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Former Czech president Václav Havel died on Sunday morning at the age of 75, an assistant to Mr Havel told the news agency ČTK. The former dissident, playwright and politician passed away in his sleep at his beloved country house Hrádeček, in northern Bohemia, tended to by his wife Dagmar.

Well-known Czech Senator Jiří Dienstbier - Czechoslovakia’s first post-1989 foreign minister and former dissident and journalist – has died. Mr Dienstbier was 73 and had been hospitalised at Vinohrady hospital after suffering from a long illness.

President Václav Klaus has named the country’s new interim government to office. 16 new ministers were sworn in at Prague Castle shortly after four pm on Friday.

President Václav Klaus has named the country’s new interim government to office. 16 new ministers were sworn in at Prague Castle shortly after four pm on Friday. The move was a final step in ending a crisis which ensued when the previous cabinet was defeated by the opposition in a vote of no-confidence, which took place in March. One of the main goals of the new caretaker cabinet, led by Prime Minister Jan Fischer, will be to see through the remaining two months of the Czech EU presidency, as well as to lead the country to early elections. At the ceremony on Friday, Czech President Václav Klaus expressed full conviction the government would succeed in its tasks ahead.

The country's recently-named centre-right government made up of the Civic Democrats, the Christian Democrats, and the Greens, has won its vote of confidence in the lower house. As expected, all 100 coalition MPs voted in favour, while 98 opposition MPs from amongst the Social Democrats and Communists voted against.

The country's recently-named centre-right government made up of the Civic Democrats, the Christian Democrats, and the Greens, has won its vote of confidence in the lower house. As expected, all 100 coalition MPs voted in favour, while 98 opposition MPs from amongst the Social Democrats and Communists voted against.

The country's recently-named centre-right government made up of the Civic Democrats, the Christian Democrats, and the Greens, has won its vote of confidence in the lower house. As expected, all 100 coalition MPs voted in favour, while 98 opposition MPs from amongst the Social Democrats and Communists voted against.