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Current AffairsPM Fischer’s government gets new lease on life

21-10-2009 16:46 | Jan Richter

Photo: CTK The caretaker government of Prime Minister Jan Fischer – originally set up for a brief five-month period – is now set to rule the country until regular general elections scheduled for May 2010. On Wednesday, Mr Fischer addressed the lower house of the Czech Parliament, and outlined his cabinet’s major priorities for the coming months. More

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09-06-2009 17:32 | Jan Richter

Martin Bursík, photo: CTK The head of the Green Party, Martin Bursík, has resigned from his post over the party’s poor showing in the European elections. The Greens received just over two percent of the vote, a much lower score than they had hoped for. With the second in line now in charge, the party will try for a comeback in October’s early general election.  More

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