Domestic Affairs
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Change of government triggers shake-up in civil service
Changes of government in the Czech Republic are generally accompanied by a shake-up in the country’s civil service. Although the Rusnok caretaker government has not yet…
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Magazine: final decision on Temelín to be delayed by at least one year
A report in the weekly news magazine Euro suggests the Czech power giant ČEZ intends to delay a final decision on whether to expand the Temelín nuclear plant by at least…
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Prosecutor pushing to keep bribery case alive
Three former MPs charged with bribe taking were released this week after the Supreme Court ruled their alleged wrong-doing was covered by parliamentary immunity. However…
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Supreme Court decision will weaken trust in democratic politics, says analyst Jiří Pehe
Tuesday’s Supreme Court decision, which confirmed immunity for three former Civic Democratic MPs securing their freedom from prosecution for deals made while in parliament…
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Court rules ex-MPs' alleged bribe taking covered by immunity
One plank of a major police investigation that led to the recent fall of the government of Petr Nečas has ground to a halt. Following a Supreme Court ruling that their…
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Czech public is desensitized to xenophobic statements by politicians, says analyst
Michal Babák, an MP and a deputy chairman of the Public Affairs party, responding to a question about the new Finance Minister Jan Fischer on Czech Television and…
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Czech politicians mulling the possibility to limit the powers of the president
Six months after the country’s first direct presidential election, many Czech politicians are already questioning the wisdom of having introduced a popular vote for the…
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Finance minister under fire over suspicious debt settlement
The finance minister in the new Czech interim government, Jan Fischer, has come under fire over his own financial record. Soon after he was linked with the post, Mr…
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President likely to play greater role in “coordinated” foreign policy
President Miloš Zeman was at loggerheads with former Czech foreign minister Karel Schwarzenberg on making Livia Klausová ambassador to Bratislava and Communist MEP…
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Interim cabinet’s survival chances appear to grow
When the freshly installed caretaker government was first mooted, it was widely assumed that it would have virtually zero chance of winning a confidence vote in the lower…
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What lies ahead for the Rusnok cabinet?
Though it is unclear how long Jiří Rusnok’s freshly appointed cabinet will remain in power, it will certainly face some difficult tasks. The government has pledged not to…
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Rusnok government sworn in
The country’s new caretaker cabinet was sworn in at Prague Castle on Wednesday, two weeks after economist Jiří Rusnok was named to head it. As the new prime minister had…
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