Domestic Affairs
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Concerns over influence grow as ANO boss Babiš eyes broadcast media outlets
As the head of ANO, Andrej Babiš is currently involved in talks on forming a coalition government. But the business tycoon is also in negotiations to buy the Czech…
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Bohuslav Sobotka begins government negotiations with party backing
After facing down rivals within his own party, the Social Democratic chairman Bohuslav Sobotka has finally begun negotiations on the future government. This weekend, the…
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Social Democrat rebels “lay down arms”
A recent attempt by several top Social Democrats to oust party leader Bohuslav Sobotka has come full circle: on Friday it was they and not the chairman who stepped down…
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Intelligence service report: corruption and economic problems are fuelling extremism
In its report for 2012, released on Thursday, the Czech intelligence service BIS warns that corruption remains a serious problem in the country, with increasingly tighter…
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Alleged StB links could keep Babiš out of cabinet
Informal talks are underway on forming the country’s next government, with a coalition between the Social Democrats, ANO and the Christian Democrats seen as the most…
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Social Democrats try to get back on track
The Social Democratic Party has tried to get back on track, a week after the party’s poorer-than-expected result in the election opened a major rift. On Thursday, a number…
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Social Democrats’ “putsch” fizzles out as rebels climb down
An attempt to oust Social Democrat chair Bohuslav Sobotka following the party’s unconvincing win in last weekend’s general election has failed. The leader of the revolt…
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Hašek admits to lying about secret meeting with president
On Tuesday, the Social Democrat deputy leader Michal Hašek was asked in a live broadcast whether a secret meeting had taken place between himself, several other Social…
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ANO’s plans of one of several unknowns thrown up by elections
The weekend’s general election delivered a slap in the face to the established Czech political parties. Indeed, much of the electorate seemed to use their ballots as a…
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Analysis: blame for Social Democrats’ election result should not be laid solely at Sobotka’s door
The Social Democrats showed remarkable disunity at the weekend when – ahead of the coalition talks – 20 within the party called on leader Bohuslav Sobotka to resign. Some…
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Social Democrats’ dramatic infighting complicates coalition talks
Though they had a poorer showing than expected, the Social Democrats came first in the weekend’s elections, prompting speculation they could form a government with ANO and…
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Czech general elections yield no obvious coalition
The Social Democrats have come first in the Czech general elections, with some 20.5 percent of the vote. That result, however, is far weaker than expected, and the party…
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