Domestic Affairs
-
Lower house makes umpteenth attempt to abolish lawmakers’ life-long immunity from prosecution
The lower house of Parliament on Wednesday approved a bill which would abolish lawmakers’ lifelong immunity from prosecution. Under the present amendment deputies and…
-
New presidential portrait veers from tradition
The incoming president of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman, has unveiled his official portrait. The photo will hang in state offices and some classrooms after he takes…
-
President-elect gets down to business
President-elect Miloš Zeman on Tuesday launched a series of high-level meetings with the country’s political leaders. The talks are intended to set the framework for…
-
What did the presidential vote reveal about Czech society?
The first Czech direct presidential election has divided the nation like never before. In the heated campaign ahead of the election’s second round, leftist Miloš Zeman…
-
TOP 09 demand opens fresh fissure in weak coalition
Within hours of being elected president, Miloš Zeman called for early parliamentary elections, leading to speculation about the chances of Petr Nečas’s right-of-centre…
-
Jiří Pehe: divisions in Czech society will take years to heal
Miloš Zeman’s victory in the country’s first direct presidential election has highlighted some deep divisions in Czech society. A large part of the future president’s…
-
President-elect Zeman wastes no time in wading into party politics
Within hours of becoming the first directly elected head of state of the Czech Republic, Miloš Zeman made it clear that he has no intention of being a docile occupant of…
-
Analyst discusses campaigns, turning points and outcome of presidential election
Miloš Zeman was the favourite against Karel Schwarzenberg in the presidential election so his win did not come altogether as a surprise; all the same, observers expected…
-
Miloš Zeman becomes first directly elected Czech president
Miloš Zeman is set to become the first directly elected president in Czech history. Following a divisive campaign, the former Social Democrat prime minister defeated his…
-
Campaigns focus on last-minute interviews, debates, in run up to election
Only hours remain before Czechs go to the polls to elect either Miloš Zeman or Karel Schwarzenberg as the next Czech president. Both are no longer touring the country and…
-
If elected, how would Miloš Zeman or Karel Schwarzenberg influence the Czech economy?
The Czech president is to a great extent a ceremonial figurehead with limited executive powers. But his informal influence can go a long way in shaping the government’s…
-
Beneš decrees re-surface in Czech presidential race
The campaign ahead of the Czech presidential election’s second round has heated up following remarks by one of the candidates, Karel Schwarzenberg, about the so-called…
Pages
- « první
- ‹ předchozí
- …
- 90
- 91
- 92
- 93
- 94
- 95
- 96
- 97
- 98
- …
- následující ›
- poslední »