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Czech politicians come to blows two weeks ahead of parliamentary elections

It was a resounding slap that reverberated for hours after it had been dealt. At a meeting of Czech dentists on Saturday Miroslav Macek, a former deputy prime minister in…
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Eurosceptics close to president to found new right-wing party

Some disaffected Civic Democrats as well as some of the party’s conservative voters – disappointed with the current direction of their party under leader Mirek Topolánek…
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What is the legacy of the Sobotka government?

The government of the Social Democrats, ANO, and the Christian Democrats, led by Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka, which tendered its resignation on Wednesday, was not…
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Analyst: Migrant quota row will leave the Czech Republic on the periphery outside the EU core

The European Commission has decided to launch proceedings against the Czech Republic, Poland and Hungary for refusing to accept migrants allocated to them under a…
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Zeman and Babiš push Senate abolition – but could it happen?

Just days after the second round of Senate elections, there are increasing calls – including from the president – for the upper chamber of the Czech Parliament to be…
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Analyst: Skirmishes between finance minister and PM not serious but combative tone won't help

In recent days, the country’s finance minister, Andrej Babiš, and Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka have traded words in the media over serious issues in which they fail to…
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Analyst: president’s ‘declaration of war’ against part of media unfortunate

A group of prominent intellectuals, including writer Ivan Klíma and journalist Bohumil Doležal, have slammed the new president for a comment on the media he made in last…
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Jaruzelski in fresh apology for Polish role in 1968 invasion

Poland's former Communist leader Wojciech Jaruzelski has apologised for the role his country played in the 1968 Soviet-led invasion of Czechoslovakia. General Jaruzelski…
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Civic Democrats dominate centre right, as smaller parties fight for a place in the sun

The recent elections to the European Parliament not only brought down the government, but also brought a shift on the Czech political scene. We take a closer look at the…
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More than 20 European Union countries, including Czechia, back European defence plan

Twenty-three EU member states, including the Czech Republic, have signed up to a European pact on defence cooperation called Pesco (Permanent Structured Cooperation). The…
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News Friday, FEBRUARY 19th, 1999

Hello and welcome to Radio Prague. Those were the headlines and now the news in full, read by Libor Kubik. CZECH-TURKEY-HAVEL Czech President Vaclav Havel has said that…
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New government finally appointed, but how long will it last?

A new government was finally appointed on Monday, three months and a day after inconclusive parliamentary elections left the country in stalemate. Mirek Topolanek's right…
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Fate of Czech government in hands of party rebel

Just over a hundred days after taking office, the fate of the coalition government is in the hands of one man - a rebel MP from Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek's own Civic…
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Civic Democrat leader gets green light for coalition talks

Civic Democratic party leader Mirek Topolanek was re-elected for another two-year term at the party's national conference over the weekend and received a strong mandate to…
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New government finally appointed, but how long will it last?

A new government was finally appointed on Monday, three months and a day after inconclusive parliamentary elections left the country in stalemate. Mirek Topolanek's right…
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Does appearance with anti-Islam group signal new departure for Zeman?

President Miloš Zeman spoke at a rally organised by Bloc Against Islam in Prague on Tuesday, telling cheering supporters that Czechs are not racist because many people…
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Analyst: Prague municipal election will be fight between Civic Democrats and TOP 09

Weeks after other political parties announced their candidates for Prague mayor in the upcoming municipal elections, the Civic Democrats have finally made public their own…
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Bradáčová appointed high state attorney

It took weeks for the new Justice Minister Pavel Blažek to decide but in the end, on Monday, he appointed state attorney Lenka Bradáčová high state attorney at the state…
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Ondřej Liška elected Green Party chairman

The acting chairman of the Green Party Ondřej Liška has been confirmed in the post at a Green Party conference, defeating two other contenders by a large margin. While the…
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Will Czech voters opt for new Voice in European elections?

A new pro-European, liberal party will soon appear on the Czech political scene. Voice is being established by Pavel Telička, a well-known one-time European commissioner…
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Czech TV Council fails to elect new general director

The Czech Television Council on Wednesday failed to elect a new general director for the country's public television network. Apart from prolonging instability at Czech…
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Social Democrats roll out big guns in bid to unseat Bem

In a around thirty days time the Czech Republic's weary electorate will be asked to go to the polls, four months after June's inconclusive parliamentary elections. This…
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IMF warns Czech Republic failure to implement reforms could result in economic slowdown

The International Monetary Fund has warned the Czech Republic that failure to implement much needed reform of its public finances could result in an economic slowdown. But…
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Centre-right coalition dead, talks on new government start afresh

Two months after the country's inconclusive general elections negotiations on a new government are back to square one. A centre right coalition between the Civic Democrats…
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Why is Schwarzenberg, 77, hanging on as leader of TOP 09?

TOP 09 chairman Karel Schwarzenberg has somewhat disappeared from public view in recent times. Despite this, and the fact he is now 77, he says he still wants to lead the…
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