Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Sat, 25 Jul 2026 04:59:41 +0200https://english.radio.cz/senate-torpedoes-church-restitution-bill-8551958© 2026 Radio Prague International After hours of debate the opposition-controlled Senate on Wednesday rejected a controversial bill on the restitution of church property. Under the legislation the state would secure the transfer of part of the land and property seized by the communist regime in the 1950s and pay tens of billions of crowns in compensation for the rest. The bill’s opponents have questioned the scope of the restitution –amounting to 135 billion crowns -saying it is inflated and arguing that the country can ill afford such generosity at a time of tax hikes and cost cuts. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/chram_sv_barbory_interier9.jpg?timestamp=1726734566 https://english.radio.cz/senate-torpedoes-church-restitution-bill-8551958 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9