Chris Johnstone

Three of the European Union’s top leaders made heartfelt calls in Prague today for the world’s biggest economic and trading power not to turn its back on its basic values…

I will make a proud confession: I hate shopping. There is one exception, however, and that is the bazar. Not the small outlets offloading stolen mobile phones and bicycles…

In Business News this week: an extraordinary media intervention by the national bank; Škoda Auto steps up a gear; Green Cards look less rosy; another high speed rail link…

Astonishing as it might seem, a small Czech company is red-faced after causing an international Internet collapse in an incident which has underlined the World Wide Web’s…

In a year which will commemorate students’ role in the Velvet Revolution that brought down the communist regime twenty years ago, a solemn ceremony today marked the last…

The government has unveiled the main part of its plan to cushion Czechs from the worst of the world financial crisis. In the process, it has stirred up a fierce debate…

The International multicultural festival against totalitarianism, Mene Tekel, has kicked off a week of activities in Prague. It has a wider and richer programme than ever…

In Business News this week: the government presents its anti-crisis plan hot on the heels of a shares and currency meltdown; the home loans market shows deeper signs of…

The Czech crown has plunged against the euro and US dollar in recent weeks on fears over the health of the local and Central European economies. It has fallen 10 percent…