Domestic Affairs
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Analyst: Poor ANO showing reflects Senate’s counterweight role – and Babiš’s lack of respect for…
The Civic Democrats and the Mayors and Independents gained 10 and seven seats, respectively, in elections to one-third of seats in the Senate that concluded at the weekend…
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Why are there so few Roma politicians?
Whereas in 1990 there were eight Roma MPs in the Czechoslovak Parliament, today there are none and candidates who belong to the minority have not had much success in the…
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Political scientist Jiří Pehe: Babiš must be feeling he has hit his limits
The communal and senatorial elections were seen as a test of strength of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš’ ANO party, which has dominated Czech national politics since winning…
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Ano wins elections in all regional capitals except Prague and Liberec
The Ano party of Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has won the municipal elections in all regional capitals except Prague – where the opposition Civic Democrats and Pirates took…
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Ballot boxes open up across Czech Republic as communal and senatorial elections commence
On Friday afternoon ballot boxes across the Czech Republic opened up for people to elect their municipal representatives. Furthermore, a third of the country’s regions are…
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Foreigners can vote in Czech local elections, but show little interest
The Czech Republic’s communal elections, which will take place this Friday and Saturday, differ from their presidential and parliamentary equivalents in that citizens of…
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Chamber questions need for new debt relief proposals
Statistics show that close to one in ten adults face financial execution. Against this backdrop, MPs are set to debate amendments to the Insolvency Act which aim to make…
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Czech secondary school students vote in mock-local elections
Less than a fortnight before Czechs go to the polls to vote in local and Senate elections, the country’s teenagers had a chance to cast their ballot in mock local…
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Supreme Court: wiretapping of journalist investigating military tender 'illegal'
The Supreme Court has ruled that a regional court acted illegally six years ago in authorising the wiretapping of investigative journalist Janek Kroupa, who was digging…
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Czech PM faces storm at home over child migrants
As Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš defended his government’s decision not to accept even a single migrant at the EU summit in Salzburg, trouble was brewing for him at…
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Social Democrats present new nominee for foreign minister
The Social Democrats, the junior party in the ruling coalition, have moved to resolve a months-long dispute with President Zeman over who should hold the foreign ministry…
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Labour minister proposes 15 measures to tackle poverty trade
On Monday, the minister of labour and social affairs called for a wide-ranging interdepartmental effort to sort out the issue of rogue landlords preying on families living…
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