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Is the Czech Republic the new “bad-boy” of the European Union?
In January 2009, the Czech Republic will for the first time assume the EU presidency. But the current Czech coalition government may have a problem – its policies have…
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Burning the Morana
I’m here in the Vysočina region of the Czech Republic, in a small village in the midst of hills, fresh air and idyllic countryside. Next to me are a couple of young ladies…
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Former prime minister fails bar exam
News has emerged that the former Czech prime minister Stanislav Gross has failed his bar exam. For Gross, this latest story is just one of a series of negative reports…
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Is the Czech Republic being fair to its immigrants and asylum seekers?
The Czech Republic’s entry into the EU’s Schengen border-free zone at the end of last year meant that a number of laws concerning immigration and asylum issues had to be…
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Czech court places Prague castle under administration
The official seat of the country’s president and Prague’s most important landmark, Prague Castle, has been placed under administration – or distraint- as a result of debts…
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MPs want exiled Carpathian Czechs compensated
Czech lawmakers have recommended that people forced to abandon their homes in Carpathian Ruthenia, when this part of Czechoslovakia was ceded to the Soviet Union at the…
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Are Czech ads going too far?
A recent ruling by the Czech Advertising Standards Authority has stated that a billboard advert for an energy drink featuring a picture of a sleeping foreign minister…
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High inflation causing price-rise woes
According to figures released on Monday, inflation was running at 7.5 percent in the Czech Republic in February – as it had been the previous month. Many Czechs are…
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