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Alarm as anti-cronyism party says will replace police chief with ‘one of our own people’
The centre-right government hasn’t even been appointed yet but already trouble seems to be brewing over personnel changes at the head of the Czech police force. Radek John…
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Coalition agrees final chapters in cost-cutting government programme
Negotiating teams from the three parties who will form the next government finally closed the final chapters of their coalition agreement on Wednesday, paving the way for…
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Alcohol, heat, stupidity result in deadly weekend on Czech roads
It was a long weekend for the Czech Republic this weekend, with the country closing early on Friday afternoon and public holidays on both Monday and Tuesday. But while…
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Czechs win stinky cheese war after six-year struggle with Germany, Austria
The Czech Republic scored a major diplomatic victory over neighbouring Germany and Austria this week after the European Union granted the cherished protected geographical…
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Havel fulfills 'lifelong dream', begins directing film version of stage play Leaving
The former president Václav Havel has begun directing a film adaptation of his latest play, Leaving. The play, which premiered in 2008, deals with a politician's painful…
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Gender equality campaigners mortified as Nečas unveils all-male cabinet
Tortuous negotiations on who will fill key posts in the new centre-right cabinet appear to have ended in agreement, with the final pieces of the jigsaw falling into place…
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Suspected arsonist caught on tape praising ‘dudes’ who shot Hungarian Roma
New evidence emerged on Monday at the trial of four neo-Nazis accused of racially-motivated attempted murder after throwing petrol bombs through the windows of the home of…
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Nečas appointed new prime minister, promises 'hard work, not politicking'
The Czech Republic has a new prime minister and is on track for a new government, after more than a year of political limbo caused by the downfall of Mirek Topolánek’s…
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Slovaks echo Czechs as left score hollow victory, but right head for power
The wind of change has been blowing across Central Europe this spring, with elections in Austria, Hungary, the Czech Republic and most recently Slovakia significantly…
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Beatlemania back in Prague as new exhibition opens at Museum of Music
Good news for Beatles fans – a new exhibition at the Czech Museum of Music opens on Thursday evening featuring the music and the men – the museum’s even borrowed George…
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