At its session on 8 January, the Government considered the private members’ Bill on Civil Service that was put forward by deputies of the Czech Social Democratic Party. The Social Democratic Party proposed the amendments to the current Act on Civil Service with regard to requirements that the Presid...

President Obama urged Congress to restore an emergency program providing up to 47 weeks of supplemental payments to the long-term unemployed first thing in a new year. Unemployment benefits, which act as lifeline for 1.3 million jobless workers expired last month after Congress did not include an ex...

At the very end of the year 2013, the Ministry of Justice proposed a Bill on State Prosecution (novela zákona o státním zastupitelství) which delivered an amendment to the system of state prosecutors’ appointments and their removals. The Bill introduces a stricter procedure with regard to the remova...

President Barack Obama signed $1.01 trillion spending plan. Budget is projected to cut the federal government’s deficit of $17 trillion by $23 billion over 10 years. The Pentagon law authorizes a $526.8 billion ceiling for military spending and includes pay raises for troops, $80.7 billion for overs...