, he was given another…
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Ministry plans to improve information for prospective foreign workers
The Interior Ministry has announced plans to reform its network of information offices in foreign countries, as part of the government's attempts to fight on illegal…
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Health Minister Rath stirring up Czech politics with no holds barred approach
Since his appointment just five weeks ago, Health Minister David Rath has been at the centre of one controversy after another. After putting the state health insurer under…
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