Thursday, 23 May 2013
Opinion | ČTK

The task of the day is not to lose energy in a debate on possible changes to the constitution, but to contain President Miloš Zeman before it is too late, Jiří Leschtina writes in yesterday's issue of daily Hospodářské noviny (HN).

Opinion | ČTK

Despite of what people may think about President Miloš Zeman, he has always been a better economist than his predecessor Václav Klaus and stood more grounded in reality than him, Jan Macháček writes in daily Hospodářské noviny (HN) yesterday.

Opinion | ČTK

The president must appoint professors proposed by universities under the university law unlike the naming of ambassadors and judges, which is among the presidential powers embedded in the constitution, lawyer Pavel Hasenkopf writes in yesterday's issue of daily Lidové noviny (LN).

Opinion | Daily News & Analysis

Nowhere are the virgin rain forests too far from the greedy axe.

Opinion | ČTK

To view President Miloš Zeman as a politician having problems with stability would be a mistake since he is as firm as a rock about what he wants, Erik Tabery writes in Respekt, adding if Zeman succeeds, he will be the strongest person in 25 years.

Opinion | ČTK

President Miloš Zeman's conduct on the political scene has been aggressive but quite clumsy, and therefore the emergence of a semi-presidential system, of which many warned on Zeman's arrival, is not in the offing in the country, Jiří Pehe writes in daily Právo yesterday.

Opinion | ČTK

Leoš Heger (TOP 09) has become the longest-serving health minister and he is the third most popular member of the present cabinet, though he has pushed through only cosmetic changes to the health system, weekly Týden out yesterday reports.

Opinion | ČTK

Opponents of Prague High State Attorney Lenka Bradáčová, a symbol of fight against corruption, had to give up their posts, but now it may be time for Bradáčová herself to leave, Tomáš Menschik writes in weekly Týden out yesterday.

Opinion | ČTK

The younger and middle generations of Czechs have no chance to learn objectively about World War Two's end and the liberation of Czechoslovakia, as a result of the present society's "asymmetrical approach" in assessing the 1945 events, Miloš Balabán writes in yesterday's issue of Právo.

Opinion | ČTK

The presidential system may not be ideal, especially in case of the rather eccentric Miloš Zeman, but it would be at least some progress compared with the current Czech personally as well as intellectually exhausted party system, Martin Komárek writes in Mladá fronta Dnes.

Opinion | ČTK

The Civic Democrats (ODS) want a referendum on the euro adoption because they know they will not form the government or have a dominant position in parliament after the next year's elections to be able to reject the euro, Alexandr Mitrofanov writes in daily Pravo Saturday.

Opinion | Prague Post

Petty politics jeopardizes the future of an important research institute

Opinion | ČTK

The only solution to the current dispute between President Milosš Zeman and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg (TOP 09) over the appointment of new ambassadors is that they reach an agreement and make a deal, Jiří Pehe writes in daily Právo.

Opinion | ČTK

The senior ruling Civic Democratic Party (ODS) is no longer supported by any group of citizens and it better keep silent on its plans if it wants to preserve its current "incredibly high" 10-percent voter preference, Jan Keller writes in yesterday's issue of daily Právo.

Opinion | Transitions Online

The Western media think they finally have a Czech president they can love. But do they really?