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Dawn movement MPs rebel against populist leader Okamura

The upstart Dawn movement, the smallest political group in the Chamber of Deputies, appears to have collapsed over a matter of days. Though cracks were apparent already…
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Press Review

Speculation about the establishment of a new right-of-centre political party, the ongoing disputes surrounding the nuclear power station at Temelin and petty politicking…
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Press Review

Well the end of the year is drawing close and not surprisingly many of the Czech papers are looking back at 2001. Friday's newspapers offer an overview of the main events…
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The Greens - The new force on the Czech political scene?

One year ago, the Green Party was a small and relatively obscure political party that had some success at the municipal level, but its national poll numbers were well…
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News Wednesday, JANUARY 05th, 2000

Hello and a very warm welcome to the program. I'm Pauline Newman with a bulletin of news. First we start with a look at the main headlines of the day: You are tuned to…
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Possibility of grand coalition is hotly debated issue

General elections are less than three months away and the current state of voter preferences indicates that neither the ruling Social Democrats nor the opposition Civic…
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Czech Republic loses first round in Nomura dispute

An arbitral tribunal in London ruled on Friday that the Czech Republic had "breached its obligation to treat foreign investors fairly and equitably" by failing to protect…
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Preparations for strike intensify

Preparations for a day-long nationwide transport strike, set for Thursday, June 16, have continued to grow in intensity. Along with the expected freeze of all public…
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Miroslav Kalousek named Finance Minister of the Year for Emerging Europe 2011

Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek has been named “Finance Minister of the Year for Emerging Europe 2011”, an award presented by the Washington-based Emerging…
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Czech euro adoption retreats further into distance

The media coverage surrounding the problems in the eurozone has - rightly – focused on the seventeen countries that use it, as they attempt to shore up efforts to stop the…
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Czech political scene split over Georgia

"This is not 1968 and the invasion of Czechoslovakia, where Russia can threaten its neighbours, occupy a capital, overthrow a government, and get away with it. Things have…
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Is it time to change the Czech Constitution?

Appointing Jan Fisher the country’s new prime minister on Thursday, President Klaus expressed satisfaction with the speedy solution to the country’s political crisis. Yet…
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Lower house says Yes to Lisbon but battle looms in Senate

The lower house of the Czech parliament approved the European Union's Lisbon Treaty on Wednesday, by a narrow margin of five votes. The treaty – aimed at reforming the EU…
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Czech prime minister takes a swipe at the media

The Czech prime minister's rocky relationship with the media reached a head on Monday. At an emotionally charged news briefing, Mirek Topolanek lashed out at journalists…
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Václav Klaus insinuates Czechs should not vote for “foreign” Schwarzenberg

Without actually naming any names, the outgoing Czech president, Václav Klaus, appears to have endorsed Miloš Zeman ahead of the second round of the election to succeed…
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Political battle possible if president rejects cabinet nominees

Though the ink is long dry on a coalition deal and cabinet posts agreed on by the three parties concerned, the path to a new Czech government remains unclear. There has…
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Analyst: TOP 09 in high-stakes game to secure dominant position on political right

Talks are continuing at Prague City Hall between former coalition partners the Civic Democrats and TOP 09. On Monday, the latter withdrew from their coalition agreement…
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Charmed by Zeman, Social Democrats drop Dienstbier from leadership

The Social Democrats chose a new leadership at a closely-watched congress at the weekend. The conference re-elected Bohuslav Sobotka as chairman to lead the country’s main…
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Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty to move from Prague centre

Radio Free Europe, which many Czechs listened to surreptitiously in the Communist era, moved from Munich to Prague in the early 1990s, at the invitation of then president…
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Czech Republic welcomes Schengen agreement

It was a decision that the Czech Republic and eight other EU newcomers had long been pushing for. The enlargement of the Schengen border free zone to nine of the ten…
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Czech Republic welcomes Schengen agreement

It was a decision that the Czech Republic and eight other EU newcomers had long been pushing for. The enlargement of the Schengen border free zone to nine of the ten…
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Parties selecting candidates for 2008 presidential elections

After four years in office President Klaus is the most trusted Czech politician. A poll by the SC&C agency suggests that two thirds of Czechs would like to see him re…
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Party rebel forces prime minister's hand

The leadership of the governing Civic Democratic Party on Tuesday bowed to pressure from the newly emerged faction surrounding party rebel Vlastimil Tlusty. Party leader…
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Will Dalik incident further impact politician/journalist relationship as well as government talks?

At the weekend a second attempt to form a new government was made all the more complicated; it was revealed that an advisor to Civic Democrat Prime Minister Mirek…
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Washington courts Moscow, ruffles feathers in Prague

Washington's efforts to overcome Russian hostility to a US missile defense shield in central Europe by inviting a Russian presence at the planned US sites in the Czech…
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