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Direct presidential vote may get Klaus reelected

aktualne.centrum.cz     Jul 3, 2008   4 related          

Praha - The coalition leaders agreed Wednesday to draft a bill on direct presidential voting this summer. It was the Green Party that first provoked the debate on the popular vote. Besides, PM Mirek Topolánek (Civic Democrats)...                    

Czech coalition opens path to stronger position in committees

ceskenoviny.cz     Jun 13, 2008   4 related          

Prague- The Czech governing coalition opened the path to strengthening its position in lower house committees, deciding in a narrow vote that the number of the committees' members would be increased to become odd instead of...                    

MPs bogged down in disputes again, work delay grows

praguemonitor.com     Jun 12, 2008   2 related          

By ČTK / Published 12 June 2008 Prague, June 11 (CTK) - The Czech lower house's ongoing session has got bogged down in controversies again Wednesday as a dispute flared up over the agenda to be discussed, mainly the proposed...                    

Rift in Czech governing ODS widening

ceskenoviny.cz     Jun 1, 2008   1 related          

Prague- Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek, leader of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS), pulls down the governing party, ODS deputy Vlastimil Tlusty told the public television station CT. According to the latest polls, the opposition...                    

ODS calls on its MPs to vote for church law

praguemonitor.com     May 20, 2008   2 related          

By ČTK / Published 20 May 2008 Prague, May 19 (CTK) - The executive council of the Czech Civic Democratic Party (ODS) Monday called on all of its deputies to support the government-sponsored bill on property settlement with churches and not to block the debate on it in the Chamber of Deputies. It...                    

Talks on U.S. base to continue dispute Czech opposition's effort

ceskenoviny.cz     May 7, 2008   13 related          

Prague- Czech opposition's demand that the government end or discontinue the talks on the U.S. radar base in the Czech Republic was rejected in... ... Prague- Czech opposition's demand that the government end or discontinue the talks on the U.S. radar base in the Czech...                    

Czech CSSD to file constitutional complaint over church bill

ceskenoviny.cz     May 6, 2008   3 related          

Prague- The Czech opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) are ready to file a constitutional complaint against the bill on property settlement with churches... ... Prague- The Czech opposition Social Democrats (CSSD) are ready to file a constitutional complaint against the...                    

ODS rebels unlikely to cause fall of Czech government

ceskenoviny.cz     Apr 29, 2008   3 related          

Prague- The decision of three senior ruling Civic Democrat (ODS) MPs to interrupt the lower house debate on the church settlement bill increased tension... ... Prague- The decision of three senior ruling Civic Democrat (ODS) MPs to interrupt the lower house debate on the...                    

Czech PM disagrees with Const.Court ruling on sickness benefit

ceskenoviny.cz     Apr 23, 2008   1 related          

Prague- Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) told journalists he disagreed with the Constitutional Court's... ... Prague- Czech Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek (senior ruling Civic Democrats, ODS) told journalists he disagreed with the...                    

Cunek's return to Czech govt is up to his party - ODS

ceskenoviny.cz     Mar 3, 2008   3 related          

Prague- The junior ruling Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) bear full responsibility for a possible return of their chairman Jiri Cunek to the Czech cabinet,... ... Prague- The junior ruling Christian Democrats (KDU-CSL) bear full responsibility for a possible return of their...