Europe News Hungary, Slovakia, Czechia and Bulgaria resist EU ban on Russian oil Discussions between EU ambassadors continue on Monday to reach an agreement to phase out all imports of Russian oil. 09/05/2022
Uncovering Europe Is Milos Zeman's remorse genuine over his pro-Russian stance? Zeman made a resounding volte-face after the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine. But not everyone is buying his sincerity. 05/05/2022
Uncovering Europe Europe’s army of Elves fights real-world Russian disinformation Self-organised and nonfunded, groups of volunteers from the Baltics to Central Europe took on the task of combatting the Kremlin propaganda machine. Now, the war in Ukraine has them doubling their efforts. 13/04/2022
Uncovering Europe How the Czech Republic's Vietnamese community is rallying for refugees More than 5,000 Vietnamese nationals have also left Ukraine for neighboring countries. In the Czech Republic, they have been welcomed. 06/04/2022
This will impact your life Czech unemployment is the lowest in Europe. That may be a bad thing. The European nation is struggling to find workers. 16/03/2022
Europe News Czech, Polish and Slovenian PMs meet with Zelenskyy in Kyiv The prime ministers of Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovenia travelled to the war-torn capital to express the EU's support for Ukraine. 15/03/2022
Uncovering Europe Meet the extrovert billionaire bidding to be Czech's next president “Janeček is the joker in the pack.” 15/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Speed limits on Czech motorways could soon be among highest in Europe Prague wants to increase the speed limit on sections of motorway from 130 to 150 kmh. 09/02/2022
Europe News Brussels to withhold EU funds from Poland to cover unpaid fines Warsaw was slapped with a €500,000-a-day fine last year for failing to close a controversial lignite mine near the Czech Republic. 08/02/2022
Uncovering Europe Czech left-wing parties are at rock bottom. Can they make a comeback? The communists and social democrats failed to win any seats at the last Czech election. Where do they go from here? 20/01/2022
Uncovering Europe How COVID has heralded a golden age for Czech cottage culture Purchases of small countryside cottages have boomed in the Czech Republic since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. 13/01/2022
Uncovering Europe Why the Czechs have finally turned their back on communism The Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia failed to win a seat in the Czech parliament for the first time in their history. 11/10/2021
Uncovering Europe Czech election: Opinion polls, key issues and all you need to know From the Pirate Party to post-election alliances, here's your guide to the Czech general election. 08/10/2021
Uncovering Europe This new anti-corruption party wants to clean up the Czech Republic Andrej Babis began life as an anti-corruption crusader. So what happened? 08/10/2021
Europe News Poland 'must pay €500,000-a-day fine' over controversial coal mine Poland must pay €500,000-a-day to Brussels over controversial coal mine, says ECJ 20/09/2021
Czech Republic Three dead as passenger trains collide in Czech Republic Three people were killed and dozens injured as two passenger trains collided in the southwest of the Czech Republic on Wednesday. 04/08/2021
France Czechs beat Netherlands 2-0 to reach Euro 2020 quarterfinals The Czech Republic won a 2-0 victory over a 10-man Netherlands team and a place in the European Championship quarterfinals. 27/06/2021
Uncovering Europe For Europe's Roma, a death at Czech police hands is a familiar tragedy The death of Stanislav Tomas, 46, after his arrest by police officers has garnered attention across the world. But activists say Tomas was not the first Roma man to die at the hands of police - and they fear he won't be the last. 24/06/2021
world news Euro 2020: England, Croatia, Czech Republic through — Scotland out England finished top of Group D with a 1-0 win over the Czech Republic who also qualify, while Croatia secured their place in the last 16 with a 3-1 win over Scotland. 22/06/2021
Uncovering Europe Why some Czechs are up in arms ova plans to drop feminised surnames Why some Czechs are up in arms ova plans to drop feminised surnames 16/06/2021
Europe News MEPs want Brussels to act over Czech PM's alleged conflict of interest MEPs have voted overwhelmingly to issue proceedings against the Czech Republic's prime minister for breaches of EU law concerning an alleged conflict of interest. 10/06/2021
Uncovering Europe How a tiny Czech village was caught up in a huge Russian spy case Vrbetice, near the Czech Republic's border with Slovakia, is the last place you'd expect to play host to the murky world of international espionage. 19/05/2021
View If the pandemic can't unite Europe's east and west, what can? | View "The EU divide between its post-Soviet members and western counterparts has long been its Achilles' heel," says GLOBSEC's chief economist Sona Muzikarova. "Even the pandemic has failed to forge more like-mindedness." 03/05/2021
Europe News Brussels will respond to Russian aggression, says EU's Borrell Josep Borrell was speaking to MEPs on Wednesday, during a debate on Russia and its "provocations". 28/04/2021
world news Baltic nations expel Russian diplomats in support of Czech Republic Prague has accused Russian secret agents of involvement in a deadly blast at a munitions factory in 2014. 23/04/2021
world news Mandatory child vaccinations 'necessary in a democratic society' The ruling came in a case involving several Czech families whose children had been refused admission to school because they had not been fully vaccinated against a panel of diseases. 08/04/2021
