Czech woman stripped of parental rights loses at Norwegian court

A Norwegian court refused to deal with the appeal of a Czech woman, Eva Michalakova, against a verdict that stripped her of parental rights to her two sons in June, and this verdict has taken effect, public Czech Radio (CRo) writes on its website.

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Czech government seeks to reduce number of children in institutional care

Czech government seeks to reduce number of children in institutional care

The Czech government’s Human Rights Council is to ask legislators to pass new laws preventing children younger than seven from ending up in institutionalized care. Instead, at risk or unwanted children will be placed in family or foster homes, with institutionalization only occurring as a last resort.

Czechs disinvite Norway over forced adoption

Czechs disinvite Norway over forced adoption

The Czech government has withdrawn an invitation to Norway’s Ambassador to attend national day celebrations at Prague Castle in protest at Norwegian authorities’ decision to put a Czech boy up for adoption.

Czech President Calls on Norwegian King to Help Return Foster Children

Czech President Calls on Norwegian King to Help Return Foster Children


The Czech Republic's President Milos Zeman has asked the King of Norway, Harald V, to act on behalf of a Czech mother whose two children were taken into foster care over their father's alleged sexual abuse charges.

Czech Republic: March against Norway's child welfare policies hits Prague

Czech Republic: March against Norway's child welfare policies hits Prague

Hundreds of people gathered in the streets of Prague as part of a European-wide protest to change Norway's child welfare policies, Saturday. The demonstrators marched from the Castle Square in the city centre to the Norwegian Embassy.

‘Similar to Nazi foster care’: Czech president slams Norwegian child welfare

‘Similar to Nazi foster care’: Czech president slams Norwegian child welfare

Note: You think that's bad, you should see what they got going on in England or the USA.

Czech President Miloš Zeman has blasted Norway’s foster care system, comparing it with Lebensborn, the Nazi Germany’s program to ‘breed true Arians’. Norway takes children and strips them of their national identity, he said.

• Norway care system 'like Nazis': Czech President

Czechs fight for kids in Norway, but their own system bad

Czechs fight for kids in Norway, but their own system bad

Prague seems to be dutiful protector of Czech children, fighting for the rights of a Czech mother whose sons were taken from her in Norway, but children are taken from families in the Czech Republic far more often than in other European countries, weekly Respekt writes in its issue out Monday.

Czech Senate rejects foster care bill

Senate rejects foster care bill

The Senate, the upper house of the Czech parliament, rejected an amendment that is to support foster care and lower the number of children in institutional care Friday.

Czech orphanages ‘sedating’ problem children

Czech orphanages ‘sedating’ problem children

Czech orphanages frequently give sedatives to children with behavioral problems rather than providing them with psychiatric treatment, while routine inspections do not dig deep enough to identify such practices — regardless, higher authorities are reluctant to act, the daily Mláda fronta Dnes reports.

New strategy bans placement of infants in institutional care

New strategy bans placement of infants in institutional care

Children under seven years of age should no longer be sent to institutions and children's homes in the Czech Republic as from 2016, under a national strategy in protection of children's rights that the government approved yesterday.

Two social workers charged for not revealing maltreatment

Two social workers charged for not revealing maltreatment

Two social workers have been charged with neglect for not revealing maltreatment of a schoolboy, though they had indications of it from the boy's school, his paediatrician and relatives, Jan Petrasek, spokesman for the Brno City State Attorney's Office, has told Czech Television.

Many Czech fathers feel discriminated against

Many Czech fathers feel discriminated against

Many fathers in the Czech Republic are of the view that they do not have an equal position with mothers in childcare, according to a survey conducted on 1147 fathers aged 25 to 54 years within a project of active parenthood supported by the Labour and Social Affairs Ministry.

Survey reveals shortcomings in foster care system

Survey reveals shortcomings in foster care system

People who want to take children from institutions to foster care must wait unnecessarily long and undergo a complex administrative procedure in the Czech Republic, shows a survey of the Alternative Family Care Centre that CTK has at its disposal.

Fathers fight for custody

Fathers fight for custody

Court ruling gives dads glimmer of hope in battle for children

Gays denied right to adopt

Gays denied right to adopt

Jolana Navrátilová, 35, and Barbora Kárníková, 25, are celebrating the first anniversary of their registered partnership this month. The Brno couple says they love each other, are committed to each other and want to raise children together.

Yet, in order to adopt, the women would, under law, be required to first dissolve their civil union.