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Analyst: Topolánek’s failure to resign as party leader likely to cause further problems for Civic Democrats

The Civic Democrats’ Mirek Topolánek has bowed to pressure from within his own party and agreed to step down as election leader two months before the Czechs go to the…
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Political scientist: Early elections most likely option following collapse of coalition talks

Talks between ANO and the Social Democrats on forming a minority coalition government with support from the Communists collapsed on Thursday. The break-down was reportedly…
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Coalition government reels under new blow

As the Lower House prepared to debate the government's fiscal reform package on Tuesday, a deputy for the ruling Social Democratic Party let off a bombshell. He announced…
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News Saturday, JULY 24th, 1999

Hello and a very warm welcome to Radio Prague. I am Ray Furlong and we start with the news - first the headlines. Those are the headlines - now the news in more detail…
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News Wednesday, JULY 08th, 1998

Radio Prague E-News, July 8, 1998, Vladimir Tax Hello and welcome to Radio Prague. I'm Vladimir Tax and here's the news. First the headlines. These are the main points and…
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The Communist Party and its renegades twelve years after 1989

In the last pre-election edition of Talking Point Pavla Horakova looks at communists in the Czech Republic - that is at the Communist Party itself and all those ex…
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Czechs unlikely to take advantage of newly-opened German labour market

If you’d stopped a Czech citizen on the street twenty years ago and told him he was free to live and work in Austria or Germany, he would have looked at you in amazement…
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Czech government threatened by tax row in lower house

A growing conflict within the senior coalition Civic Democrat party is threatening to topple the government of Prime Minister Petr Nečas. Some Civic Democrat MPs have…
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What next, if the government falls?

In the weeks following the Czech government's poor showing in recent European Parliament elections there has been increasing pressure on Czech Prime Minister Vladimir…
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Daily news summary

Czech men’s basketball team reach Olympic qualifiers after historic result The Czech men’s basketball team have made it to the qualification stage for next year’s Olympic…
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Klaus to appoint Topolanek PM for second time, but why?

President Vaclav Klaus announced on Monday that he was no longer willing to wait for the country's political parties to agree on forming a temporary government to lead the…
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Klaus to appoint Topolanek PM for second time, but why?

President Vaclav Klaus announced on Monday that he was no longer willing to wait for the country's political parties to agree on forming a temporary government to lead the…
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President Klaus delays putting signature to Lisbon ratification

The upper house of the Czech parliament has voted to ratify the EU’s Lisbon treaty, finalizing the parliamentary ratification of the document. But one major obstacle…
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News Thursday, JANUARY 14th, 1999

Hello and welcome to Radio Prague. Deputy foreign minister in Canada The Czech deputy foreign minister, Martin Palous, started a ten day official visit to Canada and the…
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President’s use of power an issue again as he assumes a leading role in the government crisis

As the crisis in the Czech government has played out over the last two weeks, the country’s President, Václav Klaus, has taken on a key role in how events have unfolded…
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Is democracy under threat in central Europe?

The year 2006 will go down as a year marked by political instability in central Europe's post-Communist states. The Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia have all…
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Political leader’s communist past revives debate on abolition of screening law

Talks on the line-up of a new Czech government have hit a snag. One of the key partners in the emerging coalition, ANO leader Andrej Babiš, is listed as a communist…
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What did the presidential vote reveal about Czech society?

The first Czech direct presidential election has divided the nation like never before. In the heated campaign ahead of the election’s second round, leftist Miloš Zeman…
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Vaclav Havel, Bill Clinton appearances highlight 'Club of Madrid' meeting in Prague

In many ways it could easily be dubbed the 'ultimate' NGO - the Club of Madrid founded as a non-governmental organisation making use of experience and know-how of former…
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Jiří Drahoš: a man with the right chemistry to be Czech president?

Jiří Drahoš, a former head of the Czech Academy of Sciences, and a university chemistry professor, is considered to be the most serious rival to the incumbent Miloš Zeman…
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News Thursday, MAY 07th, 1998

Radio Prague E News Written / Read by: Pauline Newman Date: 7.5.98 Hello and welcome to the programme. I'm Pauline Newman, first let's take a look at the main headlines of…
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News Monday, JUNE 22nd, 1998

Radio Prague E-News date: June 22, 1998, 0900 UTC written/read by: Libor Kubik These are the main Czech stories this hour. I am Libor Kubik and here's the news in more…
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News Sunday, JUNE 21st, 1998

Radio Prague E-News Date: June 21, 1998, 1300 UTC Written/read by: Libor Kubik These are the main Czech stories this hour. I am Libor Kubik and here's the news in more…
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No confidence vote to be held on Wednesday despite opposition's minimal chances of winning

This Wednesday, deputies in the lower house of Parliament will hold a no-confidence vote in the coalition government. The vote was called by the opposition Social…
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Government wins confidence vote but faces tough tasks ahead

Seven months after the country's inconclusive general elections, the Czech Republic finally has a legitimate government. Prime Minister Topolanek's centre right coalition…
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