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19th October 2017 / Politics / Elections

Radio Praha: Czech parties subject to stepped up election spending scrutiny

New rules apply to the Czech elections to the lower house of parliament for the first time limiting parties budgets’ and making them declare funding and spending flows. But while it’s a step in the right direction, some flaws are still seen in the overall framework, Radio Praha writes.

17th October 2017 / Politics / Elections

Aon's Political Risk Quarterly 2017

This quarter, four countries experienced a change in their country risk ratings, with all of them marking a deterioration. This is the first quarter, in some time, that there have been more downgrades (countries experiencing an increase in political risk) than improvements.

12th October 2017 / Politics / Elections

Czech Statistical Office: Out of 7,539 candidates in upcoming election 58 age 21

According to an article (in Czech) by Radio Zet on the political participation of young Czechs, recent statistical data published by the Czech Statistical Office showed that in the upcoming elections to the Chamber of Deputies (to be held on October 20-21 2017), the average age of a candidate for the Chamber seat is 46.4 years.