Chris Johnstone

Reading the recent reflections of my colleagues has cast my mind back to the first time I came to Prague.I think it was the start of March 1992. I am vague on the date but…

In Business News this week: foreign investment eases; complications hit Budvar sale preparations; bankruptcies hit a five year high; the auto sector earns less for more…

Europeans started voting Thursday in elections to the European Parliament with citizens in Britain and the Netherlands leading the way in the 27-country poll. Czechs will…

The traditional kingmakers of Czech politics – the Christian Democrats – held a closely observed national congress at the weekend. The main event was the election of a new…

In Business News this week: the Central Bank says it may cut interest rates further, the Czech Republic’s fourth biggest beer producer Budějovický Budvar is bringing out…

A new English-language magazine has hit Czech news stands. The Prague Monitor is already something of an oddity in that the team behind it have a background in Internet…

A team of Czech scientists has come up with startling findings that a certain segment of the population could be as much as six times more likely to have car accidents…

The Czech Republic’s third biggest city Ostrava is renowned worldwide for its steelmaking. But the world economic crisis has hit the business hard with production down to…