Chris Johnstone

Six weeks after the fall of the centre-right coalition, Czechs have been told the line-up of their new caretaker government. The last minute haggling over its composition…

It was a now famous appeal broadcast from the Czech Radio or Český Rozhlas building on May 5, 1945, which sparked the Prague rising against the continued Nazi occupation…

The Czech Republic formally entered the European Union along with nine other countries on May 1, 2004, in what is the biggest enlargement staged so far by the EU. Five…

Fat cat wages at Czech state controlled companies during the economic crisis have been pushed into the limelight by the main opposition party, the Social Democrats. Party…

In Business News this week: the IMF spreads gloom; ČSA bidders downed; Lukoil looks to expand; three make it into last round of massive clean up tender; and McDonald’s…

The International Monetary Fund has created a stir with a startlingly gloomy prediction for the Czech economy this year. The prestigious Washington-based institution says…

A Czech Ministry of Defence investigation into a special unit serving in Afghanistan has revealed startling rifts within it and over its role. The findings have come out…

Renewables have suddenly come into the spotlight in the Czech Republic thanks to statistics showing a rocketing upsurge in solar power and a new measure giving grants to…