Politics

Ivan Jestřáb, the ambassador of the Czech Republic in Tbilisi, speaks about the European Neighbourhood Policies and of the current Russian ambitions, three years after the conflict in South Ossetia. “Don’t leave Georgia, don’t allow the country to feel isolated from the rest of...

The two Countries come closer and move away from each other: on the one hand, Russian influence and Czech energy dependence, on the other, the negative experience of the past century. Like a prism, with more colours and shades, relations and sentiments between Prague...

Pasquale D’Avino, the new Italian ambassador in the Czech Republic, rejects the binomial of Czechs = eurosceptics”. This is a country which is making a huge contribution to Europe. Regarding the Eu opening to the Balkans and the crisis in north Africa the Czech...

Prague does not take German nuclear energy rejection lightly The Czech Republic continues to be the best location to do business out of the ex-communist nations in Central and Eastern Europe. However, with regards to transparency on public building contracts, corruption and crime, if...

Czech foreign policy set within the context of continental defense The recent rejection by the Czech government and criticism by President Klaus regarding the foreign policy document, presented by Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, have drawn attention to the role of the Czech Republic within...

The Czech Republic and Germany have built up excellent relations, especially after the fall of the Warsaw Pact, reducing fears of German claims on the Sudeten issue Germany and the Czech Republic must “look to the future”. This is the diplomatic imperative of both...

Basically, it is integration that is lacking or is nonexistent in many regions of Europe. The Czech Republic, for example, has still a long way to go Another new regional crisis has broken out on the borders of Europe. A revolutionary wave has swept...

The story of a contested “love” which could see its fruits with the Generali-Ppf Group joint venture The Kellner issue was the fuse that sparked the latest contrast within the Italian company before Geronzi’s resignation. Nobody knows exactly what weight the contrast had over...

“The Euro is not in crisis, but rather, an anchor of stability” Professor Mario Monti – president of the Bocconi University, ex European commissioner for Competition and the Internal market, during an interview granted to us in Prague – comments on the latest signs...

the national identities are not and must not be a factor of social disintegration, nor is their essence or – as in the case of italy – their re-discovery, to be considered as alternative or contrary to the idea of a united Europe Once...