Domestic Affairs
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President’s final New Year’s address includes amnesty releasing prisoners and halting long-running…
In many ways, Václav Klaus’s last ever New Year’s Day address as Czech president followed the usual script. But it also contained one big surprise – the announcement of an…
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Jana Bobošíková – a fiery Eurosceptic determined to defend “national interests”
Jana Bobošíková is nothing if not a fighter. As an experienced journalist she grilled seasoned politicians yet in the 2001 Czech TV crisis she sided with management in a…
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Rejected presidential candidate lodges complaint against election law
Rejected presidential candidate Senator Tomio Okamura on Thursday lodged an extensive complaint with the Constitutional Court against the election law that sets the…
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Přemysl Sobotka – Senate stalwart angling for eurosceptic vote
The pinnacle of Přemysl Sobotka’s political career to date has been his chairmanship of the Czech Senate. However, Mr. Sobotka, a euro-sceptic who questions…
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Peake firing escalates new government crisis
The country’s fragile centre-right government is once again teetering on the brink: a major crisis flared up on Thursday when the prime minister fired newly-named Defence…
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What do Czechs expect of their future head of state?
Czechs will soon be voting in the country’s first direct presidential elections. What do they expect of their future head of state? What qualities should he or she have…
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Táňa Fischerová – an idealist offering a vision of a better world
Actress and civic activist Táňa Fischerová, one of the three female candidates running for president, is selling a dream: she is offering the disgruntled Czech public a…
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Confusion surrounding VAT rate change vexing Czech firms
Following a vote in the lower house, the Czech Republic’s two VAT rates should increase on January 1. However, if the president – a critic of the change – doesn’t play…
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Miloš Zeman – political veteran seeking to crown his career
One of the strong favourites in the upcoming direct presidential election is Miloš Zeman, a former prime minister and ex-leader of the Social Democrats. He promises to be…
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Parliament deputy refuses to give up mandate despite jail sentence
The Prague High Court on Tuesday sentenced the former Civic Democrat MP Roman Pekárek to five years in prison for bribery and abuse of office. He is expected to begin…
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Havel was destined to lead but acted as one of team during revolution, recalls friend and cohort…
Among those closest to Václav Havel was Michael Žantovský. The two were among the founders of the opposition Civic Forum in the whirlwind period of the Velvet Revolution…
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Jan Fischer – popular technocrat with blot on his past
One of the favourites in the Czech presidential race is former prime minister Jan Fischer. For his supporters, he proved himself as the leader of a caretaker government a…
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