In particular the PGO department for investigation of particularly important cases completed a pre-trial investigation into this criminal case and basing on the investigation results and taking into account circumstances they had revealed closed it as no crime was found in Tsushko's acts.

The Prague City Court has terminated the proceedings in which the far-right Workers' Party (DS) sued the Interior Ministry for the inclusion of the party's logo in a list of symbols used by Czech extremists in a police handbook.

Coach Vladimír Růžička will lead the Czech ice hockey national team at the May world championship in Germany but he will leave the post afterwards irrespective of the championship's result.

Lower house chairman Miloslav Vlček Tuesday said he has filed a criminal complaint against Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) head František Dohnal over alleged abuse of power and marring officials' action by refusing to cooperate with MPs on a check of the NKÚ's financial management.

The police uncovered 340 pervitine (methamphetamine) laboratories in ČR last year, which is the highest number in Europe, head of the national anti-drug squad Jakub Frydrych said Tuesday, adding the actual figure is likely much higher.

Prime Minister Jan Fischer is trusted by 89% of Czechs, which makes his position "quite unique," according to the STEM agency that released a poll mapping the caretaker cabinet members' popularity Tuesday.

The Czech Republic ranks 19th in the EU as regards the quality of infrastructure and lags also behind many developed countries worldwide, according to a survey of the country's competitiveness drawn up by the Industry and Trade Ministry.

Czech artist Jiří David unveiled his six-metre-high statue made of over 85,000 keys shaped in the word "Revoluce" (Revolution) in Prague centre Tuesday as a reminiscence of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that toppled the communist regime in the country.

Cooperation with Czech EU ambassador Milena Vicenová is very good, European Affairs Minister Juraj Chmiel said in reaction to the speculations that Vicenová may be dismissed for incompetence that was published by the weekly Respekt on Monday.

The American Chamber of Commerce in the Czech Republic is forming a special team to prepare a radical amendment to the law on public orders within the anti-corruption fight ahead of the May general election, Hospodářské noviny reports Wednesday.