Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·6 years ago··5 min readMemorial Events and Protests Across Czech Republic To Mark 30th Anniversary of the Velvet RevolutionYesterday around 250,000 Czechs gathered at Letná in Prague to protest against the government of Andrej Babiš. Both the location...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·6 years ago··5 min readSenate President Kubera To Visit Taiwan Amid Tensions In Czech-Chinese RelationsSenate President Jaroslav Kubera (ODS) has confirmed that he will visit Taiwan, following days of conflicting reports about his plans,...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·6 years ago··3 min read30 Years On, More Than A Third Of Czechs Over 40 Think Life Was Better Before The Velvet RevolutionCzechs and Slovaks will celebrate the 30th anniversary of the Velvet Revolution in November. With the celebrations comes much analysis...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·7 years ago··2 min readConstitutional Court Bars Taxation of Church Restitution PaymentsOn Tuesday, the Constitutional Court (Ústavní soud) of the Czech Republic, which sits in Brno, annulled the disputed part of...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·7 years ago··1 min readCity of Brno Continues To Fund Demolition of Illegal ConstructionFor a long time responsibility for removing illegal structures fell on city districts, which usually do not have the capacity...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·7 years ago··2 min readSenate Motion To Remove President Zeman From Office Fails In Czech ParliamentSenators made a constitutional complaint against Zeman in response to several recent incidents in which the president was accused of...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·7 years ago··1 min read4,000 Gather In Bratislava’s Námestie Slobody To Protest Against Recent Corruption AllegationsThe protests were organised by activist group For A Decent Slovakia. Two more similar events are planned between now and...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·7 years ago··1 min readIn Photos: Brno Students hold Biggest Protest yet against Climate ChangeInspired by 16-year-old Greta Thunberg, students all over the world are skipping school and gathering in the streets to protest...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·7 years ago··4 min readLarge Protests Planned Across Slovakia On Friday In Response To Continuing Corruption RevelationsThe continuing investigation into the February 2018 murder of journalist Ján Kuciak and his fiancée has revealed a deep network...
Politics·7 years ago··2 min readPrague State Attorney Drops Court Proceedings Against Andrej BabišThe decision may still be overturned by Supreme State Attorney Pavel Zeman, but looks likely to bring the four-year “Stork’s...
Politics·7 years ago··1 min readInvestigation on Corruption Case at Brno-střed Town Hall Brings Up New NameA large corruption case around allegedly manipulated public contracts at the Brno-střed (Brno-center) Town Hall has been so far connected...
Czech Republic / WorldPolitics·7 years ago··1 min readPrime Minister Andrej Babis Survives Vote of No-ConfidenceThe vote was called by opposition parties following months of public protest at Babis’s business affairs. Photo credit: Psp.cz. Brno, Jun 27...