Articles for category: Politics

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Czech ANO, SPD and Communists form Secret Coalition in Chamber of Deputies

Prague, Nov 22 (CTK) – A coalition of the ANO movement, Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) and the Communists (KSCM) has obviously emerged in the Czech Chamber of Deputies, and the three parties should confess to having become allies, Social Democrat (CSSD) acting head Milan Chovanec told CTK today.   The three parties have formed ...

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Milos Zeman

53% of Czech Voters Polled Oppose Re-election of President Milos Zeman

Prague, Nov 22 (CTK) – Current President Milos Zeman is the most popular of the Czech presidential candidates with 45 percent of supporters, followed by former Academy of Sciences chairman Jiri Drahos with 40 percent and businessman Michal Horacek with 32 percent, according to a STEM/MARK opinion poll.   Zeman also has the second highest ...

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Babis Fails to Form Coalition: ANO Minority Government Likely

Prague, Nov 21 (CTK) – A one-colour minority government of the winning ANO movement headed by billionaire businessman Andrej Babis is in the offing in the Czech Republic one month after the election to the Chamber of Deputies.   Unlike the situation after the previous general election four years ago when the Social Democrats (CSSD), ...

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Czech President Zeman and Russian President Putin Walk Away from Meeting in Lockstep

Sochi/Moscow, Nov 21 (CTK special correspondent) – Russian President Vladimir Putin called the talks with his Czech counterpart Milos Zeman open and comprehensive and appreciated the positive development mainly in bilateral economic and trade relations at a press conference after their meeting today.   Both countries’ economic relations overcame the several-year period of decline this ...

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Andrej Babis

Czech Political Parties Unite to Strip Babis of Parliamentary Immunity

Prague, Nov 21 (CTK) – The Czech Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL), Civic Democrats (ODS), Social Democrats (CSSD), TOP 09 and the Pirates will back the release of ANO chairman Andrej Babis and his deputy Jaroslav Faltynek for prosecution, their members told CTK today, and other parties voiced the same stance earlier.   The police asked today ...