Czechia

Babiš’s win had long been anticipated, but for many Czechs, the result was a sign that extremism had not completely triumphed

Andrej Babiš is a fan of the US president, and hates the EU. But if he wins the election, how extreme will he be?

Bergman and Hartung kept their art separate, but couldn’t stay apart in life

Why the ‘father of Czech classical music’ switched from a German Friedrich to a Czech Bedrich

It’s cheaper to buy beer than bottled water in Czechia but is this about to change?

Czech president Miloš Zeman has found himself in hot water after calling transgender people ‘disgusting’ during a recent television interview.  Zeman was being questioned on the recent legislation in Hungary that bans the public portrayal of homosexuality and gender reassignment. Senior figures within the European Union have harshly criticised the policy. Unless it scales back […]

Despite attempts to bridge it since the fall of the Iron Curtain, the chasm between Eastern and Western Europe remains wide. The pandemic has pushed the two regions even further apart. No-one better embodies the liberation of Central and Eastern Europe from Communism than Vaclav Havel, the Czech playwright, dissident and first democratically-elected president of the modern era. […]