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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Post-election Prague: a new Czech EU policy?For the EU, the Czech Republic has long been Britain's partner in trouble. But the victory of a more Europe-friendly...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?A Czech election with consequencesWith a number of new parties seeking to win seats and an anticipated victory of the left, the upcoming parliamentary...
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Published in: HomeCzech Republic: when a political scandal is a sign of better timesIn June, PM Petr Necas and his cabinet resigned after a major political scandal. In spite of the current uncertainty...
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Published in: HomeChina may be far away but Foxconn is on our doorstepDrawing on support from permissive governments, multinational manufacturer Foxconn has set up shop in Central...
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Published in: HomeRussian vodka and Czech crown jewelsDespite his vow to uplift Czech political life, new president Milos Zeman made no excuses for his 'tired and...
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Published in: HomeEU flag over Prague CastleMilos Zeman, the new president of the Czech Republic, has clearly distanced himself from the Eurosceptic views of...
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Published in: HomeReconstructing the Czech stateWhile clientelism, corruption and nepotism are still an ailing element of post-communist political reality in the...
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Published in: HomeCzech presidential vote: a society dividedThis Saturday's election saw the victory of former PM Milos Zeman over current Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg....
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Published in: HomeAfter the election, Czech political transformation is not over yetOn Saturday, the Czechs elected Miloš Zeman, an important figure of the democratic transition of the 1990s, to be...
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Published in: HomeCzech nuclear power in the shadow of geopoliticsThe upgrade of Temelin, a nuclear power station, has become the backdrop of a power struggle between the Unites...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?There and back again? Media freedom and autonomy in Central and Eastern EuropeCollusion between the press and politicians is not confined to western Europe. Central and Eastern European...
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Published in: HomeWhat to expect from the Czech presidential electionFor the first time in their history, Czech citizens will directly elect their president next year, to replace the...
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Published in: HomeFailing Roma, againRoma need to become respected but also responsible citizens in their own countries. There are solutions. But none of...
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Published in: HomeA tableau for Václav HavelTjebbe van Tijen presents a montage of graffiti and photographs in honour of Václav Havel
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Published in: Home‘Mr former Havel': the kind of politician we need
Warm memories pay tribute to Vaclav Havel who died today
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Published in: HomeMilan Kundera and the Invisible Tribunal
A recurring idea in the work of Milan Kundera is that the spirit of totalitarianism lives on in our mass media. In a...
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Published in: HomeEast European Geographobia
There are particularities of fear in a post-communist Europe bewildered by the demands of neoliberalism, which also...
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Published in: openEconomyAre media relations in central and eastern Europe being Berlusconised?
The ideal of business, media and political separation is never fully achieved. But the trend in Central and Eastern...
