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Current AffairsMayor to decide whether to go with all-Civic Democrat municipal government
The right-of-centre Civic Democrats enjoyed wide success in municipal
elections at the weekend, coming first in many of the country's major
cities and towns. But, nowhere was their success more pronounced than in
the Czech capital, where the party - led by Mayor Pavel Bem - clinched an
unprecedented 54 percent of the vote. The result gave the Civic Democrats
an outright majority, 42 of a possible 70 seats on the assembly that
elects the mayor and city council. The result means that after an
eight-year-long coalition with the leftist Social Democrats, the
centre-right party is now likely to govern alone. More
Current AffairsCivic Democrats triumph in Senate, local elections, but will it break deadlock?
Czechs are digesting the results of the weekend's Senate and municipal
elections. The vote appeared to be a resounding victory for the
right-of-centre Civic Democrats, who went through to the second round in
26 of the 27 Senate mandates being contested, and will also gain more
council seats than any other political party. But will the results loosen
the deadlock in national politics? More
Current AffairsGovernment talks begin anew
After four months of futile negotiations, talks on forming a new Czech
government are back to square one. President Klaus on Monday started a new
round of talks with all parliamentary parties on the options that remain
open.
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Current AffairsPresident Klaus to launch new talks on way out of deadlock
President Vaclav Klaus begins talks on Thursday to resolve the ongoing
political crisis. Last week Mirek Topolanek failed to win a vote of
confidence in his minority cabinet, and on Wednesday he'll formally submit
his resignation to the president. The ball is now back in Mr Klaus's court
- so what lies in store for a country which has spent the last four months
without a proper government?
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Current AffairsGovernment toppled in confidence vote
The minority Civic Democrat government of Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek
lost a confidence vote in parliament on Tuesday, triggering the fall of
his cabinet and edging the country closer to early elections. The
seemingly endless political saga thus drags on: four months after
inconclusive general elections the Czech Republic still lacks a real
government.
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