Who would be German? Not so long ago Poland’s then foreign minister Radoslaw Sikorski issued a plea for decisive German leadership of the EU. The other day the present Warsaw government demanded Berlin pay reparations for the second world war. The turnround captures two of the EU’s contemporary challenges: how to respond when formerly communist […]
Prague, Nov 15 (CTK) – A new model of cooperation will be on the agenda of the meeting of European anti-migrant parties, to be attended by Marine Le Pen and Geert Wilders, in Prague in mid-December, Tomio Okamura, leader of the Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) movement, told journalists today. “There will be a […]
The Hungarian government on Thursday accused the U.S. State Department of interfering in the country’s election campaign. The Hungarian Foreign Ministry summoned the top American diplomat in Budapest, chargé d’affaires David Kostelancik, after the U.S. State Department’s Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (DRL) announced on November 7 that it would provide up to […]
Twenty-three EU member states, including the Czech Republic, have signed up to a European pact on defence cooperation called Pesco (Permanent Structured Cooperation). The deal, to be formally launched in December, is likely to cover everything from troops and arms to new defence projects, with varying input from different countries. I discussed some of […]
The European Commission plans on tackling fake news as part of a broader effort to protect democracy. “Fake news is a direct threat to the very foundations of our democratic society,” EU commissioner for digital economy, Mariya Gabriel said on Monday (13 November). Speaking at a conference on fake news in Brussels, Gabriel […]
The Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) established in 1999 by the Council of Europe to monitor member states’ compliance with the organization’s anti-corruption standards, is currently holding a two-day conference in Prague. Its aim is to highlight the main trends and the lessons learned from GRECO’s Fourth Evaluation Round of the Czech Republic’s anti-corruption […]
Who is Andrej Babiš and where is he likely to lead the Czech Republic in the years to come? Those are questions that the foreign media are asking in the wake of the Czech general elections which Babiš won hands down. Although he is ostracized by the traditional parties Babiš is fighting to make good […]
Google is expected to announce the launch of Android Pay at a press conference in Prague on November 14th. Komercni banka is currently beta testing the app and is thought to be among the launch partners. Android Pay will be available to Android mobile users running Android 4.4 and above on mobile devices equiped with […]
The following article was originally published by Anna Nemtsov in the Daily Beast: Russian President Vladimir Putin has some key allies in the European Union. In some countries, they are outliers, even fringe elements. In some, like France and the Netherlands, they made impressive bids for power before, finally, they failed. But in Hungary, […]