Domestic Affairs
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GPs go ahead with one day strike
Money problems in the Czech health sector appear to have reached a head. Hundreds of private GPs across the country closed their offices for a one day strike on Thursday…
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Private doctors' strike over late reimbursements set to go ahead
Eleventh-hour negotiations by Prime Minister Jiri Paroubek have failed to avert private doctors' plans to strike over chronically late payments from the state-run…
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Filip takes over as Communist Party leader
Over the last 12 years few politicians have attracted more controversy than the Communist Party's Miroslav Grebenicek. Every May 1st as party leader it was his rhetoric…
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Prime Minister agrees to Unipetrol probe but on his own terms
The scandal over the privatization of the petrochemicals firm Unipetrol, following accusations of corruption directed at the ruling Social Democrats, has taken an…
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Are Czechs warming up to the Communists?
If elections were held today, opinion polls suggest, voters' support would be almost equally divided between the left and the right side of the political spectrum. Most…
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The Green Party wants to play a bigger role in Czech politics
Somewhat in the shadow of high politics, the Czech Green Party elected a new leader over the weekend and made bold plans for the future. Although the party has never…
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Former PM Stanislav Gross bows out of politics
One of the political developments over the weekend was the decision by the chairman of the Social Democrats and former prime minister Stanislav Gross to step down. Mr…
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Prime Minister tells the Christian Democrats to play ball or leave the Cabinet
Although general elections in the Czech Republic are eight months away, this weekend marked the beginning of what commentators predict will be a tough election campaign…
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Czech universities at a crossroads: questions of reform
With university entrance exams around the corner and the general elections only 4 months away, there is growing attention on the Czech Republic's system of higher…
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Mixed results for Czech Republic in OECD education report
Tuesday saw the release of the latest OECD "Education at a Glance" report, which came out simultaneously in all member countries. The report, which uses a wide variety of…
