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Radio Prague - Subject Current affairs
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current affairs in the Czech Republic
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Assessing the first hundred days of Petr Ne?as
Petr Ne?as has now been Czech prime minister for 100 days, a milestone in
any leader?s career. He became chairman of the Civic Democratic Party
just as campaigning for parliamentary elections was getting underway, and
soon after voting at the end of May found himself head of a three-party
right-of-centre coalition. But what kind of prime minister has Mr Ne?as
been so far? Radio Prague has been gauging opinion.
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Roman Joch and the redefining of human rights
?Neo-conservative? is not a term heard too often on the Czech political
scene, but when it is then more often than not it?s used in reference to
Roman Joch, the outspoken head of the right-wing Christian think tank the
Civic Institute (Mr Joch himself prefers the title ?paleoconservative?,
bestowed upon him by the Prime Minister). That history, along with a
certain notoriety for inflammatory rhetoric, lent to waves of criticism
when Mr Joch was appointed advisor to the Prime Minister on human rights,
the definition and conception of which was the starting point for our
conversation.
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ABL accused of investigating politicians
The daily Mladá fronta Dnes on Thursday revealed that a former Prague
district mayor had been intensively monitored by a detective agency four
years ago. On Friday the plot thickened, with the paper asserting that a
multitude of officials at the Prague 11 town hall had been clandestinely
investigated and that detectives with ties to the coalition?s Public
Affairs party were responsible. Both the government and the opposition are
now calling for answers.
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Government unveils opening bid to get to grips with gaming sector
The government has answered local council calls they be given more powers
to stamp out gaming machine or so-called herna bars across the country.
Proposed legal changes seek to put some order into a chaotic and poorly
regulated multi-billion crown sector which many suspect is a front for
criminal activity and money laundering.
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Czech president and foreign minister clash over EU treaty opt out
A war of words has erupted between the two Czechs charged with steering the
country?s external relations: the president and foreign minister. The
clash stems from concerns that the Czech opt-out from the European
Union?s Lisbon Treaty demanded by President Václav Klaus might not be
looking so solid.
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