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    • Saturday, 4 June, 2022
      Travel
      The secret charm of Lower Silesia

      The hills of southwest Poland are crammed with crumbling castles and medieval towns — but not yet tourists

    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Czech Republic sends tanks to bolster Ukraine forces

      First time a foreign country is known to have supplied this type of offensive weapon to help resist Russian invaders

    • Tuesday, 15 March, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Eastern European leaders visit Kyiv as Russian shelling continues

      Polish, Czech and Slovenian prime ministers hold talks with Ukraine’s Zelensky while Biden plans trip to Nato

    • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
      Art Basel OVR:2021
      Prague’s new private museum is electrifying

      Petr and Pavlína Pudils’ Kunsthalle Praha aims to be a cultural crossroads in a transformed power substation

    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      European prime property
      With stag parties a Covid casualty, Prague draws local homebuyers

      A drop in tourism has made city-centre living more appealing, pushing up rents and house prices

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      Czech president ready to appoint rightwing coalition’s leader as PM

      Country left in limbo after head of state was hospitalised the day after last month’s parliamentary election

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      Europe Express
      Brussels’ von der Leyen under fire for jetting across Europe Premium content

      European Commission president has used private jets to fly distances as short as 50km

    • Monday, 11 October, 2021
      Europe Express
      Russia weighs in as EU scrambles for fixes to energy crisis Premium content

      Brussels to put forward a ‘toolbox’ likely to disappoint southern countries

    • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
      Czech president in intensive care a day after parliamentary poll

      Zeman rushed to hospital just as he faces key decisions after ruling coalition unexpectedly loses election

    • Sunday, 10 October, 2021
      Czech opposition wins parliamentary election

      Close result could herald end of Andrej Babis’ premiership

    • Tuesday, 5 October, 2021
      News in-depth
      French château purchase raises pressure on Czech prime minister Babis

      Billionaire leader faces tight election race and may have to strike deal with far right

    • Wednesday, 22 September, 2021
      News in-depthTaiwan
      Central and eastern Europe turn to Taiwan as China relations cool

      Hopes of economic boost from co-operating with Beijing give way to fears of domination

    • Sunday, 29 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Czech anti-establishment Pirate party eyes first shot at government

      Ivan Bartos hopes to woo voters tired of country’s billionaire prime minister Andrej Babis

    • Thursday, 19 August, 2021
      James Shotter
      With the tourists gone, Prague seeks to reset its identity

      The pandemic halted the flow of visitors to the Czech Republic capital, spelling trouble for those depending on foreign wallets

    • Tuesday, 22 June, 2021
      FT CollectionsEuro 2020 football championship
      Tougher tasks lie ahead for England after winning Euro 2020 group

      Beating Czech Republic sets up knockout tie against France, Germany or Portugal

    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      Carbon trading
      Czechs demand probe into carbon credits sale by Sanjeev Gupta steel plant

      Concerns that factory would lose out on funds to modernise its operations

    • Friday, 30 April, 2021
      News in-depthRussian politics
      Diplomatic expulsions diminish Russia’s reach in eastern Europe

      Moscow’s relations with former Soviet satellites unravelling as tit-for-tat continues

    • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
      Czech Republic orders Russia to scale back Prague embassy

      Diplomatic row over 2014 blasts at ammunition depot worsens with more expulsions

    • Tuesday, 20 April, 2021
      News in-depth
      Fallout from explosions at arms dump poisons Czech-Russian ties

      Western intelligence backs Prague claim that Moscow agents linked to Skripal case were responsible

    • Sunday, 18 April, 2021
      Czechs expel 18 Russian diplomats over 2014 explosion

      Moscow counters by ordering out 20 Czechs as tension mounts between Kremlin and western capitals

    • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
      News in-depth
      Fears grow over media independence in Czech Republic

      Opposition claims shortlist for state broadcaster’s governing body is aligned with PM

    • Thursday, 1 April, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      EU cuts Austria, Slovenia and Czech Republic from extra vaccine deal

      Doses assigned to hard-hit states after bitter row over trio’s demand for larger shares

    • Monday, 29 March, 2021
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      Czech Republic’s richest person dies in Alaska helicopter crash

      Petr Kellner built business empire ranging from insurance to mining after collapse of communism

    • Wednesday, 24 March, 2021
      News in-depthCoronavirus pandemic
      Policy mis-steps blamed for amplifying central Europe’s third Covid wave

      Czech Republic has highest cumulative death toll in world in per-capita terms

    • Sunday, 28 February, 2021
      Czech Republic considers using Russian vaccine before EU approval

      Prague may follow Hungary in adopting jab as per-capita infections soar to highest level in bloc

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