Czech Republic
I always judge a hotel by its club sandwich
As a child I was fascinated by the exotic names of certain cities: Havana, Rio de Janeiro and Los Angeles…
Do all MI6 men wear such quirky cufflinks?
‘You’re late. About four years too late.’ The lady in the car-hire office gave a casual shrug and turned her…
Can the Czech Republic challenge Europe’s vaccine orthodoxy?
The Omicron wave has left European counties standing at a crossroads this year. Despite the relative mildness of Omicron compared…
Czexit could be closer than we think
Is Czexit closer than we think? Ahead of the Czech general elections in October, the rise of an anti-EU party…
Why isn't the West standing up for the Czech Republic?
The discovery by Czech intelligence services that a bombing of an ammunitions and weapons depot in 2014 that killed two…
Two spies, an explosion, and the new Czech rift with Russia
‘Putin is a murderer,’ read the signs carried by protestors outside the Russian Embassy in Prague on Sunday. On Saturday…
Europe's human rights judges are right not to ban compulsory vaccines
If you think public health authorities in England are overbearing, spare a thought for the Czechs. Parents who fail to…
Russia's Sputnik vaccine is causing political chaos in Central Europe
A joke is doing the rounds in the Czech Republic that the world’s highest Covid mortality rate can, in actual…
The growing alliance between Central Europe and Israel
In 2018, the Czech President Miloš Zeman promised in a speech on the 70th anniversary of the founding of Israel…
The remarkable rise of the Czech Pirate party
A new party is riding high in the Czech Republic, with the wind of change in its sails. Polls now…
Germany's border controls risk an EU rupture
On Sunday, Germany halted most travel for those moving between the country and its neighbouring Czech Republic and Austria. After the…
Central Europe’s vaccine scepticism problem
Countries around the world are in a race against time to vaccinate their populations against Covid-19. But there is one…
Modernist architecture only worked for the wealthy
It was Le Corbusier who famously wrote that ‘A house is a machine for living in’ (‘Une maison est une…
How Vladimir Putin is waging war on the West – and winning
The Russian President has been trying to draw a new Iron Curtain across Europe
Václav Klaus: The lies Europe tells about Russia
Václav Klaus, the former Czech president, on David Cameron, the EU, Russia — and the end of free speech
Roger Scruton’s diary: Finding Scrutopia in the Czech Republic
Hay-making was easy this year, and over in good time for a holiday. I am opposed to holidays, having worked…
