Coworking and flexible serviced offices are the significant trends driving the office property market forward. Millennials are currently among the most economically active groups. This generation increasingly prefers the individual approach, high quality services and networking opportunities that coworking centers offer. Such centers are popping up everywhere in the Czech Republic. According to statistics generated […]
Czech Justice Minister Marie Benešová has rejected Russia’s request for the extradition of Russian banker Alexander Bugayevsky, the ministry informed on Wednesday. The former Intercommerz bank board chairman, who is charged with embezzling over 45 million euros, was arrested in the Czech Republic in January 2018 on an international warrant. Mr Bugayevsky denies […]
EU antitrust regulators on Wednesday charged Deutsche Telekom’s mobile Czech unit, rival O2 CZ and Czech telecoms infrastructure provider Cetin with restricting competition via their network sharing deal. The move by the European Commission could make it more difficult for telecoms operators to do similar deals to share networks, seen as key to saving […]
Russia bears full responsibility for the collapse of the INF treaty (Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty), which contributed to peace and security on the European Continent for 30 years, Foreign Minister Tomáš Petříček told journalists on Friday in response to the US withdrawal. The United States formally withdrew from the Cold War-era nuclear missile pact […]
The Czech Republic had the lowest unemployment rate in the European Union in June, at 1.9%. Germany came in second with a rate of 3.1%. According to Eurostat, all of the countries of emerging Europe boasted unemployment rates lower than the EU average of 6.3%, except Latvia, where 6.5% were unemployed. The region’s best […]
Prime Minister Andrej Babiš will nominate Věra Jourová for a second term in the European Commission, he confirmed Monday. Speaking to reporters in Brussels after talks with incoming Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Babiš heaped praise on Jourová, a member of his ANO party. She has served as European commissioner for justice, consumers […]
The Czech Republic wants to increase the coalition potential of the Visegrad Four (V4) group in the EU during its V4 presidency, which it assumed on July 1, Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek said during a debate organized by the Institute of Politics and Society in Prague. Minister Petricek said the V4 group, which comprises […]
Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has welcomed the election of Ursula von der Leyen as the new president of the European Commission. In a congratulatory message on Twitter, Mr. Babiš said he was glad that a woman, and a very competent one, would take up the European Commission leadership. He said he looked forward […]
The European Union’s executive on Tuesday agreed new measures to better police democracy across the bloc, tightening scrutiny of nationalist rulers in the east who stand accused of attacking judicial independence and media freedom. The latest proposal from the European Commission to promote the rule of law, prevent violations and respond to any deficiencies […]