Hradec Kralove, East Bohemia, Nov 19 (CTK) – The Czech Social Democrat (CSSD) extraordinary national congress reacting to the party’s failure in the October general election will be held in Hradec Kralove on February 18, the CSSD broad leadership decided today, the party has tweeted. According to CTK’s information, the leadership rejected a proposal […]
Brno, Nov 19 (CTK) – The Czech Interior Ministry and parliament must react to the flaws in the October general election that the Supreme Administrative Court (NSS) found while checking the election result in Central Bohemia, NSS judge Tomas Langasek said when presenting the verdict following the check today. After recounting preferential votes for […]
Prague, Nov 18 (CTK) – MEP Jiri Pospisil, 41, would like to focus on the preparation of the Czech TOP 09 party for the Senate and local election if he replaced Miroslav Kalousek at its helm at the election congress to be held next Sunday, Pospisil has told CTK. He said he did not […]
Berlin, Nov 18 (CTK correspondent) – Czech politicians are courting ultra-right extremist parties to gain majority in parliament now, while in the 1990s, the Czech Republic reacted to racist incidents by “a revolt of decent people,” the Spiegel Online German server writes. The Czech Republic has changed, it writes in an article headlined Prague […]
Prague, Nov 18 (CTK) – Most Czech presidential candidates consider the current powers of head of state sufficient, unlike President Milos Zeman, and they would not change the constitution over them, they said in a CTK poll released today. However, some of them said they would welcome partial changes in the president’s powers, for […]
(CTK) – Representatives of Czech companies who will accompany President Milos Zeman on his forthcoming trip to Russia are expected to sign contracts worth billions of crowns, Chamber of Commerce president Vladimir Dlouhy said today. Contracts are to be signed by nine companies, including Brisk and Pragoimex, Confederation of Industry spokeswoman Eva Velickova told […]
Prague, Nov 17 (CTK) – Czechs are remembering the anniversary of the Velvet Revolution that led to the fall of the country’s communist regime in 1989 and politicians are laying flowers or lighting candles at a memorial of the calm student rally that was suppressed by the police in Prague centre 28 years ago. […]
Commemorative events are taking place around the Czech Republic to mark the events of November 17, 1989, when communist police cracked down on students on Prague’s Národní třída, sparking the Velvet Revolution which brought down the regime which had held power for more than 40 years. On Friday, the first politician to visit the […]
Prague, Nov 16 (CTK) – A majority of Czechs are dissatisfied with the October general election result, while 43 percent are satisfied with it, according to the STEM agency’s poll results released to CTK today. Almost two fifths of Czechs expect a new cabinet to be formed in March or later, or not to […]