Domestic Affairs
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Czech government proposes levelling 7 percent tax on Internet giants
The Czech government has followed the example of other European countries in approving a digital tax on Internet giants such as Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple. The…
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What next for anti-Babiš group Million Moments for Democracy?
Organisers Million Moments for Democracy said around 300,000 people attended their latest demonstration against Czech PM Andrej Babiš on Saturday. But having evidently…
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Hundreds of thousands again gather in Prague to voice their opposition to prime minister
Another mass demonstration against Prime Minister Andrej Babiš took place on Prague’s Letná plain on Saturday. Police estimate that at least 200,000 people gathered on the…
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15 years later – was ending military service right move for Czech Republic?
On November 4, 2004 the Czech Senate approved legislation to end compulsory military service in the Czech Republic. It led to the full professionalization of the armed…
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Ruling coalition pushes tax hikes through lower house
The Czech governing coalition pushed a tax package through the lower house on Wednesday that will increase the price of tobacco, hard liquor and gambling as well as…
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Last Czechoslovak PM Jan Stráský dies at 78
Many tributes have been paid Jan Stráský, the last prime minister of Czechoslovakia, who has died at the age of 78. Stráský was a founding member of the Civic Democrats…
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Unions: Strike Wednesday will hit most Czech schools
Due to a strike many Czech schools are set to close on Wednesday, while others will have limited service. Teachers unions have called the one-day walkout after a breakdown…
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Communist party official shocks nation ahead of freedom celebrations
As the Czech nation celebrates 30 years of freedom and democracy the words of a leading Communist Party official have caused a public outcry. In an interview for Czech…
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Top court scraps controversial law on taxing church restitutions
The Constitutional Court has invalidated a controversial law on taxing money returned to churches in compensation for property stolen by the communist regime in the 1950s…
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Hitler no ‘gentleman’, but court rules Czech state need not apologize for president’s claim…
In a speech at a Holocaust conference in 2015, President Miloš Zeman falsely claimed one of the nation’s most respected journalists had penned a pre-war article titled “…
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Analyst: Klaus Jr. may be “most trusted” politician but he is highly polarising figure
Václav Klaus Jr., the son of former Czech president and prime minister Václav Klaus, is the country’s “most trusted” politician, suggests a new poll conducted by the CVVM…
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NYT chief Mark Thompson: Political pressure is causing some reversion to type in CEE public media
Public service media in Central Europe reflect growing populism in the region but are not the cause of it. That’s the view of New York Times CEO Mark Thompson, who was…
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