News Czech Republik
News Czech Republik 21.12.2012 - 18.12.2012
21.12.2012 20:37
CR: President Klaus signs government VAT hike into law
President Václav Klaus on Friday signed into law government legislation that raises the two VAT rates by one percentage point to 15 and 21 percent, respectively. The legislation comes into force on January 1. The package also includes...
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Peake firing escalates new government crisis
21.12.2012 20:34
CR: The country’s fragile centre-right government is once again teetering on the brink: a major crisis flared up on Thursday when the prime minister fired newly-named Defence Minister Karolína Peake, the head of the LIDEM Party, after just eight days in office. The leadership of the Liberal...
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News Czech Republic 17.12.2012 - 10.12.2012
18.12.2012 13:33
CR: Nečas supports Serbia, says talks need to be held with Kosovo
Czech Prime Minister Petr Nečas, on an official visit to Serbia, has reiterated Czech support for Serbian accession to the European Union but stressed that direct talks between Belgrade and Pristina in Kosovo would play a...
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News Czech Republic 09.12.2012 - 03.12.2012
10.12.2012 14:14
CR: Sub-zero temperatures lead to four deaths over weekend
Four deaths have been registered in connection with the weekend’s sub-zero temperatures. Two men and one woman died from suspected hypothermia in different parts of the country on Friday night, when record low temperatures were...
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St. Procopius Basilica in Třebíč
09.11.2012 09:00
CR: The Basilica of St. Procopius in Třebíč is one of only 12 places in the Czech Republic inscribed on the UNESCO list of World Heritage Sites. In this edition of Spotlight we’ll give you a taste of some of what makes the 12th century structure such a marvel.
Photo:...
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News Czech Republic 08.11.2012
09.11.2012 08:56
CR:Ústí to have first Communist governor since 1989
The Communists and Social Democrats have agreed to form a coalition in the regional council in Ústí nad Labem, which will be headed by the Communist Oldřich Bubeníček. Mr Bubeníček will be the first communist regional governor in the Czech...
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Petr Nečas is hanging in there, for now
08.11.2012 13:54
Economist: AT the congress of the ODS, the Civic Democratic Party, last weekend, Petr Nečas, the Czech Republic's embattled prime minister, defended his ODS leadership against a vocal rebellion. But his victory may prove to be a short-lived triumph: Mr Nečas's frail ruling...
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Czech News 07.11.2012 - 01.11.2012
08.11.2012 11:34
CR: Nečas congratulates Obama on re-election
The Czech prime minister, Petr Nečas, has congratulated the incumbent Barack Obama on his victory in Tuesday’s presidential election in the United States. Mr. Nečas said cooperation between Mr. Obama’s administration and the Czech government...
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Czech parliament approves pension reform in victory for PM Necas
08.11.2012 11:33
(Reuters) - The lower house of the Czech parliament on Wednesday cleared the way for pension reform to get underway next year, giving its final approval to legislation that will allow change, a victory for the country's unpopular and unstable government.
The lower house chose to ignore...
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Czech parliament votes to return confiscated church property
08.11.2012 11:32
(Reuters) - The Czech parliament on Thursday approved an ambitious plan to return billions of dollars worth of church property that was confiscated by the communists in a vote that represented a victory for Prime Minister Petr Necas.
The law envisages handing churches land, property,...
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