- Czech press survey - May 18
- Czech MP says he fell into police trap, case has political core
- Half of Czech old age pensions lower than average
- Czechs, Israelis concerned about Iran´s nuclear programme
- Seven people detained with Czech MP Rath remanded in custody
- Klaus signs law enabling Czechs to give tasks to EU offices
- Czech press survey - May 17
- Rath, charged with bribery, resigns as Central Bohemia governor
- Klaus praises Czech police for Rath´s arrest
- Czech CSSD deputy David Rath remanded in custody
Prague - This week´s arrest of David Rath, then Social Democrat (CSSD) MP and regional governor, on suspicion of corruption, is a pleasant surprise because in the past years Czechs rightfully started considering the state system totally eroded, Dalibor Balsinek writes in Lidove noviny today.
Prague - Czech MP and former regional governor David Rath, who faces corruption charges, believes that he has fallen into a police trap and that his case has a political core, he says in a statement his defence counsel Adam Cerny gave to CTK today.
Prague - A half of old people in the Czech Republic have pensions lower than the average that stood at 10,740 crowns as from the end of March, Czech Social Security Administration (CSSZ) statistical data show.
Prague - Both the Czech Republic and Israel have been concerned about Iran´s nuclear programme, Czech Prime Minister Petr Necas said after meeting his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu today.
Prague - A Czech district court today remanded in custody all seven people detained with former Social Democrat (CSSD) regional governor David Rath, state attorney Lenka Bradacova said.
Prague - Czech President Vaclav Klaus today signed a bill on European Citizens´ Initiative into law that would enable Czechs along with other EU countries’ citizens to assign EU institutions tasks in the form of petitions, Klaus´s spokesman Radim Ochvat has told CTK.
Prague - The corruption scandal of Social Democrat (CSSD) MP David Rath will cause no significant change on the Czech political scene because voters refrain from seeking changes in belief that no change would eliminate the widespread corruption, Petr Honzejk writes in Hospodarske noviny today.
Prague - Social Democrat (CSSD) David Rath, who is facing bribery charges, today resigned from the post of a member of the regional assembly and therefore from the post of central Bohemian regional governor, deputy regional governor Robin Povsik has told journalists.
Prague - The resolute action of the Czech police in the case of suspected bribe-taking of regional governor David Rath (opposition Social Democrats, CSSD) is good, but the scandal harms Czech politics and the country´s image abroad very much, President Vaclav Klaus said today.
Prague - A district court remanded Czech opposition Social Democrat (CSSD) deputy and Central Bohemia regional governor David Rath, who is accused of bribery, in custody today, Regional State Attorney Lenka Bradacova has told reporters.