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James Galbraith · July 14, 2026 · 9 min read
Jul 13, 2026 | Macroeconomics https://www.ineteconomics.org/perspectives/blog/on-the-us-eu-debate-a-response-to-paul-krugman
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Ivan Katchanovski · July 14, 2026 · 59 min read
This study analyses the nature and extent of involvement by neo-Nazi and other far-right Ukrainian organisations in the Donbas war (2014-2022) and the Odesa massacre (2014). This issue is highly politicised with contrasting narratives. The Russian and Donbas separatist governments, as well as their media, have contended that Ukraine has been a Nazi or neo-Nazi regime since a fascist coup took place in 2014, while Ukrainian and Western governments and media have maintained that such elements in the Ukrainian far-right were marginal, trivial, even non-existent. The article interrogates the historical record with primary sources in the three most relevant languages—Ukrainian, Russian, and English. The investigation reveals crucial far-right involvement in both the early stages of the war in Donbas and the Odesa massacre. Although the percentage of far-right supporters and fighters in Ukraine was relatively small, they exercised disproportionate influence in the country due to their greater reliance on violence and armed formations. The Russian government, however, exaggerated the role of the neo-Nazis in Ukraine to publicly justify the illegal invasion in February 2022.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 13, 2026 · 2 min read
In a sharp way, I gloss the comment of editor Lukáš Marek on Seznam Zprávách, who, in connection with the debates on defense spending, did not hesitate to label the Czech Republic as a "pariah" whose approach allegedly threatens the whole of NATO. This new media label only follows on from the earlier caste of citizens as "desolates" or "swine", while the essence remains the same: to create a sense of guilt through moral coercion, in order to pay hundred billion dollar arms contracts without excuses and fulfill the dictates of the militarists. The historical parallel with the Austro-Hungarian labeling of the Czechs as a "band of simulants" (Simulantenbande), who did not want to bleed in foreign interests for the Emperor, fits exactly with today's reality. At the time, the one-year volunteer Marek from Haškov Švejk's anti-war stance was a manifestation of common sense, while today's modern-day censors and mainstream militarists are pushing us into endless armaments. I wish all those labeled "outcasts" a peaceful weekend, and I wish our homeland to one day embark on a sovereign and reasonable path of neutrality, following the example of Austria, Switzerland or Ireland, which can prosper contentedly and safely even without alliances in NATO.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 13, 2026 · 1 min read
Thank God it's Friday. In the video, I summarize the week in Strasbourg, how who voted and which colleagues the devil owed us: - Snooping-ChatControl - Support of Ukraine - The digital euro and the taxation of European companies Good evening everyone!
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 13, 2026 · 5 min read
The Ministry of Justice rejects the parents' claims, but does it really consider the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the case law of the ECtHR? A critical look at the question of whether the state defends justice more than children's rights.
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 13, 2026 · 4 min read
An organization promoting human rights and transparency is facing questions after my articles appeared on its website without my consent and without attribution.
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Tým Sedmičky Plus · July 13, 2026 · 3 min read
Moderator Jana Bobošíková drew attention to the circumstances of the delivery of ten Czech ALTO NG training aircraft to Ukraine in her program on the Verox.cz platform. According to her, while the public debate focused on the statements of President Petr Pavel or the 140 million crowns for the PURL initiative, the aircraft delivery project itself took place almost without public discussion. The broadcast included a number of questions directed at the government and state institutions.
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Tomáš Fürst · July 13, 2026 · 8 min read
Václav Hořejší once again couldn't hold back and sent me an email in which he boasts that he is the most cited Czech immunologist. So I wrote to him, dear Václav, I would prefer you to have less quotes but more truth during covid. This led to an interesting exchange of invectives, in which Václav invited me to - if I'm that smart - write how I would proceed in a covid pandemic.
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Petra Rédová · July 12, 2026 · 3 min read
The Senate elections are just around the corner, and once again the question arises whether we will vote according to familiar faces and expensive campaigns, or according to the real work and character of the candidates. If we want change, we need to start judging people by what they did for the citizens between elections, not by how many billboards they had in front of them.
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Petra Rédová · July 12, 2026 · 3 min read
But the work itself was not the most beautiful. It was the atmosphere. Laughter, mutual encouragement, simple conversations, willingness to help each other. Nobody played anything. We were simply people there who had a common goal.
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Petra Rédová · July 12, 2026 · 4 min read
And I realized one thing again today. To forgive does not mean to forget. To forgive means to free yourself above all. And since I know you're reading and following me, I want to tell you just one thing. You are no longer alone. I'll call you tomorrow. Let's have that coffee together we talked about. And if you need a hand, I'll be there. Because at the end of life, it doesn't matter who was right, who won, or who hurt whom. It only matters if we were able to be human. And I believe that everyone deserves a second chance sometimes. While we still have time.
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Petr Štěpánek · July 12, 2026 · 3 min read
I was switching these TV programs when I was interested in an interview on the ČT24 channel by a Czech television editor with the actor Tomáš Hanák, the leading protagonist of the Sklep theater. It's summer, the Karlovy Vary Film Festival is taking place, and so the screen, like every year at this time, is full of characters from the world of the film industry. As long as the actors talked about the film, it was classic stories from the filming, nothing against that, although I don't need his affected diction at all. But then they honed in on politics.
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Jan Schneider · July 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Let's take a closer look at the problem of the "leadership role" of the president in relation to the government.
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Tomáš Fürst · July 11, 2026 · 4 min read
Does anyone know why god hates western civilization, and especially the Anglo-Saxon countries?
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 11, 2026 · 4 min read
The tragic death of the former elite criminologist Rudolf Flaška once again opens the question of whether the Czech police, public prosecutor's office and courts always serve justice, or whether they too often close themselves into a system that primarily protects itself
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Ondřej Dostál · July 10, 2026 · 2 min read
The strategy of alibi voting, in which one opposes a controversial proposal only when its approval is safely assured, is a classic political calculation to appease the public. During Tuesday's key vote on the accelerated procedure, when bread was broken and only a few votes of those present were enough to block it, Danuše Nerudová and her companions raised their hands for the continuation of the spying law. Then, when the final decision was made on Thursday in a relaxed pre-holiday hall with many absentees - where the unattainable absolute majority of 361 votes of all elected MEPs was strictly required for rejection - these politicians could afford to formally vote "against" without risk, in order to mask their real assignment from the EU's puppet masters in front of angry voters at home.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 10, 2026 · 1 min read
The European People's Party, led by the President of the EP, managed to push through the spying law, or Chat Control. A procedural trick, before the summer break... We were against it, this time we also agreed on NE with Pirates or ODS. Thank the gifts to Zdechovská, Farský, Nerudová and Niedermayer for making it happen. Especially don't believe Zdechovský's bullshit about "child protection" - there is no need to snoop on your communications!! Democracy in Action, coming closer🇪🇺🤮
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Ondřej Dostál · July 10, 2026 · 1 min read
Chat control passed. Unfortunately, also "thanks" to some Czech voices. I don't thank our "democrats" for supporting widespread snooping🤮
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 9, 2026 · 4 min read
The case from the Municipal Court in Prague opens up an unpleasant question: Does a citizen really have an effective defense when the state declares his property to be the proceeds of another person's criminal activity?
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 9, 2026 · 4 min read
It is to protect lawfulness within the police force. Instead of substantive answers, according to critics, it offers formalism and rejection of objections. What does this mean for the public's trust in the control mechanisms of the Police of the Czech Republic?
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 9, 2026 · 6 min read
Repeated complaints, objections of bias, disputes about evidence and handling of files. Are they just disgruntled participants, or warning signs of a deeper public administration problem?
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 9, 2026 · 5 min read
When a citizen draws attention to possible illegalities by the police and the public prosecutor's office, they should receive a legal response. Why do personal labels and designations as "querulous" appear instead of her in the official document?
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Jeffrey D. Sachs · July 8, 2026 · 5 min read
The Marco Polo Drive of Peace, Culture, and Sustainable Development Khiva, Uzbekistan | July 7, 2026 | Jeffrey and Sonia Sachs
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 2 min read
My televised confrontation with Jan Farský in Událosty ČT clearly showed why the project of Ukraine's rapid entry into the European Union is just a fiction that has no chance of passing. The main stopper will be Poland, which will never allow the integration of a country that glorifies the Banderites and the UPA terrorists responsible for the brutal Volhynia massacre of a hundred thousand Polish civilians. In addition to the impenetrable historical barriers, however, there are even more fundamental economic obstacles - by accepting Ukraine, we would import astronomical debts and corruption of gigantic proportions into the EU system, which would make all existing members net payers and cost European taxpayers trillions of crowns. The entire Ukrainian war is a proxy conflict of the USA and Great Britain, which gave birth to this regime and should also bear financial responsibility for it. It is reprehensible that instead of debating the priorities of the Irish presidency, the threat of introducing Chat Control or the collapse of the Volkswagen automobile concern, EU propaganda prefers to constantly divert attention to the Ukrainian issue.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 1 min read
I strongly criticize US President Donald Trump's speech at the NATO summit in Ankara, where he repeated his demand for Greenland to come under the control of the United States right in front of the Danish delegation. This aggressive and blunt pressure on one's own alliance ally shows absolute disrespect for the sovereignty of European countries and confirms that with such partners Europe does not even need enemies. Trump's behavior essentially puts the Danish and European public before the fundamental Hamlet question of whether there is still any point in remaining in such a unilaterally set up military structure.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 3 min read
In the European Parliament, together with Kateřina Konečná, I spoke out in defense of ordinary motorists, from whose point of view new cars have become a financially unaffordable luxury due to EU regulations. I pointed out that without bureaucratic restrictions and mandatory elements, a modern simple car could cost around 150,000 crowns on the market, and a family car around a quarter of a million, which is also confirmed by my personal experiences from trips to China, where such cheap and reliable vehicles for working people are a reality. Current EU policy, on the other hand, forces Czech citizens to overpay three times the amount or to drive in sixteen-year-old used cars, and therefore the only chance to save our car industry remains a radical reduction of regulations and a return to production according to the real wishes of customers, not Brussels tables.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 2 min read
In a sharp way, I am glossing over the diplomatic provisional, which occurred directly at the NATO summit in Ankara. After President Petr Pavel managed to participate in the official delegation through a preliminary measure of the Constitutional Court, he encountered a harsh political reality. The government, which approved Prime Minister Andrej Babiš as the leader of the delegation, refused to give the president a leading role and a prestigious seat at the negotiating table. The result was an extremely embarrassing moment at the informal dinner of the leaders of the alliance, where Pavel was finally admitted not as a representative of the official government line, but de facto out of the goodwill of the host, Turkish President Erdogan, who had to decide at the last minute where to go with the unwanted guest. The whole situation points to a deep disruption of Czech foreign policy and an international disgrace, when the head of state at the key summit is perceived by the allies as a political supplicant rather than as a sovereign representative of the Czech Republic, which Prime Minister Babiš remains, based on the mandate of the cabinet.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 1 min read
Tensions between the United States and the European Union have escalated into an unprecedented military conflict after Belgium fatally violated the existing truce with four strikes in Seattle and attacked American infrastructure. US President Donald Trump responded on the Truth Social network with a harsh ultimatum, in which he openly threatened the total liquidation of the entire country. According to Trump, Belgium is in danger of returning to the Stone Age and destruction from which it will never recover. This dramatic clash on American soil has plunged transatlantic relations into the deepest crisis in history and threatens to spark an open war between the US and its European allies.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 1 min read
I harshly gloss the unprecedented attack on sporting integrity that has taken place at the ongoing 2026 FIFA World Cup. US President Donald Trump has openly admitted that he personally phoned FIFA chief Gianni Infantino to challenge the red card for US top scorer Folarin Balogun in the previous match. The FIFA Disciplinary Commission then, under political pressure, bypassed the automatic one-game suspension for the first time since 1962 and suspended the punishment for the American striker before the crucial round of 16. The move drew strong international criticism from both UEFA and the Belgian Football Association. In the end, however, football justice prevailed directly on the turf - Belgium ("les Diables Rouges") outclassed the United States 4:1 in the round of 16 and sent the home team home from the tournament. The historical parallel with the World Cup in Italy in 1934 under the baton of Benito Mussolini only proves that FIFA's top officials tend to subordinate the rules of the game to the interests of powerful political figures and host countries regardless of the purity of the sport.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 1 min read
With humor and exaggeration referring to a famous film comedy, I comment on the bizarre situation surrounding the departure of the Czech delegation to the NATO summit in Ankara. After the Constitutional Court interfered with the government's plans with its swift preliminary injunction, the heated political dispute between the Castle and the Strakov Academy turned into reality in the form of two separate government specials flying to the same place. All that remains is to wish both camps a nice evening and hope that they will not encounter any unexpected political or technical complications on this forced and expensive journey.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 8, 2026 · 3 min read
Politico's published information about Donald Trump making NATO his own ATM accurately describes Europe's current economic capitulation. Before the upcoming summit of the alliance in Ankara, I warn against the usual counter-propaganda, which is intended to force the European states to spend more astronomically on armaments through fear-mongering. While Trump forced Zelensky to sign a vassal agreement on Ukraine's mineral wealth, the cost of overpriced American weapons and proxy war is being paid entirely by European taxpayers. The fact that the EU's billion-dollar investment in the American arms industry has created over a hundred thousand jobs in the US at a time when the European concern Volkswagen is laying off the same number of employees only confirms that the EU leaders are willingly financing the economic decline of their own civilization.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 6, 2026 · 5 min read
The memory of the burning of Master Jan Hus and the funeral of the Iranian religious leader Ali Khamenei show deep historical and geopolitical parallels. In my view, the contemporary West finds itself in the role of the declining and internally rotting Crusader Empire of Emperor Sigismund, trying to impose its values on the world by fire and sword, while militarily and morally encountering opposition from the awakening Global South. The attacks in the Persian Gulf and the failure of Western military dominance at Hormuz clearly document that the power of organized violence itself, which Samuel Huntington already wrote about, is no longer working. As an MEP, I have therefore long-term opposed war interventions in Strasbourg, I reject transatlantic fanaticism and, instead of blindly heading towards a clash of civilizations, I actively build a diplomatic dialogue with the rest of the world based on the principles of the UN Charter and mutual respect.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 6, 2026 · 2 min read
Reports from the German prosecutor's office that a Ukrainian criminal acting on the orders of state authorities was behind the destruction of the Nord Stream gas pipeline definitively reveal the background of targeted disinformation from 2022. At the time, claims by the media and government politicians that Russia was behind the attack only served to cover up economic terrorism directed at European industry. The liquidation of cheap energy resources, which China is now successfully siphoning off, led to the current deep decline of Germany, massive layoffs at Volkswagen and direct damage to the Czech economy. As a solution to this controlled stagnation, I advocate the immediate cessation of support for the Zelensky regime, the restoration of energy supplies from Asia, and the construction of a new security architecture that will reject transatlantic dictates and ensure stability in the entire Eurasian space.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 6, 2026 · 3 min read
In Událosty České televize, I corrected the misleading statement of my colleague Farský regarding the future of the European Union and security in a live broadcast. I pointed out that the creation of a joint EU army is legal and constitutional nonsense, as the EU is not a federation and the sending of soldiers remains the exclusive sovereign power of nation states. I also rejected the unrealistic promises of Ukraine joining the EU in 2027, which is completely out of the question in the foreseeable future due to the massive corruption of the regime there, the historical disputes with Poland and the astronomical economic costs for the EU budget. Public television must bring facts to viewers, not EU propaganda and fiction, especially at a time when European industry is collapsing and laying off tens of thousands of employees.
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Jaroslav Husár · July 6, 2026 · 7 min read
According to Professor Jaroslav Husár, the European Central Bank did not just fall asleep with its reaction to inflation – it failed above all in its understanding. In his text, he explains why raising interest rates alone cannot replace thorough econometric modeling of inflationary processes, and recalls that he pointed out the risks of expansionary monetary policy years ago. Based on his own mathematical models, he concludes that without a deeper understanding of the relationship between the money supply, the price level and the real economy, monetary policy risks turning into improvisation rather than scientifically based economic management.
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 6, 2026 · 5 min read
Do citizens have the right to expect that the government will examine the systemic problems of its ministries? Or does every initiative end only with a formal reply about irrelevance?
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 6, 2026 · 7 min read
It is supposed to protect children from state failure. Instead, it ignores the Convention on the Rights of the Child, the jurisprudence of the ECtHR and the Constitutional Court. Why does the children's ombudsman overlook almost a year of inaction by the authorities?
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 5, 2026 · 5 min read
611 years ago, the church of Master Jan Hus silenced the flames. However, his ideas have survived the centuries. What remains of them today? A critical look at the papacy, Hussiteism and the church that bears his name.
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Rostislav Kotrč · July 5, 2026 · 5 min read
Did Cyril and Methodius really bring Christianity to Great Moravia? Historical sources show a much more complex story full of political clashes, competing missions and resistance from part of the church at the time.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 1 min read
I am commenting on the latest media reports about the upcoming senate candidacy of Chief of the General Staff Karel Řehka, which definitively destroys the illusion of the political independence of the army command. After the media brought information about the partnership of army representatives with female government deputies for the Pirates and STAN, the news comes about Řehka's political "sacrifice" in the form of entering the senate campaign, although it is said not to be his dream career. The whole situation only shows how close the current army leaders and the government coalition are to each other, while I recommend the propagandists from Seznam to correct the basic grammatical errors in the text.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 1 min read
Today is Peter and Paul's holiday. Minister Macinka should leave them both a seat by the window. When you've already made Ankara cry
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Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 1 min read
I fundamentally reject the words of Ukrainian President Zelensky, who let himself be heard that no one will dictate to him what heroes his country should honor. These glorified characters are Banderas and terrorists from the UPA, who are responsible for the brutal slaughter of a hundred thousand Poles during the Volyn massacre within the monstrous ideology of an ethnically pure Ukraine. While in our country history is being dangerously rewritten and the way to the admiration of extremists is opening, the Poles, led by President Nawrocki, who is a historian and a patriot, have not lost their memory and unequivocally refuse to celebrate the masterminds of this historic genocide.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 3 min read
Extraordinary audience with Pope Leo XIV. confirmed that the Vatican's true leftist policies and positions share core values such as the appeal for peace, human dignity and social rights. The new papal encyclical Magnifica Humanitas and the latest statement of the head of the Catholic Church on the doctrine of just war represent a direct confrontation with American aggression against Iran and a clear rejection of the hypocrisy of war. In addition, the Vatican, through the mouths of its representatives, openly accused the European Union of applying a double standard in international politics, where the Union on the one hand imposes sanctions and sends weapons, while in other, more brutal conflicts and invasions, it completely ignores human rights and international law.
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Overnight storm over Brussels: Extreme lightning and horizontal rain replaced days of scorching heat
Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 1 min read
After nearly a week of unbearable and deadly heat, a wild night storm broke out over Brussels, bringing an hour of continuous flashing lightning and horizontal torrential rain. While my dog prefers to bivouac in the safety of the bedroom, for the heads of energy companies, the wild natural theater could serve as a visual demonstration of how efficiently our competition produces electricity from renewable sources. We can only hope that this extreme turn in the weather does not cause any significant damage to the infrastructure.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 2 min read
The current deep political paralysis in Romania, where President Nicușor Dan is trying in vain to form a workable governing coalition, is a direct result of last year's unprecedented intervention by the country's Constitutional Court in the presidential election. At the time, under the pretext of foreign interference and a non-transparent campaign on social networks, the court controversially annulled the results of the first round, which was clearly won by the sovereignist candidate Călin Georgescu. While this move forcibly removed an inconvenient winner for the system, it completely ignored the will of millions of voters yearning for change, leading to the explosive growth of the opposition AUR movement and plunging the country into protracted chaos and subversion of true democracy.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 4 min read
The decision of the Constitutional Court on the trip to Ankara shows such fatal procedural defects that the label "constitutional coup" from the mouth of Minister Macinka is unfortunately not just a political shortcut. The judges completely abandoned the key principle of audiatur et altera pars – that is, hearing the other side – when they ruled on the castle proposal delivered on Monday evening as early as midday on Wednesday, without giving the government any real time to comment. As a lawyer, I must warn that precisely this gradual dismantling of procedural rules and the one-sided arbitrariness of justice, which we have already experienced in the pale blue during the covid restrictions, represent a creeping path to totalitarianism, which must be firmly opposed regardless of political sympathies.
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Ondřej Dostál · July 3, 2026 · 1 min read
I am commenting on the current popular creativity reacting to the controversial preliminary measure of the Constitutional Court in the dispute over the NATO summit in Ankara. The so-called "Baxa-box", which is circulating on social networks, accurately describes the deeper problem, which is the resignation of the court under the leadership of Josef Baxa to careful and convincing justification of key steps with a clear reference to the Constitution. If an institution that previously built respect through bulletproof legal argumentation issues a resolution based only on operational practices, it cannot be argued with at all from a professional point of view, which fundamentally undermines the seriousness of the entire judiciary.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 30, 2026 · 5 min read
Judicial independence must not mean irresponsibility. Why do complaints about delays and procedural irregularities often end in formal rejection and why does this undermine trust in the Czech courts?
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Ondřej Dostál · June 29, 2026 · 2 min read
I issued a stark warning against the politicization of the judiciary in response to the Constitutional Court's preliminary measure allowing Petr Pavl to go to the NATO summit despite the government's express disapproval. According to my legal analysis, the reasoning of the judges is extremely weak and contradictory, because constitutional competence cannot be defended by mere historical custom from the times when there was no contradiction between the Castle and the Strakova Academy. With this step, the Ús actually anticipates the outcome of the entire dispute without proper argumentation and exposes itself to the justified accusation that it is making purely political decisions instead of the letter of the Constitution.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 29, 2026 · 3 min read
During a preventive examination of the vascular system as part of the Health Day in the Senate, I opened a debate on the fundamental changes that our health care sector expects from the EU level in the coming years. Mr. Senator Fiala and I discussed the introduction of the European Health Data Area (EHDS), which must finally bring patients easy and secure access to documentation without unnecessary paperwork, into which billions have been spent in vain for twenty years. At the same time, I warn against the overblown European MDR legislation for medical devices, which burdens manufacturers with thousands of pages of bureaucracy instead of actually increasing patient safety.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 29, 2026 · 1 min read
The move by President Petr Pavel, who filed a jurisdictional lawsuit with the Constitutional Court due to a dispute with the government about representation at the NATO summit, brings a crucial moment for the interpretation of the Czech constitution. The court proceedings will definitively clarify the competence boundaries between the head of state and the cabinet, which bears budgetary and political responsibility for foreign policy. I predict that the president will not succeed in court, while the position of weakened Western leaders at the upcoming summit is also illustrated by the example of British Prime Minister Starmer, who left office after a crushing election defeat.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 29, 2026 · 1 min read
The announced resignation of British Prime Minister Keir Starmer after a crushing defeat in local elections foreshadows wider political upheaval across Europe. Starmer, who was one of the least popular Western leaders, is the first of the top politicians to fall, while I predict a similar fate for French President Macron, German Chancellor Merz and the head of EU diplomacy, Kaja Kallas, in the near future. Voters in Europe, tired of the current politics and economic stagnation, are starting to massively change their preferences, which is confirmed by, for example, the rocket growth of the opposition forces, and the days of the current EU leaders are thus quickly running out.
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Alena Vitásková · June 28, 2026 · 5 min read
The dispute over the participation of President Petr Pavel at the NATO meeting did not end with a political agreement, but with a preliminary measure of the Constitutional Court. Alena Vitásková asks why, at a time of wartime tension, a competence battle for prestige is being waged in the Czech Republic, instead of talking about peace, diplomacy and the future of children whose holidays have just started.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 28, 2026 · 6 min read
Objection of bias, admitted procedural error, but upheld result nonetheless. One guardianship case raises the question of whether appellate courts actually protect legality or merely confirm previous decisions.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 27, 2026 · 5 min read
The decision on the NATO summit raised questions about whether the Constitutional Court had exceeded its powers. Critics draw attention to the questionable process, the extraordinary speed of the proceedings and the possible weakening of the principles of a fair trial.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 27, 2026 · 6 min read
The state says the courts are doing the right thing. But in the meantime, children lose their parents. According to critics, why does the ministry ignore the jurisprudence of the ECtHR, the Constitutional Court and its own laws?
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Ondřej Dostál · June 25, 2026 · 2 min read
I strongly reject the unilaterally disadvantageous trade agreement between the European Union and the United States, which the EU authorities finally approved under the pressure of Trump's threats. I consider the agreement to fifteen percent American tariffs on European goods in exchange for zero tariffs for the USA to be a political and economic capitulation by Ursula von der Leyen, who also obliged us to buy overpriced American energy. The European Union thus voluntarily places itself in the position of an economic vassal and, through the continuing association agreement, covers the Middle East policy of Israel and Trump, the consequences of which in the form of expensive oil, gas and fertilizers are directly destroying our own economy.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 25, 2026 · 3 min read
I fundamentally reject the European Commission's recommendation to increase property taxes, which I consider to be a direct attack on the social, economic and moral security of our households. For more than three-quarters of the population of the Czech Republic, owning a home represents a life-long earned value and a fundamental pillar of personal freedom, not speculative property. The plans for higher taxation of private property, which we have built from already hard-taxed money, mean the punishment of hard-working people and an unacceptable interference with economic independence, which, as a descendant of free Moravian peasants, I strongly oppose.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 25, 2026 · 7 min read
Media slogans claim that no one will force the child anymore. However, international law, the ECtHR and psychology require the state to do the exact opposite – to actively protect the child's relationship with both parents
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 25, 2026 · 5 min read
Can the Constitutional Court create a new constitutional precedent in hours while ordinary citizens wait months? A polemical look at the case, which according to critics tests the boundaries of the separation of powers and the rule of law.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 23, 2026 · 5 min read
Procrastination, formalism and inactivity. A critical look at the decision-making of the Constitutional Court in custody disputes, where the passage of time often decides before the courts themselves.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 22, 2026 · 4 min read
The topic of the non-transparent distribution of one billion crowns in the Czech healthcare system became the subject of commentary for Czech Television. According to the author, the current model of reimbursement decrees, bonuses for drug purchases and cross-financing structurally encourages corruption and abuse of the system, the foundations of which were deformed in 2005-2008. Because of the circumvention of anti-monopoly rules and the Public Procurement Act when concluding contracts between insurance companies and hospitals, patients end up paying extra with longer waiting periods and health professionals with unfair financial evaluation.
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Alena Vitásková · June 21, 2026 · 3 min read · 2 comments
The public media strike caused an uproar, especially where public media are watched, commented on and defended. But what if a significant part of the citizens did not notice her at all? Alena Vitásková asks why taxpayers should continue to finance institutions whose programs they do not care about, and whether it is not time to let public media pass a real test of the interest of viewers, listeners and the market.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 21, 2026 · 6 min read
These were not just religious wars or outbursts of mob anger. The Prague defenestrations reveal what happens when a crisis of power, law, economy and a loss of trust in the state come together.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 21, 2026 · 4 min read
On June 21, 1621, one of the darkest events in its history befell the Czech Kingdom. The execution of 27 Czech lords, knights and burghers was not only a punishment for estate rebellion. It became a symbol of the violent breakup of Czech statehood, confiscation of property, forced re-Catholicization, Germanization and long-term oppression, the consequences of which the Czech nation felt for centuries.
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Jeffrey D. Sachs · June 19, 2026 · 4 min read
One Horsepower Then, 1,582 Now Jeffrey D. Sachs | June 19, 2026 | The Insider
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 17, 2026 · 7 min read
Final judgments, court reprimands and dozens of submissions. Nevertheless, according to critics, OSPOD Teplice offers only formalism and excuses instead of protecting children.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 4 min read
I strongly criticize the European migration pact and warn against the non-transparent system of exceptions, which applies to the Czech Republic only for the year 2026 based on the presence of Ukrainian refugees. If the EU authorities do not extend this temporary relief for 2027, we will either be forced to accept migrants from other parts of the world or pay a solidarity penalty of €20,000 for each rejected person. Following the example of Hungary, I therefore call for a complete rejection of the pact due to the protection of state sovereignty, as I consider the exclusive right to decide on the composition of the population in one's own territory to be an insurmountable pillar of the sovereign state.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 2 min read
I drew attention to a bizarre misstep by the algorithm of the Seznam server, which automatically included a lifestyle article with a visually similar lady "whom no one wants" under the news about pressure from France and Germany to dismiss the head of EU diplomacy Kaja Kallas. However, this smiling intervention of internet bots does not change the fact that the real end of the Estonian politician at the head of EU diplomacy is high time to be realized. Her ideological rhetoric consistently offends key global partners, cripples the EU's economic diplomacy, and the ideal solution for her would be the traditional political "kicking up" to the insignificant position of Estonian president.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 2 min read
While global energy markets were hit hard by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz as a result of the Middle East conflict, the European Union intends to burden businesses and households with a new "burner" in the form of the ETS 2 emission allowance system in the amount of CZK 1,100 per ton of CO2. Instead of investing in energy self-sufficiency and building nuclear power plants, EU leaders are funding censorship, migrants and the non-profit sector. The result of this policy is a massive leakage of production capacities to the United States and China, which can provide their companies with cheap resources and stable infrastructure.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 1 min read
Belfast: An attacker from Sudan tried to behead a victim in the street. The victim was rescued by passers-by, he is in hospital in a serious condition, with cuts on his face. The assailant was clearly not a surgeon. But still, I have the impression that the judgment against the SPD from last week has not aged well...
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 2 min read
At the conservative Matthias Corvinus Collegium in Brussels, on the occasion of the 250th anniversary of the founding of the USA, I directly confronted American speakers who, following the example of J.D. Vance, criticized the current decline of Europe. I asked them where all the woke agendas, BLM and political non-profits sponsored by USAID or NED came to us, and who brought this direction to our conservative regions. Additionally, based on my own academic experience in Missouri during my Fulbright Fellowship, I caution against blindly adopting the American model, especially when it comes to efforts to privatize our functioning public health care system.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 1 min read
The introduction of the 21st package of anti-Russian sanctions by European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is drawing sharp criticism because of its impact on the European economy. According to opponents, measures focused on the energy sector, the banking sector or the shadow fleet, rather than Russia, devastate Germany's industrial base, on whose prosperity the Czech Republic is directly dependent. The solution to the situation and the impasse of EU politics may be a significant political shift among German voters towards the opposition parties AfD and BSW.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 2 min read
In a debate on CNN Prima NEWS about the dispute between President Petr Pavlo and the government regarding the trip to Ankara, I pointed out the need for a clear constitutional delimitation of powers. In my opinion, instead of making media statements, the president should actually file a competence lawsuit, even if he would probably lose it at the Constitutional Court. The Constitution deliberately entrusts the management of foreign policy to the government, which is responsible for the state budget and cannot be bound by the president's unrealistic promises abroad.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 16, 2026 · 2 min read
President Petr Pavel's speech at the government meeting, accompanied by emotions and regrets, reveals a much deeper geopolitical clash. In my opinion, this is not just a plane ticket to Turkey or a dispute with Macinka, but a desperate attempt by the real opposition - financed by Taiwan or American structures - to show its sponsors that the politics of the military-industrial complex and the old Western dominance are still alive. At the time of the emerging multilateral world, the media is only playing a theater to pretend that the course changes represented by Trump or Babiš are only temporary.
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Jaroslav Štefec · June 16, 2026 · 6 min read · 2 comments
According to Jaroslav Štefek, the European Commission is not sending a diplomat to the negotiations on Ukraine, but a politically acceptable face to continue the hard line of escalation. Alexander Stubb may act as a signal of a turn to diplomacy, but if he is only to repeat demands unacceptable to Russia in advance, this is not a path to peace, but another step towards a dangerous confrontation.
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Alena Vitásková · June 14, 2026 · 3 min read
While Prague Castle and the Straka Academy argue over competences, wording and protocol details, the real danger remains outside of political attention. Alena Vitásková draws attention to the availability of synthetic drugs in vending machines near schools and asks why the state cannot protect children from substances that can cause addiction, severe intoxication and death. Instead of the frog wars of the powerful, according to her, the time has come to devote political energy to the most important thing: saving the young generation and the future of the nation.
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Tým Sedmičky Plus · June 14, 2026 · 6 min read · 1 comments
Good intentions are not enough in politics. A politician who intoxicates his own moral purity but refuses to take responsibility for the consequences of his actions easily becomes more dangerous than a cynic. Max Weber warned that politics is not the preaching of goodness, but the work of power, responsibility and reality. It is the forgetting of this truth that feeds the frustration, polarization and radicalization of society today.
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Jaroslav Husár · June 13, 2026 · 7 min read · 1 comments
European economies are once again struggling with high deficits and growing public debt. According to prof. According to J. Husár, it is not only a political failure, but a deeper methodological problem: the Maastricht debt criterion of sixty percent of GDP was set without sufficient respect for the dynamics of individual economies. Using two mathematical models, he shows that the relationship between debt and the performance of the economy cannot be bound by one flat number for all states.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 1 min read
I filed a criminal complaint against Vít Rakušan because he knew about the dosimeter case and did not take action, says Rostislav Kotrč, a former elite NCOZ detective, today's guest, with whom I discussed many hot topics. Blažka's Bitcoin case, Jiříkovský's ongoing detention, the highest prosecutor Bradáčová, the divine complex of judges, the criminal activity of prosecutors, the coercive procedures of police forces, including GIBS, we also evaluated the procedure of the Czech Bar Association in the case of a lawyer who embezzled 161 million CZK from her clients.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Interrogation of the accused at the time of hospitalization in the ICU, signature discovered only in court, rejected expert reports and house search continued after transfer to the ICU. The case raises serious questions about the work of the police and the prosecutor's office.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Criminal report without verification, supervision without control. How the accountability mechanism has become a system that, instead of exposing police misconduct, creates the appearance of legality and closes the way to correction.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Instead of protecting legality, only formality and contradictions. The case of executor Bulvas shows how the ministry resigns itself to supervision and undermines trust in the rule of law.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Decisions without justification, ignoring evidence and repeated mistakes. The case of prosecutor M. Rylich from Nymburk raises the question of whether the control mechanisms of justice really work
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Revealed interventions in the court file, contradictions in decision-making and minimal penalties. The cases of the Municipal Court in Prague show a serious failure of the system of control of justice and responsibility.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
The claim of using prisoners of war as a "truce test" reveals not only a possible violation of the Geneva Conventions, but also a profound failure of the media, which spreads such practices uncritically.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
If even the top branches of the public prosecutor's office make statements contradicting the content of the file, it is no longer a matter of individual misconduct. It is a question of trust in the Czech judiciary and the rule of law.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
The initiative for violation of a fair process ended with the ombudsman without a substantive assessment. The case raises the question of whether the control institutions are really fulfilling their role.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
The Chamber claims control over law and ethics, but fails to protect clients. Where a lawyer is mandatory, a systemic failure turns into an interference with fundamental rights
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Hatred, attacks on Bohemia, breaking up the republic and welcoming Hitler. The story of the Sudeten Germans shows why, after the war, the question of deportation became a question of the survival of the state.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
The repeated, unfettered handing over of sensitive personal data raises a fundamental question: how is it possible for an elite police force to break the rules it is supposed to protect?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 6 min read
A few "professional" sentences are enough and a parent can lose a child, contact and reputation. Private psychological reports without expert review are dangerously replacing real evidence in custody disputes.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
The church that arose as a resistance against Germanization today embraces the Sudeten German Landsmanschaft. Critics talk about the betrayal of the founders, the expelled Czechs and the victims of Nazism.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 1 min read
A woman ended up disabled with an open leg fracture after a brutal attack. Nevertheless, the police in Dobrovica did not initially treat the case as serious bodily harm, but only as a misdemeanor.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
During the reign of Petr Fiala, the protection of the German language was extended precisely in the former Sudetenland. Is it just the protection of the minority, or a symbolic step that the public is not yet aware of?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Instead of protecting the victims comes interest in their proxies and confidants. Where does legal vetting end and intimidation of people who help defend the rights of victims begin?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Massacres of Poles, Czechs and Jews, cooperation with Hitler and testimony from Nuremberg. Nevertheless, today Bandera and the UPA are hailed as heroes in some countries.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Questioning the Beneš decrees is not a debate about history, but an attack on the post-war Czech state, the victims of the occupation, and the very foundations of the republic created after the defeat of Nazism.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Court protocol is not a formality. If the court selectively records the course of the proceedings, it can fundamentally affect the outcome of the dispute and its review. How to defend against distorted protocol and protect your procedural rights?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
Victims speak, church institutions remain silent. The Czech case shows that the problem of sexual abuse in the church and failure to respond is not an exception, but part of a wider pattern known from abroad as well.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Is there any point in an office worth hundreds of millions a year if it fails to protect rights? Critical analysis shows that the formalism and inaction of the ombudsman can turn legal protection into a mere illusion.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
The church that St. Gorazd built on the Czech language and domestic clergy is today falling apart from the inside. The failure of leadership, the loss of identity and the quiet inactivity of the Synod open the question: does it still exist at all?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Formal decisions replace due process. Arbitrariness and resignation to basic principles appear even at the High Court in Prague. Where is trust in justice disappearing?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
The regional court did not respect the binding judgment of the NSS and based its decision on a statement in contradiction with the file. Failure of an individual or a deeper problem of Czech justice?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 3 min read
Disclosure of non-profit funding is not an attack on democracy, but its protection. Those who act cleanly have no reason to fear transparency – on the contrary, they need it.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
If the Chamber of Deputies refuses to deal with the systemic problems of state administration with reference to "lack of authority", it is not a matter of protecting the separation of powers. It is a resignation to its controlling role - and thus to part of the meaning of one's own existence.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 6 min read
The right to judicial protection should be a fundamental pillar of the rule of law. In the Czech Republic, however, they are increasingly encountering a financial barrier: without thousands or hundreds of thousands of crowns, many cannot get justice at all.
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 5 min read
The Department of Judicial Supervision is supposed to control the functioning of the judicial administration. However, critics point out that there are often only formal responses instead of a real review. Is it a failure of the system or an individual?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Political propaganda changes little throughout history. Moralizing, labeling opponents and promises of a "great European project" have accompanied European politics for decades. What parallels does history offer?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 4 min read
Formal review, omitted evidence and doubts about respect for constitutional rights. Will the new minister of the interior break away from the practice of his predecessor, or will he continue it?
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Rostislav Kotrč · June 12, 2026 · 6 min read
Ten years in prison for helping an injured man? After five years of investigation, there is still no evidence of intent. The case of Vladimír Štádler opens up unpleasant questions about the functioning of justice.
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Jan Schneider · June 11, 2026 · 10 min read
An interview with Petr Kojzar (iportal24.cz) about the SdL convention in Brno, about the questionable representation of the state by President Petr Pavlo, about his possible opponents in the next presidential election, about double standards in international politics, about the development of armed conflicts, about senselessly binding spending on armaments and who benefits from it, and finally about the media literacy course, organized by the Journalistic Praktikum association this summer in Havlíčková Brod.
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David Moos · June 10, 2026 · 3 min read
An introduction to liberal democracy, outlining the issues, practices and goals
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Jan Schneider · June 10, 2026 · 2 min read
Question: The House proposed Miloš Zeman for the award of the highest state award - the Order of the White Lion. This proposal sparked a debate again. Should or should the former president receive this award? Looking back, what was he actually like in the presidential position? What did he succeed and what didn't he succeed?
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Tomáš Fürst · June 9, 2026 · 2 min read
The Canadian version of covidism had so many features of fascism that it was too much even for the inhabitants of the North American continent, who have no experience with totalitarianism and it takes them a long time to recognize it.
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Alena Vitásková · June 8, 2026 · 5 min read · 1 comments
The seminar on Czech justice filled the Chamber of Deputies to the last seat. In her commentary, Alena Vitásková compares this year's debate with the seminar from 2020, recalls the cases of Robert Temple, Petr Kramný and other convicts, and asks a fundamental question: when will legislators take responsibility for the state of justice, the restoration of trust in the rule of law and fair compensation for people harmed by the state?
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Ondřej Dostál · June 8, 2026 · 2 min read
MEPs face a so-called cordon sanitaire in the European Parliament, which deprives opposition parties of influence on the running of committees and delegations. The current opposition therefore sees its role in building a clear political and economic alternative for the period after 2029. Work trips to China and other Asian countries are aimed at limiting the damage caused by EU diplomacy, developing academic ties with the technologically advanced East and opening new markets for Czech industry, which can no longer rely only on stagnant Germany.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 8, 2026 · 3 min read · 1 comments
A visit to the technology center in Zhejiang province and the headquarters of the automotive giant Geely showed the stark difference between European regulation and Chinese industrial reality. The concern, which includes Volvo, Lotus and Zeekr, demonstrates a successful global expansion, while European car companies are facing chaos in legislation. The aim of the Czech delegation and inter-university cooperation is to analyze complex EU regulations, support export opportunities and find a way to pragmatically use available Chinese technologies, from affordable electric cars for cities to advanced hybrid cars.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 8, 2026 · 3 min read
A six-day marathon of lectures at elite universities and meetings with chambers of commerce in Beijing and Shanghai confirmed China's key role as a technological and industrial leader of the 21st century. According to European legislators, the European Union is failing in economic diplomacy and risks losing access to a hundred million consumer market, where the Czech Republic still has an excellent reputation thanks to its historical footprint. The goal of the delegation is to promote strategic cooperation instead of rivalry and to analyze the Chinese model of combining state planning and the free market.
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Ondřej Dostál · June 8, 2026 · 4 min read · 2 comments
The meeting of the European Parliament's Health Committee in Geneva confirmed the postponement of the approval of the global WHO Pandemic Agreement until May 2027 due to disputes between rich and developing countries on data sharing and drug distribution. Restoring public confidence after the covid-19 pandemic, protecting doctors in crisis zones and the need to get rid of financial dependence on private donors and the pharmaceutical industry remain key challenges for the World Health Organization.
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Jan Schneider · June 8, 2026 · 3 min read · 1 comments
The famous actor Pavel Landovský once risked "the favor of the state and the government" when he signed a call (Ch77) for the state to obey its own laws. It turned out that the state - again in violation of its own laws - first deprived him of the possibility of livelihood and finally drove him to emigrate. I think that Pavel Landovský would have a big problem with the fact that his son Jakub Landovský, on the contrary, actively assists when the state violates its own laws, profits from it and does not risk anything himself, because the government transfers the risk resulting from the violation of the law to the state's residents.
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Petra Rédová · June 7, 2026 · 2 min read
Where have we come as a society? While ordinary people deal with rising living costs, unaffordable housing, healthcare or security, public space is increasingly filled with debates about identities, genders and new social demands. Are we not losing sight of the real problems that affect the lives of most citizens?
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Petra Rédová · June 7, 2026 · 2 min read
It wasn't just medals and cups that were decided on the dance floor. Behind every performance were hundreds of hours of hard work, sacrifice, support from parents and the work of coaches. Yesterday showed me something much more valuable than score sheets - a generation of young people full of talent, determination, mutual support and dreams. And that's why they were all winners.
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Petr Štěpánek · June 7, 2026 · 4 min read · 1 comments
If anyone still doubted that Czech Television is the media organ of the parties of the former Fial's government coalition, the events of the last few weeks completely mislead them. What the combined forces of opposition politicians and activists, together with managers, editors and other employees of Czech Television and Czech Radio are currently demonstrating in connection with the proposal to change the funding of public media, is far beyond the standard practice of politics and standard pluralistic, balanced, versatile and objective journalism.
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Jeffrey D. Sachs · June 7, 2026 · 9 min read · 5 comments
Economist and diplomat Jeffrey Sachs is calling on German Chancellor Merz to begin immediate talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin about peace in Europe. Jeffrey D. Sachs | May 27, 2026 | Berliner Zeitung
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Jaroslav Husár · June 6, 2026 · 7 min read
The Slovak government presented a package of measures to help the economy. However, it does not solve the essence of the problem: economic development, investment and the creation of new production capacities.
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Jan Schneider · June 6, 2026 · 3 min read
Brief recap including links to performances by Ivo Budil, Erik Best, Radim Panenka and many others
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Jan Schneider · June 6, 2026 · 3 min read
The media, social networks and politicians try to get our attention and influence our opinions every day. How to keep your own judgment? How to recognize manipulation, verify information and write a text that stands up to the facts?
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Tým Sedmičky Plus · June 6, 2026 · 19 min read
For decades, we were led to believe that NATO membership is the only possible guarantee of Czech security. But what if the very rules of the game change?
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Tým Sedmičky Plus · June 6, 2026 · 15 min read
History is not a pre-written script. Nevertheless, politicians, the media and various ideologies often convince us that the current state is the only possible one. From NATO to interpretation of the Second World War to relations between states, the same question leads: where does reality end and propaganda begin?
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Tým Sedmičky Plus · June 6, 2026 · 11 min read · 1 comments
The prime minister has an office. Ministers have powers. Parliament has a majority. Nevertheless, the question arises more and more often whether the real power does not lie elsewhere. In the intelligence services, security apparatus, bureaucracy, media or networks of influence. Machiavelli had already warned against a similar development.
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