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Fin Min budget law amendments will hinder lending, banks warn
Draft law would force state funds, NGOs, and some regional administrations to hold accounts with Czech National Bank (ČNB)
Deputy PM Karolína Peake resigns from Public Affairs
At least four Public Affairs MPs will join Peake’s new political platform, casting center-right coalition majority in lower house into doubt
Prague stops payments for ring-road bridge
Cost of bridge on new section of Prague ring road being built by Metrostav more than doubles, police investigating
Public Affairs selects Education Minister candidate
Public Affairs (VV) party reportedly to recommend Jiří Nantl, currently a deputy education minister, for the top spot
Police cleared of wrongdoing in detention of lobbyist Janoušek
Czech Police Inspectorate concludes police who detained Janoušek following his drunk hit and run did not break law
Lobbyist Janoušek may have influenced ex-Czech police chief
Czech intelligence agency BIS concluded Roman Janoušek’s links with former police president Vladislav Husák posed threat to state
Czech ice hockey legend says Russian KHL is bad news but local league better
Czech ice hockey legend and HC Slavia trainer Vladimír Růžička says a KHL team in Prague will pose problems for local clubs but maintains the Czech league is more attractive
Czechs in front line of Russian moves to hike price of Urals oil
Cuts in Russian oil shipments to the Czech Rep. via the Druzhba pipeline may be part of a ploy to push up oil prices for Western Europe
Czech opposition demands police reopen presidential clemency probe
Opposition Social Democrats (ČSSD) say police should open slander investigation if presidential bribe testimony was false
Police make arrests over Czech EU presidency fraud
Fraud charges have been pressed over an alleged overcharging scam during the Czech EU presidency, which threatens Defense Minister Alexandr Vondra's continuation in the government
Czech Environment Ministry revokes shale gas exploration license
Australian-owned BasGas Energia Czech will now have to reapply for controversial shale gas exploration license
Gazprombank acquires stake in Czech oil services firm
Banking arm of Russian giant Gazprom purchased 46 percent stake in private Czech oil and gas services firm Eriell
VV’s Prague district heads call on party leader to resign
Prague chapters of smallest coalition party call upon leader Radek John to step down, blaming him for plunge in ratings
Czech insurer VZP to sue server over hospitals closure report
VZP denounces as ‘scaremongering’ Aktualne.cz report that the health insurer’s spending review will lead to closures of up to 50 hospitals
Siemens and Arab sheik among recipients of Czech EU grants
Large corporations and rich foreign entrepreneurs have received EU grants to the Czech Republic worth hundreds of millions of crowns
