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Eggs-treme protests disrupt Social Democrats’ election campaign
When the head of the Social Democrats, Jiří Paroubek, was pelted with eggs at a political rally in Kolín two weeks ago, the reaction in the press was one of amusement and…
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President critical of party he founded
Nothing could have shown more clearly how loath President Klaus is to appoint the new centre-right coalition government. In an interview for Tyden he slammed his own party…
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Press Review
Lidove Noviny writes that Czech Foreign Minister Cyril Svoboda - who also attended the conference - did not meet the Cuban minister but dismissed the slur by saying…
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Cyril Svoboda elected leader of the Four Party Coalition
Cyril Svoboda was one of the Christian Democrats' original candidates for leader of the Four Party Coalition, a grouping of four small centre-right opposition parties, but…
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National Alliance chairman released from jail
Vladimir Skoupy was arrested on February 26th of this year following a demonstration at which he made statements that, according to Czech law, promote fascism and racism…
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Corruption Still on the Increase in the Czech Republic
The countries surveyed by Transparency International receive points out of 10 for how they deal with corruption. But it was bad news for the Czech Republic, as it only…
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Prime Minister tight-lipped about who helped to pay for his luxury flat
How did the Prime Minister pay for his luxury flat in Prague? That is a question that both the media and the public would like to hear an answer to, and although the Prime…
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Prime Minister's 'gaff' sparks war of words
Prime Minister Milos Zeman's statement came during an interview for the Czech section of the BBC. When the interviewer played the prime minister a quote by Civic Democrat…
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Analyst: election result no big surprise
The result comes well short of being a clear victory for the right, but political analyst Jiri Pehe told Radio Prague that the Czech Republic is no stranger to political…
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Former president Havel enters CzechTek fray
Sixteen years ago the dissident playwright Vaclav Havel negotiated the peaceful end of Communist rule in Czechoslovakia, elevating him to legendary status both at home and…
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Screening law still remains in place twelve years after the fall of communism
Screening law still remains in place twelve years after the fall of communism According to the Communist Party, the law imposes unfair collective guilt because it is…
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Czech far-right unites in bid to enter mainstream politics
After riding high in the mid-1990s, Miroslav Sladek's infamous Republican Party suffered a shock election defeat in the 1998 early elections. After losing all their seats…
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Criminal complaint filed against owner of 'Dagmar Havlova' porn site
Mr Krafl told me that the owner of the domain name could be tried for violating Mrs Havlova's personal rights, and Internet users could be given the impression that the…
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Politicians push ahead with formula for direct presidential elections
Government coalition parties and the leading opposition party, the Social Democrats, have agreed on a two-round vote if no candidate wins more than fifty percent of…
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Civic Democrat chairman causes uproar over remarks about gays, Jews, Church
Mirek Topolánek on Sunday apologised to Christians, to Jews, and to gays for comments he made in a recent interview and photo shoot for the Czech gay magazine Lui. In…
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TOP 09 takes pole position in opinion poll ahead of traditional political giants
The conservative party TOP 09 was the biggest revelation at May’s elections when it polled around 17 percent and becoming the third biggest force in the lower house…
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Will election of Poland's Kaczynski have knock-on effect in Czech Republic?
The success of the Law and Justice Party is being seen as a major shift in Polish politics, but it's unlikely to have a major effect on relations with the Czech Republic…
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President Havel returns from UN Millenium Summit
Vaclav Havel said at the U.N. Summit last Friday that the organisation should in future lean on two pillars. One of them would be a committee of the representatives of the…
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1989 leaders call for government to drop opposition to refugee quotas
A number of leading figures in the 1989 Velvet Revolution have written an open letter calling on the Czech government to reassess its opposition to an EU quota system for…
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Is the Czech Republic the new “bad-boy” of the European Union?
I asked political analyst Jiří Pehe if such assessments were fair: “When the government of Mirek Topolánek started in January 2007, it started with many ideological…
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Alarm as anti-cronyism party says will replace police chief with ‘one of our own people’
Public Affairs were swept into parliament on a platform of radical new measures to fight high-level corruption and cronyism, perceived as endemic in the Czech Republic. So…
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Advancing the dream of November 17
Advancing the dream of November 17 In 1989, Professor Josef Jarab suddenly found himself leading teachers at Moravia's Palacky University in anti-Communist…
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President Havel a hard act to follow on international stage
President Havel a hard act to follow on international stage At November's NATO summit in Prague world leaders such as George Bush and Jacques Chirac lined up to pay…
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Czech Constitutional Court upholds Havel´s critics
Vaclav Havel turned to the Constitutional court after the Lower House of Parliament overruled his veto on a new law which, according to Havel, would have given parliament…
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Mooted US nuclear deal with Russia could spell end of radar base in Bohemia
The Czech government signed treaties with the United States last summer on hosting an American radar base in central Bohemia. But now it seems Prague could have spared…
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