Czech Republic

Orban, Babis
Europe

Hungary’s Orban welcomes back ‘old ally,’ Czech billionaire Andrej Babiš

By Karel Janicek and The Associated Press
December 9, 2025
Andrej Babis
Europe

Populist hard-right billionaire with pro-Russian slant wins big in Czech Republic election, official results show

By Karel Janicek and The Associated Press
October 5, 2025
Czech Foreign Minister Jan Lipavsky
Cybersecurity

The U.S., EU, and NATO are rallying behind the Czech Republic, which says a hacking group associated with China’s government attacked its critical infrastructure

By Karel Janicek and The Associated Press
May 28, 2025
A worker sweeps the floor on the production line at the Skoda Auto AS manufacturing plant in Mlada Boleslav, Czech Republic, on Monday, June 19, 2023. Volkswagen AG is set to outline broad plans to lift returns across its stable of mass-market brands as the carmaker seeks savings in the costly transition to electric cars.
Finance

The Czech Republic, and its quiet automotive giant Skoda, are bucking an economic downturn unfolding in its crucial ally Germany

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April 3, 2025
Family of beavers save Czech government $1.2 million by finishing a 7-year dam project in just a few weeks
Environment

Family of beavers save Czech government $1.2 million by finishing a 7-year dam project in just a few weeks

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February 12, 2025
Governor of Czech National Bank Aleš Michl (L) and Luiz Awazu Pereira da Silva (R), Deputy General Manager at Bank for International Settlements, arrive to participate in the morning session during of the second day of the 2023 European Central Bank Forum on Central Banking on June 27, 2023, in Sintra, Portugal.
Finance

Czech central bank chief wants the country to buy billions of dollars in Bitcoin as he claims Trump ‘guys’ have created a bubble

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January 29, 2025
Tyn Church is seen in the heart of Prague.
Lifestyle

Drunk tourists have gotten so out of control that Prague is banning all nighttime pub crawls

By Karel Janicek and The Associated Press
October 18, 2024
This European city loved by British tourists bans night-time pub crawls in bid to attract ‘more cultured’ tourists
Lifestyle

This European city loved by British tourists bans night-time pub crawls in bid to attract ‘more cultured’ tourists

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October 15, 2024
About one hundred people dressed in traditional costums from the 19th century, and one dressed as a bear, take part in a traditional feast Carnival in Roznov, Czech Republic on February 7, 2015. AFP PHOTO/ RADEK MICA (Photo credit should read RADEK MICA/AFP via Getty Images)
Tech

This sleepy town in the Czech Republic known for its sweet pies and wooden houses just got $2 billion to help Europe compete in the global chip war

By Krystof Chamonikolas, Michal Kubala and Bloomberg
August 13, 2024
A 500-year-old postal service that lost $450m last year has been bought by a Czech billionaire—it’s ‘as British as it gets’ and customers are worried it signals the end of an era
Finance

A 500-year-old postal service that lost $450m last year has been bought by a Czech billionaire—it’s ‘as British as it gets’ and customers are worried it signals the end of an era

By The Associated Press and Sydney Lake
May 29, 2024
A view of Charles Bridge in Prague, Czech Republic.
Politics

One of the biggest Czech protests since the Communist era just broke out over orthodox capitalism and balancing the budget

By Peter Laca and Bloomberg
November 27, 2023
Petr Kellner

Federal government releases probe into Alaska heli-skiing crash that killed the billionaire who was the Czech Republic’s richest man

By Becky Bohrer, Mark Thiessen and The Associated Press
September 28, 2023
Milan Kundera
Success

Milan Kundera, dissident Soviet satirist famed for ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being,’ dies in Paris at 94

By Elaine Ganley, Lori Hinnant and The Associated Press
July 12, 2023
Pavla Picková sitting on the couch in her living room.

$700 energy bills and blankets for schoolchildren: The Czech Republic relied on Russian gas. Now everyday citizens are paying a terrible price

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October 22, 2022
Hungary Prime Minister Viktor Orban

The EU says it will cut 90% of Russian oil imports by the end of the year. Here’s why it can’t get rid of that remaining 10%

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May 31, 2022

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