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Czech Republic

  • Sunday, 29 September, 2024
    Andrej Babiš
    Eurosceptic Andrej Babiš eyes return to power in Czech Republic

    Billionaire’s comeback could cement illiberal bloc in central Europe and raise fears over support for Ukraine

    Former Czech Republic’s Prime Minister and chair of the ANO movement Andrej Babiš
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Nuclear energy
    Rolls-Royce wins pioneering deal to build mini nuclear plants in Czech Republic

    Partnership with state utility ČEZ could prove key test of whether technology can live up to potential

    Computer image of a Rolls-Royce small-modular reactor
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    News in-depth
    Czechs stamp out loan sharks to help tackle inequality

    Regulation and public campaigns drive down household debt, but some fear optimistic data may hide a harder story

  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Nuclear energy
    South Korea pushes to export nuclear reactors to Europe

    Asian nation seeks to become leading player in market dominated by China and Russia

    The Barakah nuclear power plant under construction  in the desert of Abu Dhabi
  • Thursday, 30 May, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Russia sources ammunition faster than west, says Prague

    Czech government warns that payment delays to international arms makers could deprive Kyiv of millions of shells

    A Ukrainian soldier prepares artillery shells near the town of Lyman in eastern Ukraine
  • Monday, 15 April, 2024
    Petr Fiala
    How to fill Ukraine’s ammunition gap

    The Czech initiative should be a blueprint until European defence industries can step in

    An officer arranges shells in the south-east of Ukraine
  • Friday, 5 April, 2024
    Cyber warfare
    Russia is trying to sabotage European railways, warns Prague

    Czech transport minister tells FT of ‘thousands’ of attempts to interfere with train networks and signals

    Concourse of Prague’s hlavní nádraží main station
  • Saturday, 9 March, 2024
    Europe Express
    Gaza war agitates a divided Europe Premium content

    Political temperature is being driven up by a conflict over which the EU has relatively little influence

  • Tuesday, 27 February, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Macron says sending western troops to Ukraine cannot be ruled out

    French president also drops opposition to artillery purchases for Kyiv from outside the EU

    Emmanuel Macron speaking during a press conference
  • Friday, 23 February, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    European capitals seek $1.5bn in fallback plan to arm Ukraine

    Czech Republic leads initiative to buy artillery shells from outside EU

    A Challenger 2 tank of the Ukrainian army
  • Thursday, 21 December, 2023
    Prague
    Prague university shooting death toll reaches at least 14

    Gunman behind worst mass shooting in Czech Republic’s recent history was student, say authorities

    A line of ambulances waits outside a cordon set up around Charles University in central Prague
  • Wednesday, 20 December, 2023
    ReviewTheatre
    Rock ’n’ Roll, Hampstead Theatre — Tom Stoppard revival rolls along but does not rock

    The music of the 1960s and ’70s accompanies this story of love and failing political ideologies

    A young man sits at a desk with a turntable, holding a vinyl LP record
  • Saturday, 18 November, 2023
    ObituaryKarel Schwarzenberg
    Karel Schwarzenberg, Czech diplomat, 1937-2023

    The prince dedicated his career to championing humanitarian and European values

    Karel Schwarzenberg in Prague in 2013. As foreign minister, he sought to build bridges with western European capitals and Washington
  • Friday, 13 October, 2023
    GFG Alliance
    Sanjeev Gupta’s Romanian steelworks hit with insolvency claims

    Court filings reveal more than a dozen claims from suppliers for unpaid invoices

    A worker in protective clothing monitors the blast furnace at the Liberty Steel plant in Galati
  • Wednesday, 11 October, 2023
    Czech minister warns over attacks by newspaper co-owned by Křetínský

    Jozef Síkela accuses billionaire of using his media assets to criticise government’s acquisition of gas pipeline operator

    Daniel Křetínský
  • Friday, 1 September, 2023
    Tim Hayward
    Ultra-processed food furore leaves a woolly taste in the mouth

    The unpalatable truth is that tackling the market forces that drive down quality and price would mean a political intervention

    Slices of pan bread
  • Friday, 19 May, 2023
    Artisans
    ‘Glass is jazz’: finding artistic freedom behind the Iron Curtain

    An exhibition introduces six Czech pioneers who embraced glassmaking as a fine art and ‘the only medium possible under communism’

    One of the displays at Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
  • Tuesday, 4 April, 2023
    Allwyn
    Allwyn planning to bid for majority stake in Irish lottery

    Czech group looks to further expansion after winning the contract to operate UK’s national sweepstake

    A National Lottery sign in Co Louth, Ireland
  • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
    Czech Republic business & finance
    Growing investor interest nurtures Prague’s ambitions

    Advances in sectors including AI gather pace as capital inflows climb

    Strahov stadium on a sunny day
  • Friday, 17 March, 2023
    InterviewSport
    Jakub Jankto: ‘Football is homophobic but it’s going to get better’

    Czech midfielder, the first active international player to come out, puts spotlight on attitudes within the men’s game

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    Czech president-elect says west must accept China is ‘not friendly’

    Petr Pavel challenges Beijing by becoming Europe’s first elected head of state to speak to Taiwanese president

    Petr Pavel at his election headquarters in Prague
  • Saturday, 28 January, 2023
    Former Nato commander wins Czech presidential election

    Petr Pavel sees off former prime minister Andrej Babiš with pledge to back Nato and ‘restore integrity’

  • Saturday, 14 January, 2023
    Former Nato commander edges ahead in Czech presidential vote

    Petr Pavel will face former PM Andrej Babiš in a run-off election

  • Friday, 13 January, 2023
    Europe Express
    Are we finally entering the Northern Ireland protocol endgame? Premium content

    Also in today’s newsletter: Former Czech prime minister Babiš guns for the presidency

    Irish Taoiseach Leo Varadkar
  • Monday, 9 January, 2023
    Billionaire Czech ex-premier Babiš acquitted of EU fraud charges

    Court ruling bolsters divisive presidential candidate ahead of tight vote

    Former Czech prime minister Andrej Babiš at an election campaign event in Kladno
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