Czech Republic

  • Feb 17, 2012
  • 7 min read

Polish army will widen gap with rest of Central Europe

The Czech Republic is one of 13 NATO allies participating in the procurement of five US-made...

Eastern Europe
  • Feb 14, 2012
  • 2 min read

EU manufacturing suffers as recession bites

Manufacturing production dropped by 1.1% month-on-month in the euro-area and by 0.6% in the EU-27...

EU
  • Feb 1, 2012
  • 6 min read

Treaty agreement may allow EU leaders to shift focus

EU member states, except the United Kingdom and Czech Republic, agreed on January 30 to the...

EU
  • Dec 20, 2011
  • 7 min read

Euro-crisis further separates Czech, Slovak republics

At their meeting on December 14, the Czech and Hungarian prime ministers both expressed their...

Czech Republic
  • Dec 20, 2011
  • 2 min read

New IMF loans fail to create a euro-area firewall

Euro-area member states agreed yesterday to provide 150 billion euros (196 billion dollars) in...

EU
  • Nov 28, 2011
  • 7 min read

Official Czech and Slovak neglect feeds Roma unrest

Xenophobia may have seeped from the fringes into the political mainstream, judging by a wave of...

Czech Republic
  • Nov 2, 2011
  • 7 min read

Prospects for Central-Eastern Europe in 2012

The pace of economic growth will slow sharply, and problems in the euro-area will cause...

Eastern Europe
  • Oct 26, 2011
  • 6 min read

Low investment and access slow EU telecoms growth

Over the 2014-20 budgetary period, the European Commission plans to provide 50 billion euros (69...

EU