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Current AffairsCzech parties struggle to find roles for former leaders
The former leader of the Czech Social Democrats Jiří Paroubek has
announced plans to leave the party and establish a new political group.
Should his intentions materialize, he would be the second Social Democrat
leader to do so, after Miloš Zeman whose own political project caused
significant harm to the Social Democrats in the last general elections. But
in Czech politics, problems with former party leaders are not unusual. More
Business NewsBusiness News
In today’s business news: The Czech antimonopoly watchdog launches a
probe into the controversial Promopro contract, industrial production in
the Czech Republic has grown by 15.2 percent year-on-year, the average cost
of purchasing a vehicle continues to drop, former president Václav Havel
features in new ad campaign for the used car dealer AAA Auto, and the
Karlovy Vary airport will get a new departure hall. More
Current AffairsCivic Democrats celebrate 20 years since party’s foundation
The Czech Republic’s major right-of-centre party, the Civic Democrats,
celebrated 20 years since its foundation. At a convention held in Prague on
Thursday to mark the occasion, all three chairmen in the party’s history
– Václav Klaus, Mirek Topolánek and Petr Nečas – offered their views
of the party’s past achievements and future challenges. But the
celebrations could not conceal the deep internal conflicts the party will
have to resolve a massive wane in voter support. More
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