The Irish Times

Decision to invade Ukraine raises questions over Putin’s ‘sense of reality’

Officials in western capitals concerned by ‘despotic mindset’ of Russian president

Fri Feb 25 2022 - 10:08

Czech president ready to appoint right-wing coalition’s leader as PM

Country in limbo after head of state hospitalised after last month’s parliamentary election

Fri Nov 05 2021 - 18:26

Communists kicked out of Czech parliament for first time since 1948

Voters hand defeat to PM Andrej Babis’s ANO party and back opposition group Together

Sat Oct 09 2021 - 21:10

Little sign of revived relationship between US and EU

Biden’s priorities are domestic, his foreign policy set for his home audience

Sat Sept 04 2021 - 01:00

Czech cabinet set to survive test over pandemic and PM's business affairs

Russia- and China-friendly Czech president Milos Zeman also under fire

Thu Jun 03 2021 - 18:44

Czechs appoint fourth health minister of pandemic as vaccine row continues

Blatny defied pressure from the president who wants to buy Russian and Chinese vaccines

Wed Apr 07 2021 - 17:05

Czech and Hungarian leaders in Israel to discuss Covid-19 strategy

Vaccine debate intensifies as pandemic's third wave batters central Europe

Thu Mar 11 2021 - 17:00

Hungary tightens lockdown as pandemic ‘third wave’ grips central Europe

Czech and Slovak hospitals to send patients abroad to ease Covid-19 pressure

Thu Mar 04 2021 - 17:13

Croatia seeks to save vital holiday season from Covid-19 pandemic

Czechs eye ‘corona corridor’ to Adriatic coast as lockdown controls ease

Thu Apr 23 2020 - 16:16

Central Europe split over risks and rewards of Chinese influence

Beijing's threat to Czech firms revealed as Baltic states raise security concerns

Thu Feb 20 2020 - 18:40

Prague set to honour murdered Russian opposition leader

Mayor plans to rename square outside city’s Russian embassy after Kremlin critic

Mon Feb 10 2020 - 18:03

Top Czech prosecutor reopens billionaire premier’s fraud case

Andrej Babis has refused to resign over corruption and EU audit questions

Wed Dec 04 2019 - 17:05

Czechs and Slovaks celebrate Velvet Revolution and denounce current leaders

More than 200,000 people rally in Prague against populist premier and president

Sun Nov 17 2019 - 19:00

Russia and China, controversial friends of the Czech president

Milos Zeman’s ties with Putin and Jinping run counter to principles of the 1989 Velvet Revolution

Sat Nov 16 2019 - 06:15

The Irish Times view on the Velvet Revolution 30 years on: the new resistance

Events to commemorate the peaceful 1989 uprising will mingle with a new round of protests in defence of liberal democracy

Fri Nov 15 2019 - 19:30

Velvet Revolution memories bittersweet as Czechs worry for their democracy

Nation marks 30 years since Vaclav Havel and fellow dissidents swept into power

Thu Nov 14 2019 - 20:00

Russia vents outrage over plan to move Soviet statue in Prague

Czech mayor is facing death threats and compared to ‘Nazi official’ over proposal

Fri Sept 13 2019 - 17:22

Czech prosecutors halt fraud investigation into billionaire premier

Final decision still pending in case prime minister Babis calls ‘politically motivated’

Mon Sept 02 2019 - 17:59

Czech government survives no-confidence vote

PM Andrej Babis faces further pressure over fraud allegations after huge public protests

Thu Jun 27 2019 - 10:06

Czech president names new justice minister despite street protests

Thousands rally over fears that PM Andrej Babis's fraud case could be quashed

Tue Apr 30 2019 - 19:00

Social media savvy Slavia Prague enjoying the good times

‘I would say it’s the strongest Czech team, on a club level, that I’ve seen for a long time’

Thu Apr 11 2019 - 10:46

Czech protests deepen crisis around scandal-hit leader Babis

Billionaire prime minister flies to see his son after kidnap claims stun Czechs

Sun Nov 18 2018 - 17:00

EU's future in focus 100 years after birth of Czechoslovakia

Macron calls for EU solidarity as Merkel and Mattis also join festivities

Sun Oct 28 2018 - 17:04

Le Pen and Salvini look to European parliamentary elections

Right-wing populists forging alliances to target ‘those holed up in the Brussels bunker’

Tue Oct 09 2018 - 02:00

Czechs lambast their leaders 50 years after Soviet invasion

Premier’s communist-era ‘agent’ past and president’s pro-Russian views stir anger

Tue Aug 21 2018 - 18:03

Russia casts long shadow as Czechs mark 50 years since invasion

Pro-Kremlin president will not make a speech in memory of the Prague Spring

Tue Aug 21 2018 - 01:00

Biker gang and Crimea visit put focus on Slovakia’s ties to Russia

President calls Kremlin-backed Night Wolves a security risk and restates stance on Crimea

Fri Aug 03 2018 - 17:46

Little sympathy for UK's Brexit woes among EU's newest members

Eurosceptics bullish but no deep desire in central Europe to leave EU

Sun Jul 29 2018 - 01:00

Czech communists help tycoon’s cabinet win confidence vote

Andrej Babis finally breaks nine months of post-election deadlock

Thu Jul 12 2018 - 15:00

New anti-immigration Czech government to lean on communist support

Eurosceptic tycoon Andrej Babis remains as premier despite fraud allegations

Wed Jun 27 2018 - 17:19

Billionaire Andrej Babis set to cement power after Czech coalition vote

Government likely to lean on communist support after eight months of limbo

Fri Jun 15 2018 - 17:58

Migrant surge deepens Bosnia's rifts as elections loom

Ethnic Serb leader claims Bosniaks want to boost Muslim population

Tue May 22 2018 - 17:03

Czech president says communists and far-right could join government

Protests grow as deadlock over indicted billionaire premier Andrej Babis grinds on

Wed Apr 11 2018 - 14:18

US hails Prague’s extradition of alleged Russian hacker

Moscow angry and Czech president and government at odds over Yevgeny Nikulin

Tue Apr 03 2018 - 18:45