Politics / Elections

This section includes reports, analysis and opinion about elections, public participation and political parties.

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8th February 2016 / Politics / Elections


Czech Radio Plus: Interview with Head of Czech Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský on democracy, political parties, engagement

Czech Radio Plus published today an interview with the Head of the Czech Constitutional Court Pavel Rychetský, who answered questions related to Czech political parties, political culture, and how the situation could be improved, among others.   
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7th February 2016 / Politics / Elections


Radio Prague: New (Czech) dean of NATO Defense College: Our perception of what presents a threat sometimes differs

Brigadier General František Mičánek, head of the Centre for Security and Military Strategic Studies at the University of Defense in Brno, was recently elected Dean of NATO Defense College in Rome. He is the second Czech to secure a high post in NATO defense structures, following General Petr Pavel’s appointment as chairman of NATO's Military Committee. Read/listen to an interview with him on Radio Prague.  
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8th January 2016 / Politics / Elections


Autumn 2016 elections are getting closer

Accroding to the Nations in Transit analysis produced by the Freedom House, the Czech Republic's rating of electoral process has remained unchanged since 2011. According to the CTK Czech News Agency and the pravniprostor.cz server, the political parties represented in the Czech Parliament plan to spend tens of millions of Czech crowns in election campaigning. Regional elections and elections to the Senate, the Upper Chamber of the Czech Parliament, will be held in autumn 2016...
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Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic