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| Jakub Groszkowski
The Czech media have revealed information over the past fortnight confirming that the smallest party in the centre-right government coalition, Public Affairs (VV), is a political project of the private security agency ABL, intended at…
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At the summit of the European Council held on 24-25 March, Hungary, currently holding presidency of the EU Council, and the Czech Republic announced that they will opt out of the Euro Plus Pact. Thus these two countries figure, along with…
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Negotiations concerning the sale of a 32.44% stake in Ceska rafinerska by Italy’s Eni to the Russian corporation Gazprom was announced in the Czech media on 15 March. Ceska rafinerska – most of whose shares are held by Unipetrol, which is…
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On 17 February, the centre-right government led by Petr Necas agreed on the main guidelines of the pension system reform, which include the introduction of the second pillar in the form of private pension funds. The way the reform will be…
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On 20 December Bavaria's Prime Minster Horst Seehofer met the head of the Czech government Petr Necas in Prague. It was the first official visit of the prime minister of the largest German federal state in the neighbouring Czech Republic…
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On 23 November, the Czech Ministry of Industry and Trade announced that the contract enabling supplies of additional quantities of oil coming from the Western direction had been extended until 2015. The Czech transport network operator…
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The Czech parliament, owing to support from centre-right MPs, voted in favour of the government’s draft plan for foreign military missions until 2013. It envisages increasing the contingent in Afghanistan by 180 soldiers and an almost…
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On 19 October, Prime Minister Petr Necas announced that the government will decide the winner of the tender for the extension of the nuclear power plant in Temelin in 2013. This statement by the Prime Minister ends media speculation about…
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On 7 September President Vaclav Klaus appeared before the Czech Chamber of Members of Parliament for the first time in seven years. In his speech he endorsed the plans for the reform of public finance proposed by the centre-right…
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The Druzhba pipeline is being used to a lesser extent as a supply route for Czech refineries. Its role is being gradually taken over by the Ingolstadt–Kralupy (IKL) pipeline, supplying oil from the western direction, which already accounts…