Chris Johnstone

In Business News this week: the IMF predicts a shrinking economy; no date with the euro for now; fair or foul scrap incentives; the sun rises on Czech solar power; and why…

The south Bohemian villa in which the second Czechoslovak president Edvard Beneš and his wife Hana spent a large part of their lives has been reconstructed and will open…

EU environment ministers came to the end of a two day informal meeting in Prague on Wednesday. The talks have been dominated by one subject - climate change – which is a…

In Sports News this Tuesday: Karlovy Vary records an historic ice hockey championship triumph; Slavia draw in the Prague football derby to take another step towards the…

In Business News this week: more gloom from the number crunchers; a silver lining from the central bank; charges stack up against local banks; EU funds spark gas storage…

Giant hogweed, the grey squirrel and Argentine Ant have one thing in common: they are all invasive species which have been introduced deliberately or by chance into Europe…

Forgive me if I do not get too excited about President Barack Obama’s visit to Prague. It’s not that I dislike the man, his policies or anything like that – far from it…

In Business News this week, Škoda Auto looks to Saturday working; foreign workers’ visa freeze; Prague airport privatisation problems; Czech agriculture’s new master…