Will he sign or won’t he – and what’s to be done if he doesn’t – that is the question politicians across Europe are asking themselves. President Klaus is keeping everyone…
Several Czech political parties are reeling from a trap set for them by a newspaper. Top members were shown by the daily to be willing to accept donations in exchange for…
The recent weeks of political turmoil in the Czech Republic have left many questions unanswered – primarily what kind of government will rule the country until regular…
A row has broken out in the Communist Party over whether or not to apologise for crimes committed by Czechoslovakia’s former Communist regime. Twenty years after the…
This Tuesday is the final day of the Czech Republic’s EU presidency before the country hands over to Sweden on July 1. The six-month presidency has seen the Czechs tackle…
In the run up to the European elections next month, column inch after column inch has been dedicated to a rather unlikely piece of news from the campaign trail; at a…
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…
With a caretaker government due to take over on May 8, there is growing concern as to how the Czech Republic will handle the remainder of its EU presidency. Can the…
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…
Not surprisingly, US President Barack Obama’s visit to Prague eclipsed all other news in the Czech Republic at the weekend. At the centre of everyone’s attention: the US…
The collapse of Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek’s centre-right government has opened a great many questions – who will be at the helm in the coming months, how will this…
The Czech government is embroiled in a fresh scandal which could further weaken its shaky position in the lower house and hurt its image with the public. Czech TV revealed…
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…
The future of an American missile defence project that would include facilities in central Europe now seems to be in doubt. The new US administration is reportedly seeking…
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…
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…
Bolstered by a successful meeting with French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Paris, Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek came home in fighting spirit, saying he was planning…
It was a weekend of accusations and soul-searching for the main governing party, the Civic Democrats, in the wake of a second terrible drubbing at the hands of the left…
Mirek Topolánek’s centre-right government may have emerged victorious from Wednesday’s no-confidence vote, but it’s not out of the woods yet. There is still the nasty…
A number of Czech politicians, from both sides of the political spectrum, have come under scrutiny past and present for questionable ties to behind-the-scenes lobbyists…
Three weeks ahead of local and Senate elections the Czech political scene is fraught with discord. The Civic Democrats, the strongest party in the Czech governing…
The Czech government approved the second of two agreements on Wednesday on the stationing of an American radar base on Czech soil, as part of the planned U.S. missile…
"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…
“A lot of people are curious about what lies behind your resignation. You had a brilliant career; your record is impeccable – they want to know why you suddenly left.” “…
The drawn-out corruption scandal surrounding embattled Deputy Prime Minister Jiří Čunek is set to continue. On Monday, a private audit ordered by fellow minister, Karel…