Domestic Affairs
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Plan to boost gender equality set to go before cabinet
The cabinet is this week due to discuss legislation aimed at increasing equality for Czech women, who make up the majority of university graduates but are far less visible…
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Minister: Pay rise for teachers a “priority”
Teachers have for years been the lowest paid professional people in the Czech Republic. Hoping to rectify that situation at least somewhat, they are now demanding a salary…
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Failure of smoking ban bill sparks coalition war of words
The latest failed attempt to ban smoking in Czech pubs and restaurants has left the country’s government looking distinctly shaky. Since Wednesday’s lower house vote…
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Rusnok named new governor of Czech National Bank
Former interim prime minister Jiří Rusnok was named as new governor of the Czech National Bank on Wednesday at Prague Castle. Rusnok, an economist who also served as…
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IMF cautions Czechs against lax fiscal discipline, mulls exit options from low crown
The Czech Republic has just been through its annual economic monitoring session with the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Basically, the international watchdog on…
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Czech president attacks public television broadcaster, calls for debate over its future
Czech head of state Miloš Zeman is known for his controversial statements that keep him in the public eye. And this week he stirred up a strong response after suggesting…
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Cabinet approves welfare deal for OKD employees
The Czech government has agreed special social welfare payments for soon to be laid-off employees of the OKD mining company, which was declared bankrupt earlier this week.
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Government upbeat on salvaging key transport projects
A special session of the lower house of parliament has put the spotlight on the country’s failure to push through new rules for evaluating the environmental impact of…
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Hard coal mining company OKD files for insolvency
The OKD hard coal company, belonging to New World Resources which is in controlled by the by the so-called Ad Hoc Group, filed for insolvency on Tuesday; the move had been…
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Double digit pay rises make waves in state and private sectors
Wage increases of 10 percent, way ahead of inflation, are now being pledged by some political parties for Czech health workers as well as teachers. And such sizable…
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Populist leader announces plans to create Czech version of Germany’s AfD
The movement Bloc Against Islam, which had hopes of running on a joint-platform with the Dawn party in regional and Senate elections this autumn, is to be transformed into…
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Zeman farm visit seen as sign of closer ties with Babiš
On Thursday President Miloš Zeman visited a farm in central Bohemia. Not just any farm, but the controversial Stork’s Nest. It is owned by ANO chief Andrej Babiš’s company…
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