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Raphael Minder

Central Europe Correspondent

Raphael Minder is the FT's Central Europe correspondent, based in Warsaw. He previously covered Spain and Portugal for the New York Times. He rejoined the FT in 2022, having reported between 2000 and 2010 from Paris, Brussels, Sydney and Hong Kong as the FT's Asia regional correspondent. He is the author of two books about Spain. He is Swiss and started in journalism with Bloomberg News in Zurich.
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  • Monday, 7 October, 2024
    EU energy
    Slovakia asks Ukraine for ‘friendly gestures’ on Russian gas flows

    Premier Robert Fico meets Kyiv counterpart after reaffirming Bratislava’s opposition to neighbour joining Nato

    1 hour ago
    Robert Fico shown in a close-up during his visit to the Seoul National Cemetery in September
  • Sunday, 6 October, 2024
    News in-depthEU immigration
    Germany ‘reopens old wounds’ with border checks

    Berlin’s decision risks hampering borderless travel in Schengen area

    Olaf Scholz imposed the checks last month
  • Friday, 4 October, 2024
    IPOs
    Springer Nature shares surge 8% on first trading day in Germany

    Stock rally offers boost to Europe’s IPO market in first big listing after summer break

    The chief executive and chief financial officer of Springer Nature raise their arms in celebration as the company begins trading on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange
  • Thursday, 3 October, 2024
    Belarus
    Belarus dissident fears ‘torture and death’ if extradited from Serbia

    Arrest of opposition filmmaker Andrey Gnyot is seen as a test for Belgrade’s allegiances

    Andrey Gnyot sitting at a window overlooking a brick wall while under house arrest in Belgrade, Serbia
  • 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
  • Thursday, 26 September, 2024
    EU economy
    Draghi’s ‘old Europe’ mindset overlooked eastern dynamism, ministers complain

    Central and eastern European capitals say former PM of Italy failed to draw on EU’s most competitive economies

    Mario Draghi
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    One year on, Serb hardliner attack still hangs over Kosovo Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Tusk uses immigration audit to hit back at former rightwing government

    Albin Kurti
  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessPoland
    Poland’s misfiring defence industry

    The country has increased spending on arms dramatically but remains a laggard in domestic production

    Polish soldiers in Korean-made tanks take part in a military parade in Warsaw on Armed Forces Day on August 15
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Poland
    Poland arrests Kremlin critic accused of directing attack on Navalny aide

    Four suspects held in ‘multi-threaded’ probe into assaults against Russian dissidents as rift opens in opposition ranks

    Leonid Volkov last month
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    How von der Leyen made sure the next commission dances to her tune Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: floods in central and eastern Europe flesh out reality of climate change

    Ursula von der Leyen
  • Wednesday, 11 September, 2024
    German politics
    Germany upsets its neighbours with border clampdown

    Berlin plans to carry out checks at all land frontiers in a bid to stem illegal migration

    German Federal Police officers are seen stopping a white van on a highway along the border with Poland. The officers are in high-visibility vests and black uniforms.
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Slovakia
    Brussels considers sanctions on Slovakia over backsliding on rule of law

    European Commission could withhold funds as Robert Fico targets judiciary and political opponents

    A large crowd of people participate in a nighttime demonstration in Bratislava, Slovakia, holding various signs and banners, some of which are critical of the government's penal code amendments.
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Drug trafficking
    Traffickers use Polish-flagged yachts to move drugs across Atlantic

    Legal loophole means law enforcers cannot get green light from Warsaw to search vessels at sea

    Law enforcer watches a yacht amid a plume of smoke and a larger vessel
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Geopolitics
    Europe must rely less on Chinese technology, Danish PM says

    Mette Frederiksen says Copenhagen is also pushing EU for more action against Russia’s ‘shadow’ fleet

    Mette Frederiksen, Denmark's Prime Minister, gives a speech
  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Poland has ‘duty’ to shoot down Russian missiles over Ukraine, says minister

    Radosław Sikorski says Warsaw needs to protect citizens despite Nato opposition

    A Polish soldier, wearing a helmet and sunglasses, operates a mounted machine gun on a military vehicle during a parade
  • Sunday, 1 September, 2024
    News in-depthCzech Republic
    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
  • Tuesday, 27 August, 2024
    News in-depthEuropean equities
    Warsaw stock market aims for revival after ‘lost’ years

    Bourse’s new CEO says foreign investors had been put off, but he is encouraged by changes at state-controlled groups

    Two men leaving the Warsaw stock exchange
  • Wednesday, 21 August, 2024
    Inside BusinessPoland
    Poland’s big bet on a new airport

    After years of debate, new project seen as the next big thing in the country’s economic development

    A passenger wheels his baggage past information boards at Chopin airport
  • Monday, 5 August, 2024
    Poland
    Warsaw under fire for failing to secure release of Polish prisoner

    Opposition criticises government for not freeing journalist detained in Belarus as part of historic swap

    A woman holds a placard bearing the portrait of Andrzej Poczobut
  • Friday, 12 July, 2024
    Poland
    Coalition split hampers Tusk’s bid to roll back Polish abortion ban

    Junior partner joins rightwing opposition to vote against a bill to decriminalise helping women terminate pregnancies

  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Poland
    Polish ambassadors in limbo as Tusk and Duda tussle over policy

    Rightwing president has blocked pro-EU prime minister’s nominees to diplomatic posts around the world

    Andrzej Duda, left, walking next to Donald Tusk
  • Sunday, 30 June, 2024
    US presidential election 2024
    Biden’s debate performance jolts Europe’s anxiety over Trump

    Long-standing concerns in EU capitals about US president’s fitness are starting to be aired publicly

    Giorgia Meloni, Ursula von der Leyen, Rishi Sunak, Emmanuel Macron, Olaf Scholz and Joe Biden looking towards the sky
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    Vista Outdoor
    US ammunitions battle intensifies as MNC raises bid for Vista Outdoor

    Investment firm increases offer to $3bn as proposed deal from Czechoslovak Group clears key regulatory hurdle

    A hand holding a box of Remington ammunition
  • Wednesday, 26 June, 2024
    War in Ukraine
    Slovak PM Robert Fico accused of doing Russia’s bidding

    Former defence minister says government launched politically motivated criminal probe into decision to send jets to Ukraine

    Slovakian Prime Minister Robert Fico, left, with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Kremlin in Moscow
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