Domestic Affairs
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State Attorney’s office asks for outgoing PM to be stripped of immunity
Just three weeks after the collapse of his government, outgoing PM Petr Nečas faces criminal prosecution. The high state attorney’s office on Monday asked the lower house…
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Nominations complete for Czech caretaker government
Designated Czech prime minister Jiří Rusnok on Monday announced he has filled the last vacancy in his caretaker cabinet. The post of finance minister is to be taken up by…
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Ministers clear their desks as Nečas government bows out
The government of Petr Nečas held what was most likely its last cabinet meeting on Wednesday, as ministers cleared their desks ahead of the planned appointment next week…
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Economic expert: second pillar of government’s pension system can be made viable
Monday, July 1st, was the last day on which people over 35 could enter the so-called second pillar of the government’s pension insurance scheme, thereby putting part of…
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Babisconi? Hardly, say observers
The Slovak-born billionaire Andrej Babiš made a major acquisition on the Czech media market this week – buying the Mafra publishing house that prints two of the country’s…
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New prime minister faces opposition from day one
Former coalition parties and the opposition have expressed their strong disapproval of the naming of a caretaker prime minister by the president on Tuesday. No…
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Czech president tests the limits of his powers
President Zeman’s decision to replace the outgoing centre-right government with a caretaker administration until scheduled or early elections has evoked an outcry on the…
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President favours interim government, parties want snap elections
In an exclusive interview for Czech Radio on Sunday President Milos Zeman unveiled his position with regard to the ongoing political crisis. Following separate talks with…
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Poll suggests majority of Czechs would prefer early elections as way out of crisis
Earlier this week, the country’s president, Miloš Zeman, suggested that early elections would be the more expensive option out of the current government crisis, costing…
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Civic Democrats propose Miroslava Němcová for PM
In a surprise move, the Civic Democratic Party on Wednesday proposed the speaker of the lower house Miroslava Němcová as the country’s next prime minister. The choice of a…
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Nečas to face bribery charge?
According to documents quoted in the Czech media, the police believe that Petr Nečas, who stood down as prime minister on Monday, was personally involved in bribing former…
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TOP 09 and Soc Dems reach agreement on Prague City Hall leadership
The opposition Social Democrats in the Prague city council have agreed to support TOP 09’s nominees for top positions at City Hall. On Thursday, the party’s Tomáš Hudeček…
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