Domestic Affairs
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Czech Army’s chief of staff to head NATO’s military committee
The chief of the General Staff of the Czech Armed Forces Petr Pavel is to be the new head of NATO’s Military Committee. His election to the post at a committee meeting in…
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Czechs to announce defence spending increase at NATO summit
President Miloš Zeman is set to announce an increase in the Czech Republic’s defence budget at the NATO summit in Wales on Thursday. Czech leaders also support plans to…
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President warns MPs he will file constitutional complaint over civil service bill
Addressing the lower house on Tuesday President Miloš Zeman made it clear he has no intention of allowing a new civil service bill which is near winning approval, to come…
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Campaigning starts for Senate and local elections
With elections to local councils and a third of the Senate just six weeks away, politicians are once again taking to the streets in a bid for voter support. Financially…
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NGO: civil service watered down by political compromise
The Czech coalition and opposition parties have reached a compromise on civil service reform, paving the way for Parliament to adopt the long-overdue legislation. But the…
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Ministers of interior, justice, in favour of tougher sanctions against reckless drivers
The authorities are looking at new means of clamping down on reckless, drunk or aggressive drivers, known in the Czech press as ‘pirates of the road’. On Tuesday, the…
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Finance Minister begins negotiations with fellow cabinet members on 2015 state budget
Officially, members of the cabinet began a two week summer vacation but behind the scenes no one is kicking back yet. On Monday, Finance Minister Andrej Babiš launched…
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Parties take breather to mull final civil service reform package
Czech MPs have taken two weeks to finalize a civil service act, following a breakthrough compromise on the legislation reached by the coalition and opposition parties…
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Talks on new civil service law remain deadlocked over “top bureaucrat”
Government representatives and opposition leaders on Monday failed to break the deadlock over the shape of a new civil service law which the country urgently needs…
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Social Democrats embarrassed in fuel tax vote
The senior coalition Social Democrats have suffered an embarrassing setback in the lower house after a group of their MPs on Wednesday joined the opposition to pass a bill…
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Government report on human rights says country needs children’s Ombudsman
The Czech Republic is one of the last remaining EU states which does not have a children’s Ombudsman, according to a government report on the state of human rights in the…
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Czech defence minister pays morale-boosting visit to Czech troops in Afghanistan
Defence Minister Martin Stropnický on Thursday paid a morale-boosting visit to Czech troops in Afghanistan, following last week’s suicide bomb attack which killed five…
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