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Former Defence Minister denies knowledge of corruption in Gripen case Former Social Democrat defence minister Jaroslav Tvrdik says he was never approached by lobbyists…
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Senator Okamura to address top court over elimination from presidential race Senator Tomio Okamura said he would on Thursday file a complaint with the Czech…
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Military intelligence confirms Russian spies were most interested in Czech economy The core of Russian intelligence services' interest in the Czech Republic in 2011…
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Labour Minister says he'll fight for higher pensions The Labour and Social Affairs Minister Zdenek Skromach has said he would resign if he fails to push through higher…
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Czech police cleared of serious faults over Uherský Brod shooting

Police came in for a lot of criticism in the immediate aftermath of the Uherský Brod shooting in which a gunman shot dead eight before killing himself. The main answers…
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Prague condemns Russia’s annexation of Crimea

President Vladimir Putin’s signature on Tuesday of a treaty absorbing Crimea into Russia has met broad international condemnation. Here in the Czech Republic, the foreign…
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The Pope praying for rain, a Greenpeace protest at a Czech chemical factory, and Czech soldiers on guard against angry mobs in Iraq - all feature prominently on today's…
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New NATO members prepare for military action The U.S. Deputy Defence Minister, Richard Armitage, told NATO members in Brussels on Thursday that Washington is currently…
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Greens to propose Ondrej Liska for education minister The leadership of the Czech Green Party is to nominate Ondrej Liska for the post of education minister. Former…
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Security expert: More can be done to make hospitals safer

The deadly attack in Ostrava’s university hospital in which a gunman killed six people and injured three others on Tuesday, shocked the nation and opened up many questions…
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Former Albanian political prisoner Tomor Aliko among guests at Mene Tekel festival

This week, Prague is hosting the fourth international Mene Tekel festival which highlights the crimes of communism and presents the testimonies of those persecuted by…
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Nineteen-year-olds foolishly scope president from Olomouc rooftop

Two nineteen-year-olds from the town of Olomouc in Moravia, apparently weren’t thinking - at all - during a visit by the Czech president last Monday, June 14. Hoping to…
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New code strips police of power to examine individuals’ tax returns

One of the tools available to police investigating economic crimes is the authorisation to look into personal tax data. However, that will no longer be the case once a new…
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Public Affairs: new education minister will need manoeuvring room in face of difficult tasks

Finding a successor to outgoing Education Minister Josef Dobeš, who resigned over planned budget cuts at the ministry, is seeing delays and most definitely will not be…
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Tlusty - dispute with Nomura over IPB settled

The highly-publicised dispute between the Czech Repubic and the Japanese investment group Nomura appears close to resolution. The Czech Finance Minister Vlastimil Tlusty…
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US scientist using Prague records to study probability of record temperature events

The subject of global warming seems to be rarely out of the news these days, with even George Bush - known to critics as the "Toxic Texan" - talking of "the serious…
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Czech bullet-proof vests found protecting Iraqi insurgents

Coalition forces in Iraq have come across insurgents wearing Czech-made bullet-proof vests. American authorities suspected that illegal shipments of military equipment…
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Music awards hit controversial note with Ortel entry

One of the Czech Republic’s biggest music awards – the annual Český Slavík or Czech Nightingale competition, voted on by members of the public – looks like it has become…
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Changing times in the Czech Radio building

Getting around in the Czech Radio building is something of an adventure at the moment. Bit by bit, the whole place is being rebuilt, and to get from our offices, in the…
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Spidla talks to Chirac in Paris Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla, who's on an official visit to France, has met the French President Jacques Chirac in Paris for talks on…
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New tourist path opens to give more insight into the Battle of Three Emperors

Every year, thousands of visitors from all over Europe come to the Slavkov - or Austerlitz - battlefield in South Moravia. Recently, a new tourist path was opened to take…
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Senate freezes politicians' salaries The Senate has decided that the salaries of senior officials should be frozen for the next three years at 46,500 crowns. The bill was…
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Today's papers make rather depressing reading - with little else happening, the grim road death statistics get front page coverage in Mlada Fronta Dnes. Lidove Noviny…
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Czech PM leaves for official visit to US Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has left for an official visit to the US. On Thursday the Czech prime minister is due to hold…
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Temelin restarted as Austrian and Czech leaders prepare for talks Technicians at the troubled Temelin power station have restarted the plant's reactor, as Czech and…
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