The movement Bloc Against Islam, which had hopes of running on a joint-platform with the Dawn party in regional and Senate elections this autumn, is to be transformed into…
An unwritten political agreement about keeping the Communist Party out of top-level politics in the Czech Republic may be about to end. Shortly after the ANO party…
Talks between the ruling government coalition’s Civic Democrats and junior partner Public Affairs on Thursday failed to produce a solution to disputes within the coalition…
Doctors unions have agreed to a government pay offer putting more money in their pockets immediately and over the following years. The deal has still to be officially…
Controversial activist Ladislav Bátora has announced he is leaving his post at the Education Ministry. Earlier this year, his stint at the ministry became a source of…
In just over a month Czechs will go to the polls to vote in local and senate elections. The vote due to take place on October 15th-16th is expected to be influenced by two…
The Czech Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla formally tendered his resignation this week, as talks began to form a new government. Mr Spidla announced he was resigning last…
2016 has been an eventful year both on the domestic and international front. Senate and regional elections in the Czech Republic indicate that traditional parties may be…
An outline plan just agreed by the Christian Democrats and the Mayors and Independents group to form an alliance ahead of parliamentary elections this autumn could…
While some pundits praised Social Democrats leader Bohuslav Sobotka for his handling of the recent government crisis, it doesn’t seem to have benefited his party, who a…
Negotiations on the formation of local councils are being held around the country in the wake of the weekend elections. While local groups and independent candidates…
Czech police on Thursday charged Vladimir Zelezny, the controversial director of the highly popular private TV station, TV Nova, with damaging the interests of a creditor…
This weekend saw the Czech Prime Minister breathing a notable sigh of relief as he managed to stave of a challenge to his leadership at the Civic Democrat party conference…
Although opinion polls indicate that the vast majority of Czechs would like to see early elections, embattled Prime Minister Petr Nečas has decided to try and weather the…
Thousands of people gathered for anti-government protests following a call from the heterogeneous protest group Holešovská výzva, or Holešovská appeal. Among their main…
The Party of Civic Rights established in 2010 around the former Social Democrat prime minister Miloš Zeman is slowly gaining strength. According to opinion surveys it…
The Czech Republic’s biggest opposition party, the left-of-centre Social Democratic Party, begins a two day congress on Friday which should elect a new leader. Former…
It appears that Czech politicians have discovered the power of the Internet. But while elsewhere the medium has revolutionized campaigning thanks to its interactivity, in…
The Social Democratic Party, which effected an unexpected change-of-guard at the top post last week ahead of the autumn general elections, unveiled its election program at…
The Visegrad Four grouping has come under increasing criticism of late for allegedly undermining EU cohesion at a time when the European Union is fighting for its future…
One of the most significant aspects of this presidential election was the manner in which it boosted the position of the communist party. Having suffered years of enforced…
Next year's state budget has been passed by the lower house of Parliament in its first reading. This, unlike the past two years, was extremely fast. Despite the fact that…
President Václav Klaus has welcomed the coalition agreement reached by the country’s three centre-right parties on Monday night in an effort to save the country’s pro…
The three parties who are in the process of forming a centre-right government have agreed to try to change the Czech constitution in a way that would allow the president…
The appointment of a new center-left coalition government to office on Wednesday has ended a six- month power vacuum during which the country was ruled by an interim…
