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of the party’s past achievements and future challenges. But the
celebrations could not conceal the deep internal conflicts the party will
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Current AffairsBritish Prime Minister David Cameron’s special Czech relationship
The British Conservatives under leader David Cameron have won power after
13 years in the political wilderness. The newly installed British Prime
Minister has been a frequent visitor to Prague in recent years to forge
closer relations with the Conservatives’ Czech sister party – the Civic
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Czechs have been living in the state of permanent political campaigning
ever since the fall of the government last March. Early elections were
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