Politics
Czech Social Democrats agree with Obama's foreign policy
ČTK |
1 Jul 2009
The Czech Social Democrats (ČSSD) agree with 99% of the foreign policy pursued by the U.S. administration of Barack Obama, ČSSD leader Jiří Paroubek told Congressman Robert Wexler (Democrat), who heads the Congress Subcommittee on Europe, Tuesday.
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Gašparovič's visit to Prague shortened over threat alert
ČTK |
30 Jun 2009
The laying of a wreath at the statue of Slovak World War One general Milan Rastislav Štefánik in Prague was deleted from the programme of Slovak President Ivan Gašparovič's visit to Prague due to a 90-minute delay caused at the Bratislava airport over a phone threat call Monday.
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Zubová is leader of Czech Greens splinter party
+CTK |
30 Jun 2009
MP Olga Zubová has been elected the chairwoman of the Democratic Green Party (DSZ) and she will lead the party ahead of the October general elections.
New party TOP 09 registered, 600 seek membership
ČTK |
30 Jun 2009
The Interior Ministry has registered the new party TOP 09, its founder and former finance minister Miroslav Kalousek said Monday, adding the party has received 600 applications for membership.
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'They told me to stay away from politics'
By Lenka Zlámalová, Tomáš Němeček | Hospodářské noviny |
29 Jun 2009
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ODS to present election programme only in two months
ČTK |
29 Jun 2009
The Civic Democrats (ODS) of former PM Mirek Topolánek will present their programme for the October general election only in late August or early September, Topolánek said in the daily Mladá fronta Dnes (MfD) Saturday.
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More voters attracted to ODS than ČSSD before EP elections
ČTK |
25 Jun 2009
The campaign of the Czech Social Democrats (CSSD) before the June elections to the European Parliament did not have such a strong motivation character as before the regional elections in 2008 and it attracted fewer voters than the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), according to a poll conducted by the polling agency STEM, whose results were released to CTK Wednesday.
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LN: Extremist party wins highest support in prisons
ČTK |
24 Jun 2009
The ultra-right Workers' Party (DS) paradoxically won the highest support among prisoners in the European elections in early June though it pushes for the re-introduction of capital punishment and tightening of prison conditions, daily Lidové noviny reported Tuesday.
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Lawmakers make property statements
ČTK |
24 Jun 2009
Members of the Chamber of Deputies and Senate Tuesday declared high mortgages, purchase of luxurious property and unusual gifts in their property statements for last year.
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ČSSD establishes Christian platform
ČTK |
24 Jun 2009
The Czech Social Democratic Party has established a Christian and social platform of its members and supporters who want to contribute to the promotion of Christian values in the party's politics, ČSSD deputy chairman Bohuslav Sobotka told journalists Tuesday.
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