Georgia’s Energy Sector Attracts Strong FDI in Early 2025 Despite Broader Downturn

Georgia’s energy sector maintained a strong position in foreign direct investment (FDI) during the first half of 2025, even as overall FDI declined compared to the previous year. According to preliminary data published by the National Statistics...

Has the left failed in the Czech Republic?

Klára Votavová|Photo: Vladimír Staněk, Karolína Němcová, Czech Radio First, let’s discuss whether you see the left as failing in the Czech Republic, or if you still consider the Pirates as occupying the center-left, let’s say, space. “First, I...

Czech Elections: What’s Next for China Policy?

On October 3 and 4, Czechs cast their votes to elect a new government for the next four years. Polls suggest a stable victory for the opposition ANO party, led by the former prime minister and savvy businessman Andrej Babiš. Even though the...

Leading Czech nuclear expert Dana Drábová passes away at 64

After a serious illness, Dana Drábová, the long-serving chairwoman of the State Office for Nuclear Safety (SÚJB), passed away on Monday at the age of 64. She was the longest-serving senior civil servant in the highest position in the Czech...

4,500 Young Athletes to Compete in Prague’s First-Ever Youth Olympics

For the first time in history, Prague will host the Summer Children and Youth Olympics (CYO), scheduled to take place from June 21 to 25, 2026. The event will bring together around 4,500 athletes from all 14 Czech regions, competing across 23...

Brothers in arms: Buffalo ARV3 recovery vehicle and Kodiak AEV3 engineering vehicle

On September 11, 2025, the Ministry of Defense signed a long-awaited binding order for 44 Leopard 2A8 command and combat tanks, which will form the modern armament of the 73rd Tank Battalion. Since the beginning of negotiations on joining the...

Romanian hotel industry among fastest-growing in EU, Colliers says

Romania’s hospitality sector recorded one of the strongest growth rates in the European Union in the first half of 2025, driven mainly by rising room prices rather than higher tourist volumes, according to data from Eurostat cited by real estate...

Emerging Czech government preparing to reject EU carbon permits

The three parties that are negotiating on the set-up of the next Czech government — ANO, SPD and the Motorists — have said that they will refuse to introduce the EU’s new carbon emission trading system for households and transport, due to take...

Czech Elections Could Shift Country Away From Pro-European Path, Impacting Support For Ukraine

When Czech voters head to ballot boxes this weekend, many fear the country may turn away from its pro-European path, taking away one of Ukraine's staunchest supporters as its battle to repel invading Russian forces nears the four-year mark. Most...

New Memorandum Coordinates VRT Praha Rail Project with Prague City Planning

The capital city of Prague is advancing preparations for the construction of the high-speed line to Brno. A new memorandum is intended to ensure that the major VRT Praha project is closely aligned with urban development in Prague 10. The Prague...

Czech billioniare Babis faces balancing act if returned to power

(Refiles to add dropped word in paragraph 6) By Jan Lopatka PRAGUE (Reuters) -Czech billionaire and ex-prime minister Andrej Babis looks set to win this week's national vote, but may need to navigate a fraud trial as well as anti-EU and anti-NATO...

'I'm the representation': Violet Chachki and Gottmik talk punk, fashion and taking up space

Violet Chachki and Gottmik are two of America’s most famous—and fashionable—drag queens. Burlesque-performing, glamorous Chachki won Season 7 of RuPaul’s Drag Race, while heavy metal-inspired, fashion-forward Gottmik was a finalist on Season 13...

US defence company to manufacture air-to-air missiles for Pakistan by 2030: contract

Following a change in the US defence company’s contract that added Pakistan to the list of buyers, Raytheon has announced that it would sell Islamabad Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) by 2030. F-16 Falcons used by the Pakistan...

Dana Drábová, popular head of the Czech nuclear watchdog, has died at 64

PRAGUE (AP) — Dana Drábová, the popular head of the Czech nuclear watchdog for more than a quarter century during a period when the country has relied heavily on nuclear power, has died. She was 64. Drábová, a nuclear physicist and well-known...

Czechia introduces new licensing rules for energy storage

The threshold for obtaining a mandatory electricity generation licence in Czechia has been increased from 50 kW to 100 kW, Czech energy regulatory office Energetický regulační úřad (ERÚ) has confirmed. This is the second time in recent years the...

The Electoral Revenge of Czech ‘Pork-Eaters’

The Czech elections were not a triumph for pro-European and pro-Ukrainian parties. But they were not a disaster either, with the extremes receiving less support than anticipated. Czechs chose to become more pragmatic and probably more selfish. The...

Eurotopics: Former PM Babiš Wins Czech Election

Andrej Babiš‘s ANO party has won the parliamentary elections in the Czech Republic with 34.5 percent of the vote. After four years in the opposition, the former prime minister is now poised to make a comeback. Commentators discuss the reasons...

The Rise and Fall of China-Czechia Relations 

In August, Beijing announced it was cutting contact with Czech President Petr Pavel after his private meeting with the Dalai Lama in India. In reality, there was little contact to sever. The era of his predecessor – former President Miloš Zeman,...

Babis is back: Right-wing populist’s return expected to steer Czech Republic away from Ukraine

PRAGUE — Four years ago, it seemed that the days in politics of billionaire Andrej Babis were numbered. The movement Babis created to counter mainstream political parties — the Action of Dissatisfied Citizens, known by the Czech abbreviation ANO,...

Populists win in Czechia - what's in store for Brussels?

ROME, OCT 6 - No Green Deal or arms deliveries to Ukraine: Election results in the Czechia may make life more difficult for EU policymakers. Following his resounding victory in the parliamentary elections in Czechia over the weekend, right-wing...