Domestic Affairs
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Czech prime minister’s reputation on line in privatisation court case
Eleven years after the event a court will start proceedings over the privatization of Czech hard coal mining company OKD. And one of those following the trial closely will…
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Czech NGOs call for better approach to migrants
A consortium of 18 Czech non-governmental organizations working with migrants last week issued a document in which it outlines the basic principles the country should…
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Czech government prepares for tight-border security scenario
The Czech government on Wednesday approved a bill on state border protection which would enable the Interior Ministry to order the imposition of border checks in the event…
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Prague Castle ponders increased security after Ztohoven stunt
Prague Castle is to beef up security following last Saturday’s incident in which activists, posing as chimneysweepers, managed to breach security and hung a pair of red…
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Czech president’s chief of staff under pressure to quit
Czech head of state Miloš Zeman’s right hand man and effective chief of staff has, reportedly, been refused top security clearance from the country’s screening authority…
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Guerrilla art group replaces presidential flag with giant underpants
Pranksters from the art group known as Ztohoven made their mark at Prague Castle at the weekend when they replaced the country’s presidential flag with a giant pair of red…
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Immigrant crisis sparks some rifts within Czech political parties
While the immigrant crisis has opened up a wide rift between the Czech Republic and other Central European states on one side and the traditional EU agenda setters in…
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ČEZ backs down over high-powered payments to ANO politician
Czech energy group ČEZ has an interesting publicity stunt in which it gives a statistic for the week. It’s usually some self-promotional stuff about the number of…
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Ministry promotes more sport for schoolkids, better pay for teachers
The Education Ministry is aiming to promote more sports activities for schoolchildren. To that aim, the ministry has set aside half-a-billion crowns to encourage children…
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ANO leader Andrej Babiš faces problems on many fronts
It’s probably been a week to write off for ANO leader Andrej Babiš. He has had to intervene in the crisis surrounding Prague’s mayor; relations with his coalition partners…
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Power battle at Prague city hall reflects poorly on ANO
Prague’s mayor Adriana Krnáčová appears to have clung onto power for the moment after a tumultuous week or two in politics at Prague city hall. Key parties within the…
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New Czech research ministry sought to achieve ambitious goals
While Czech politics is often in flux, the ministries that the political parties fight to win control over show a surprising consistency. There have been few newcomer…
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