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Klaus comeback - what are the odds?
There was a flurry of speculation this summer that the former president, Václav Klaus, was contemplating a return to active politics, even that he would lead a new party…
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As racial tensions simmer, new Romany party to contest elections
A plethora of new political parties have formed in recent weeks ahead of early elections at the end of October. They include a new attempt at forming a party to defend the…
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Magazine: final decision on Temelín to be delayed by at least one year
A report in the weekly news magazine Euro suggests the Czech power giant ČEZ intends to delay a final decision on whether to expand the Temelín nuclear plant by at least…
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‘Stumbling stone’ laid into Prague pavement to remember Milena Jesenská
Prague residents and visitors may have noticed during their wanderings small brass plaques set into the pavement in front of apartment blocks and houses. They are ‘…
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Remembering Olga Havlová, a woman of humour and good will
Today would have been the eightieth birthday of Olga Havlová, first wife of the late former president Václav Havel. Olga died in 1996 at the age of 62, after devoting much…
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České Budějovice braces for more violence as new anti-Roma demo called
The city of České Budějovice in South Bohemia is bracing for more violent anti-Roma protests this weekend, and police fear they could attract neo-Nazi skinheads from both…
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Ministers clear their desks as Nečas government bows out
The government of Petr Nečas held what was most likely its last cabinet meeting on Wednesday, as ministers cleared their desks ahead of the planned appointment next week…
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Babisconi? Hardly, say observers
The Slovak-born billionaire Andrej Babiš made a major acquisition on the Czech media market this week – buying the Mafra publishing house that prints two of the country’s…
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Remembering the victims - including infants - of 1950s Stalinist terror
A ceremony was held on Wednesday at Prague's Ďáblice Cemetery to remember those killed or incarcerated by Czechoslovakia's communist regime. Organised by the Confederation…
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Stark choice for mankind - move off floodplain or get used to floods
The severe flooding in the Czech Republic has reinvigorated the debate as to what causes flooding and how we can protect ourselves from it. There’s been much talk of…