Politics

A boom in spending on Defence and a budget for armaments with nine zeroes. Minister Martin Stropnický talks about it in an interview On one hand, there are the demands of NATO to its allies for efficient and modern armies, and on the other...

After Brexit and the migrants crisis, the EU’s future also depends on central Europe In this last year, the European Union has become a Manichean reality, in which everything is either black or white, pro or con and either in or out. After Brexit,...

Interview with Giorgio Radicati, former Embassador of Italy in Prague, on the Czech leader of Euroscepticism The lack of trust from the Czechs towards the EU is undeniable, but it is far-fetched to talk of a “Czexit”… “As a boy, I drank from the...

The Czech Republic has improved of 16 positions in the International Transparency Index on corruption, but a lot remains to be done. The Council of Europe this year has ruled that the measures taken by the Czech authorities in their fight against corruption are still...

The Czech Republic, now at the helm of the V4, faces difficulties concerning the migrant crisis and the Nord Stream II The Visegrad Group in 2016 will celebrate the 25th anniversary of its foundation The presidency of the Visegrad Group, which began last July...

The United Nations denounce the detention conditions of irregular migrants and asylum seekers in the Czech Republic as unacceptable. The spark that led to a reflection on the relationship between Czechs and migrants In the middle of the former Yugoslavia, away from the megaphones...

In the Czech Republic xenophobia is growing and the government in Prague opposes the EU quota system The nightmare that masses of refugees could invade Prague Castle and camp at Wenceslas Square, has terrified the Czechs for several months. It was enough that Italy,...

The Ano movement, led by the billionaire deputy premier, makes its debut in foreign policy adopting a line of staunch Atlanticism. The boomerang effect of the recent American tour After more than a year of government and an unclear attitude in foreign policy and...

Foreign policy divides the Czech Republic: on one side are Zeman’s pro-Russian words, on the other is the pro-EU Zaorálek. The relations with the USA and Brussels, who resent the words of the head of state, are also at stake Two fired up frontlines...

The legend of Havel seems far behind us and Prime Minister Sobotka is not being welcomed by Obama. Pro-Russian statements from Zeman annoy their faithful US allies Relations between the Czech Republic and the United States have entered into an era of uncertainty, abandoning...