Domestic Affairs
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Ruling coalition preserves majority in Parliament’s upper chamber
The Czech centre-left coalition government has conserved a comfortable majority in the Senate after 18 of their candidates won seats in the upper chamber of Parliament…
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Finance minister cautious about scrapping second pillar of pension reform before 2017 for fear of…
The three parties of the ruling coalition are poised to fulfill their election promises and scrap the second pillar of the pension insurance scheme introduced by the…
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Established parties take back seat in local elections
Negotiations on the formation of local councils are being held around the country in the wake of the weekend elections. While local groups and independent candidates…
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Was 2012 Ministry of Transport accounting move intended to burnish image of government parties?
The Ministry of Transport carried out a strange accounting move at the end of 2012 that reduced the budget deficit the following year, the Czech Republic’s Supreme Audit…
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Czech Air Force takes over surveillance of Icelandic airspace
Five Czech Gripen fighter jets are flying to Iceland on Friday as the Czech Army prepares to take over surveillance of Icelandic airspace. Over the next nine weeks Czech…
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New bill to introduce strict gambling regulation
Finance Minister Andrej Babiš has unveiled details of a bill introducing strict regulation of gambling in the Czech Republic. The new rules would push slot machines away…
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Record number of candidates taking part in elections
Czechs will go to the polls on Friday to vote in local elections and elect representatives to a third of the Senate. This year’s elections have brought a record number of…
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Czech hospital audit sparks ministerial row
A probe into how Czech hospitals handled EU funds in the last five years has sparked a row among members of the coalition government. Health Minister Svatopluk Němeček has…
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MP insult row illustrates difficulties with addressing communist past
The Czech Chamber of Deputies has recently been embroiled in a controversy over one deputy calling another a “communist fízl”, a scornful term for policemen and their…
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Draft budget for 2015 criticized as unambitious
The draft budget for next year, approved this week by the Czech government, projects a deficit of some 2.3 percent of the country’s GDP. Government officials say the…
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Women boost battle for Czech council seats
A record number of women are running in this years’ local elections in the Czech Republic. According to figures released by Forum 50 %, which promotes the equal…
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Court ruling opens the way for all EU nationals residing in the Czech Republic to vote in municipal…
A court ruling upholding a Slovak national’s right to vote in October’s municipal elections has unexpectedly opened the way for around 110,000 EU nationals with temporary…
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