News Czech Republic Politics: In memoriam: Czech writer, filmmaker and ex-political prisoner Jiří Stránský
Celebrated author, screenwriter and documentary filmmaker Jiří Stránský has died, at the age of 87. A former political prisoner, he led the Czech branch of the international PEN club after the fall of communism and later headed the state cinematography fund. He also dedicated himself to educating schoolchildren about the perils of totalitarianism – all the while nurturing an infectious optimism.
News Czech Republic Politics: Czech leader Andrej Babis has conflict of interest, preliminary EU report says
The findings, if confirmed in further proceedings, could mean that the Czech Republic would have to return an unspecified amount of funding paid to the businesses, the daily said on its website, ...
News Czech Republic Politics: EU elections continue in Ireland and Czech Republic after exit polls show surprise defeat for populists in yesterday’s Dutch vote
Irish and Czech voters are heading to the polls after Britain and Holland voted yesterday, with the Dutch Labour party heading for an unexpected victory (pictured, party supporters celebrate the exit poll).
News Czech Republic Politics: Council of Europe assembly rejects far-right political grouping
Strasbourg-based Parliamentary Assembly refuses to recognize nationalist alliance of lawmakers from Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Germany, and Italy
News Czech Republic Politics: EU elections: What do the 550 party lists in the running reveal about politics on the continent?
"What we're seeing is that people are no longer kind of characterised so much by strict party loyalty but they're willing to try out different things because of the level of disillusionment with the political system," an expert told Euronews as EU voters started casting their ballot.
News Czech Republic Politics: Czech Banks Avoid New Tax by Yielding to Premier's Fund Plan
(Bloomberg) -- Czech banks have avoided a threat of special taxes for the industry by agreeing in principle to contribute a portion of their profits to a national development fund proposed by Prime Minister Andrej Babis.
News Czech Republic Politics: Protests grow against authoritarian slide in Czech Republic
Prague, Czech Republic - Fifty-thousands people filled Wenceslas Square ... The populist billionaire insists the case is part of a plot by the country's "elite" to force him from politics. He remains ...
News Czech Republic Politics: International banks to boost Czech fund’s coffers
The push by Mr Babis — a billionaire who built an empire stretching from chemicals to the media before going into politics — comes amid a broader debate in the Czech Republic on how to raise revenues ...
News Czech Republic Politics: Tens of thousands of Czech protest, demand minister quits
They are set to spread across the Czech Republic next week. The organizers also called on Babis to defend his steps in a television debate with them. Babis, a populist billionaire, is a controversial ...
News Czech Republic Politics: Czech Republic reveals fury at EU during Brexit Party rally ‘we have the SAME criticisms’
But before Mr Farage took to the stage, the audience heard from Brexit Party MEP candidate Anne Widdecombe and Vaclav Klaus, a former president of the Czech Republic. Mr Klaus - a staunch eurosecptic ...
