Together with a provision ( Article 42 ) that certain decisions required the majority consent of each half ( Czech and Slovak ) of the Chamber of the Nations, and a provision ( Article 41 ) that constitutional amendments, organic laws, the election of the president and declarations of war required a three-fifths supermajority not only in the Chamber of the People but also of each half ( Czech and Slovak ) of the Chamber of the Nations, this institutional reform was designed to end Slovak fear of Czech domination of the legislative branch of the government.

It vests legislative power in the Czech Parliament, consisting of two chambers, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate ( Articles 15 – 53 ).

In Czech legislative election, 1992, ODA obtained over 300, 000 votes ( 5, 93 per cent of all votes ) and gained 14 seats in Czech National Council.

It didn't participate in Czech legislative election, 1998, " to not split votes for right-wing ".

The SPR-RSČ peaked in Czech legislative election, 1996 with 8 % of votes but declined since then and in 2001 it was disbanded due to financial irregularities.

The new party failed to attract significant number of votes ( 0. 9 % during Czech legislative election, 2002 was the highest ).

During Czech legislative election, 2006 RMS joined the National Party which obtained 0. 1 % of votes.

" This provision was invoked in 2009 when the Constitutional Court of the Czech Republic abolished a Constitutional Act adopted to invoke one off early legislative election.

The SNK Union of Independents ( Czech official title: SNK sdružení nezávislých ), or SNK ( from the earlier title Sdružení nezávislých kandidátů-Association of Independent Candidates ), was a small ( rather conservative and liberal ) political party ( registered as a movement-hnutí by the Czech legislative ) in Czech Republic, led since May 2007 by Helmut Dohnálek.

* Báječná léta s Klausem ( Wonderful Years with Klaus, 2002 )-loose sequel to the first Wonderful Years criticising Václav Klaus before the Czech legislative election, 2002

* June 1 – June 3 – The Czech Republic's first general election ends inconclusively.

After the election of George of Poděbrady to the Czech throne following the Hussite wars, a new cultural wave swept into Bohemia.

Klaus was elected President of the Czech Republic by secret ballot of the parliament on 28 February 2003 after two failed elections earlier in the month, in the third round of the 2003 presidential election ( both chambers vote on two top candidates jointly ).

The Czech Presidential election of 2008 differed from past ones in that the voting was on the record, rather than by secret ballot.

In June 2004 the party came in second place in the European Parliament election in the Czech Republic, winning 6 of 24 seats.

Until 2012, the office of president was filled following an indirect election by the Parliament of the Czech Republic.

Following the 2003 and 2008 elections, which both required multiple ballots, some in the Czech political community have expressed dissatisfaction with this method of election.

In the May 1946 election, the KSČ won in the Czech part of the country ( 40. 17 %), and the anti-Communist Democratic Party won in Slovakia ( 62 %).

The party won the 1992 election, and has remained in government for most of the Czech Republic's independence.

Following the election Freedom Union-Democratic Union and the Christian Democrats became part of a coalition government led by the Czech Social Democratic Party, which together held a one seat majority.

In 1356 he issued the Golden Bull of 1356, defining and systematizing the process of election to the Imperial throne, with the Czech king among the seven electors.

Charles died in 1378, and the Czech crown went to his son, Wenceslas IV, who had also been elected King of the Romans in the first election since his father's Golden Bull, but who was deposed from the Imperial throne before he could be crowned Emperor, with his brother Sigismund eventually succeeding to that position, being crowned in Rome in 1433.

His nomination for Czech president failed at the 2003 presidential election ( to Václav Klaus ) due to party disunity.

The European Parliament election of 2004 in the Czech Republic was the election of MEP representing Czech Republic constituency for the 2004 – 2009 term of the European Parliament.

* 1926 – Frank Daniel, Czech writer, director, and teacher ( d. 1996 )

In the Czech Republic, anyone who spent more than six months in the UK or France between the years 1980 and 1996 or received transfusion in the UK after the year 1980 is not allowed to donate blood.

* 1996 – The Czech Republic applies for membership of the European Union.

** Frantisek Planicka, Czech footballer ( d. 1996 )

Recent outbreaks of West Nile virus encephalitis in humans have occurred in Algeria ( 1994 ), Romania ( 1996 to 1997 ), the Czech Republic ( 1997 ), Congo ( 1998 ), Russia ( 1999 ), the United States ( 1999 to 2009 ), Canada ( 1999 – 2007 ), Israel ( 2000 ) and Greece ( 2010 ).

The first major tournament final to be decided by such a goal was the 1995 Auto Windscreens Shield Final where Birmingham beat Carlisle United 1-0 with a goal from Paul Tait, followed by the 1996 European Football Championship, won by Germany over the Czech Republic.

* UEFA Euro 1996 Final ( Germany beat Czech Republic )

In 1996, she was Penthouse Pet of the Year in the Czech edition of the magazine, and between 1997 and 2001, she appeared in over 250 pornographic movies.

She was Penthouse Pet of the Year in 1996 ( Czech edition ).

* 1996: Penthouse " Pet of the Year " in the Czech edition of the magazine

Norske Skog expanded with purchases in Austria in 1996 and the Czech Republic in 1997.

A CSA-registered Il-62 and three Il-62Ms were used as official Czech government transports between 1974 and 1996.

Three Czech / Czechoslovak movies that won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film were The Shop on Main Street ( Obchod na korze ) by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos in 1965, Closely Watched Trains ( Ostře sledované vlaky ) by Jiří Menzel in 1967 and Kolya ( Kolja ) by Jan Svěrák in 1996.

It was the dominant party in two coalition governments in the Czech Republic in 1992 – 1997, a majority administration ( 1992 – 96 ) and a short-lived minority government ( 1996 – 97 ).

Also in 1996 ( and through 2000 ) Hammer was commissioned to compose all the original music for TV Nova, the first commercial television network in Eastern Europe, based in the Czech Republic.

Destinn's likeness appeared in 1996 on the 2, 000 Czech koruna banknote.

This started at the beginning of 1996, when the band visited Turkey, playing alongside the band Radical Noise, and then they toured the Czech Republic with the mincecore band Malignant Tumour.

An attacking midfielder, Šmicer first shot to prominence in 1996, helping Slavia Prague reach the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup and then starring for the Czech Republic during their run to the final of Euro 96.

* Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic ( 1996 )

The UEFA Euro 1996 winner Germany declined its place in the 1997 FIFA Confederations Cup, and was replaced by the Czech Republic, the runner-up in that tournament.

He was also leader of the Czech Social Democratic Party and served as Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, the lower house of the Czech parliament, from 1996 to 1998.

* Apostolic Exarchate in the Czech Republic ( 1996 )