Domestic Affairs
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Czech government puts health insurer VZP under administration
It's been in the air for weeks but now it actually happened. The newly appointed health minister, David Rath, has put that the largest state-owned health insurer, the VZP…
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Cabinet agrees on Agriculture Minister's call to sack Land Fund board
The Cabinet on Wednesday accepted Agriculture Minister Petr Zgarba's proposal that Parliament dismiss the entire board of the powerful Czech Land Fund - the body…
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Opening debate on the 'regularisation' of illegal workers
The shadow economy of the Czech Republic is thought to employ hundreds of thousands of undocumented workers. They come mainly from Ukraine and Slovakia, Vietnam and Russia…
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Interior Ministry announces proposals to change asylum system
The Czech Interior Ministry has announced plans for changes to the country's asylum system, to reflect a fall in the number of refugees arriving in the Czech Republic each…
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Agriculture Minister's role in 'speculative' property deals under investigation
Allegations that state officials - including Agriculture Minister Petr Zgarba - have passed on inside information to land speculators has prompted an intensive review of…
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Government to pave way for memorial on former concentration camp site
The pig farm at Lety has proven to be an embarrassment for a succession of Czech governments: in the early 90s, the media revealed that the farm stood on the site of a…
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Parliament approves significant tax cut that will affect 4 million Czechs
The Czech Parliament on Tuesday passed a significant tax cut which will affect some 4 million Czech taxpayers next year. Employees will save an average of around 400…
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Court rules St Vitus' Cathedral belongs to Catholic Church
If you think of Prague, one of the first things that springs to mind is the magnificent 14th century Saint Vitus' Cathedral, towering above the city's skyline. But who…
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Political standoff over Rath appointment intensifies
The political standoff over the naming of a new health minister intensified with the de facto appointment on Friday of Czech Doctors Union chairman David Rath to the post…
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Magazine
The dangers of kinky sex: you may have to call the police to help you out of a difficult situation. Are you off to the country? Use your deodorant! Wild animals can't…
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Business briefs
Ceska Sporitelna predicts 2013 Czech entry into eurozone; Initial compromise reached with health insurance companies; Czech Republic has among the highest perceived levels…
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Klaus and Paroubek at loggerheads over Rath appointment
There seems to be a curse hanging over the Czech health ministry. Few ministers since 1989 have kept their post for much longer than a year and the health sector has been…
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