Current Affairs

The cruel joke of the Western democracies, anger towards their leaders, the clash between nationalists, the distrust in Europe: the Munich Conference reaches its 75th anniversary Jean-Paul Sartre said that in September 1938, Édouard Daladier, the French Prime Minister, when returning to his homeland...

Twenty-five years after the Velvet Revolution, he is an ex-Communist billionaire the leader in Prague of the new rebellion At least as a person, Andrej Babiš really has nothing to do with Silvio Berlusconi. The latter, when he was on the crest of his...

On the 45th anniversary of the Soviet invasion, President Miloš Zeman accuses the leader of the Prague Spring of betraying the nation. It is the latest example of a country unable to come to terms with the past. It seems that this time Miloš...

Ruins of the past or simply the innocent victim of anti-communism? Arguments and controversy in the Czech Republic over the impending demolition of the historic five-star hotel in Prague 6, a remarkable example of modern architecture, but evidently, also an uncomfortable symbol of the...

 The Czechs are scandalized: “Keep your venom”, the Poles reply with “keep your lethal alcohol.” But the criticism does not hit the mark: imports from Poland continue to grow. For almost a year and a half, Polish food – much sought after by Czech...

Perhaps the first thing that comes to mind when observing the Crystal Globe, the top prize of the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival, an elegant brass statue of a female figure with an Art Déco touch, is the resemblance in design to the Oscar....

The Czech Republic has a feather in its cap with its health system: it has the best hospital in Europe, in a position to face any type of epidemic or terrorist attack carried out by means of bacteriological weapons, such as Sars or anthrax....

We know that it is the same the world over. Thus, after the photovoltaic boom all over Europe, including the Czech Republic, the first skeletons in the closet are beginning to emerge and early supporters have cooled their enthusiasm for a sector, which despite...

Chronicle of a presidential voting day, from the most anti Zeman Prague pub The new president of the Czech Republic loves pubs, but not all pubs love Miloš Zeman. In the Prague 6 district, there is one in which the level of aversion reaches...

We approach the restart of the Gambrinus league, in the wake of scandals, and the infinite duel between Sparta Prague and Viktoria Plzeň and their presidents: Daniel Křetínský and Tomáš Paclík. All this ahead of two important European fixtures, with Chelsea and Napoli As...