Domestic Affairs
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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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Age of consent and criminal responsibility may be lowered
Turning fifteen is a big milestone in the life of a Czech: you reach the age of consent, you bear criminal responsibility and get a citizens ID, all regarded as a sign of…
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Union of Communist Youth face ban for advocating workers' revolution
The Czech Communist Party has been slowly regaining respectability in recent years. It is the third biggest force in the Chamber of Deputies, with around 15 percent voter…
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New criminal code to revolutionise Czech law
It's being described as a revolution in Czech criminal law. On Wednesday the lower house approved sweeping changes to the criminal code, covering everything from the age…
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New Czech Labour Code mobilises trade unions into action after sixteen year slumber
The Czech Labour Code is to be amended - but the question is how? Will it serve the rights of the employer or the employee? The changes proposed by the senior ruling…
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The perfect prime minister and Indiana Jones
The parliamentary elections in June of next year are expected to be a major confrontation between the ruling Social Democrats, who have been in office for eight years now…
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Politicians argue over revocation of 'screening laws'
The Czech Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek is once again at the centre of attention after giving his backing to a Communist Party proposal to scrap the so-called screening…
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