Press releases

Three quarters of respondents suppose that World war two and key events of the war should be still remembered, 14% of people share opposite opinion. 26% of people expressed their opinion that key events of the war are seldom remembered, 56% of people think that these events are remembered well and 8% of respondents think that the events are remembered too often.

In April 2015 CVVM SOÚ AV ČR investigated whether respondents trust to selected  politicians. They were given a list with 29 names of top politicians who represent political parties present in Chamber of Deputies.

In April 2015 within the regular survey CVVM SOÚ AV ČR, v.v.i., questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to Chambers of Parliament, President, Government, Local and Regional Councils.

In April survey CVVM investigated how people trust to political Parties and whether they are willing to take part in elections to Chamber of Deputies. In the press release there are two different types of information: Party preference and a model of voting behaviour.
Party preferences give us information about public sympathy with political Parties in the group of citizens who have voting right and there is also included a part of citizens who will not take part in  elections or they do not knot who to vote for.

In March 2015 as a part of Public Opinion Research Centre's survey there was a question investigating citizens' trust to the selected social institutions. Confidence significantly prevails in the case of army, police and radio. Approximately half of citizens trusts in courts, Internet, banks and television. Churches are percepted as the least trustworthy institutions.

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In March 2015 the Public Opinion Research Centre's survey investigated Czech public's opinion on the extent to which various institutions and groups influence political decision-making.

In March, the Public Opinion Research Centre examined how citizens of the Czech Republic look at different situations that may be a reason for resignation of a public official or a politician from his post.

As a part of March survey there were some questions focused on interest of Czech citizens to the topic of corruption. We were interested in the views of citizens on the prevalence of bribery among public officials and opinion on the level of corruption in various institutions and areas of public life. Czech public perceive bribery as widespread phenomenon. Two-thirds of Czech citizens (66%) believe that most or almost all public officials are corrupt.

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In March 2015 the Public Opinion Research Centre included into its regular survey a few questions concerning so-called Islamic State.

In March 2015 the Public Opinion Research Centre in its survey dealt with the acceptability of certain ways of behavior in Czech society.