Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Wed, 22 Jul 2026 21:46:16 +0200Smoothing the way for compulsory purchase of landhttps://english.radio.cz/smoothing-way-compulsory-purchase-land-8628582© 2026 Radio Prague International On Thursday Parliament approved -in its first reading - a bill which would smooth the way for compulsory purchase of land and property from private owners for projects in the public interest, such as the construction of roads and railways. Although this is an accepted practice in most countries and has been going on for years in the Czech Republic under existing legislation, the bill met with opposition from the right wing Civic Democratic Party. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/novostavba1_0.jpg?timestamp=1591469548 Smoothing the way for compulsory purchase of land https://english.radio.cz/smoothing-way-compulsory-purchase-land-8628582 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9