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Czech government postpones compensation system for delayed rail passengers
The Czech government has sidelined European rules that would offer Czech railway passengers the right to compensation for delays. The decision marks a victory for the…
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Eurosceptic Czech senators employ new tactic in efforts to block Lisbon treaty
The Czech Republic is one of the few countries in the EU not to have ratified the Lisbon treaty. Though both houses of parliament have approved ratification, the president…
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Czechs pull out of Eurovision after three years and “nul points”
It wasn’t a very auspicious start, and it didn’t end very well either – Czech Television, the country’s national broadcaster, has confirmed that it’s withdrawing from the…
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Czech MEP arrives in parliament in cycling gear
When the new European Parliament held its plenary session in Strasbourg on Tuesday, all the MEPs were smartly turned out for its first meeting. Except, that is, for Edvard…
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Czech Republic faces uphill battle to win EU-wide retort to Canadian visas
The Czech Republic has pinned its hopes on the European Union for a forceful retort to Canada’s imposition of visas on Czech citizens. Prague has already officially lodged…
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Klaus unmoved by German constitutional court verdict on Lisbon treaty
Ratification of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty crept one step closer to conclusion this week when Germany’s Constitutional Court ruled the documents is compatible with the country…
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Interim PM Fischer’s performance calms nerves ahead of Swedish EU presidency
This Wednesday, Sweden takes over the EU presidency from the Czech Republic, and, as its slogan says, ‘takes on the challenge’. Like the Czechs, the Swedes want to use…
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How did the Czechs do at the top of the EU?
This Tuesday is the final day of the Czech Republic’s EU presidency before the country hands over to Sweden on July 1. The six-month presidency has seen the Czechs tackle…
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Angry farmers halt national highway traffic over milk prices
Czech dairy farmers took to the highways Monday morning to bring the nation’s traffic to a snail’s pace for two hours. Protesting the critically low purchase price of milk…
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President Klaus hints he may be last to put signature to Lisbon
The Lisbon treaty, a reform document which should reshape the working of the European Union, has to date been ratified by all but four countries of the 27-member block –…
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Civic Democrats form new European Parliament bloc with Conservative MEPs
On Monday, the Civic Democrats announced that they had formed a new ‘anti-federalist’ European Parliament bloc with the British Conservatives and Poland’s Law and Justice…
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Klaus raises new hurdle for Lisbon - ratification of Irish guarantees
There were sighs of relief on Friday after European Union leaders agreed legal guarantees to Ireland, seen as crucial if Irish ratification of the EU’s Lisbon Treaty is to…
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