Domestic Affairs
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Ruling coalition pushes tax hikes through lower house
The Czech governing coalition pushed a tax package through the lower house on Wednesday that will increase the price of tobacco, hard liquor and gambling as well as…
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Last Czechoslovak PM Jan Stráský dies at 78
Many tributes have been paid Jan Stráský, the last prime minister of Czechoslovakia, who has died at the age of 78. Stráský was a founding member of the Civic Democrats…
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Unions: Strike Wednesday will hit most Czech schools
Due to a strike many Czech schools are set to close on Wednesday, while others will have limited service. Teachers unions have called the one-day walkout after a breakdown…
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Communist party official shocks nation ahead of freedom celebrations
As the Czech nation celebrates 30 years of freedom and democracy the words of a leading Communist Party official have caused a public outcry. In an interview for Czech…
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Top court scraps controversial law on taxing church restitutions
The Constitutional Court has invalidated a controversial law on taxing money returned to churches in compensation for property stolen by the communist regime in the 1950s…
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Hitler no ‘gentleman’, but court rules Czech state need not apologize for president’s claim…
In a speech at a Holocaust conference in 2015, President Miloš Zeman falsely claimed one of the nation’s most respected journalists had penned a pre-war article titled “…
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Analyst: Klaus Jr. may be “most trusted” politician but he is highly polarising figure
Václav Klaus Jr., the son of former Czech president and prime minister Václav Klaus, is the country’s “most trusted” politician, suggests a new poll conducted by the CVVM…
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NYT chief Mark Thompson: Political pressure is causing some reversion to type in CEE public media
Public service media in Central Europe reflect growing populism in the region but are not the cause of it. That’s the view of New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, who was…
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Central Bohemian regional council concludes PM does not have conflict of interest
The Regional Council of Central Bohemia has halted an infringement procedure against Prime Minister Andrej Babiš on the grounds of a complaint regarding a possible…
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Opposition bid to remove Czech president from office for “breach of constitution” fails
A bid by opposition MPs to remove President Zeman from office failed on Thursday, as the lower house rejected a proposal to file a constitutional complain against the…
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Czech teachers threaten strike after pay talks fail
Teachers unions in the Czech Republic have declared a state of strike alert. The move follows a breakdown in salary talks with the minister of education, who says Czech…
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President Zeman pledges to halt prosecution of PM Babiš over Stork’s Nest ‘if necessary’
President Miloš Zeman has said he would halt a criminal investigation into the so-called Stork’s Nest case that has dogged Prime Minister Andrej Babiš (ANO) for years. His…
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