czechia

Pavel not hopeful on Ukraine victory this year

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy urged the Western world to send more help when he opened the Munich Security Conference (MSC)…

1 year ago

Pavel calls for unity after landslide in Czech presidential elections

Retired General Petr Pavel, a former senior NATO commander, won the Czech presidency in a record-breaking victory over former prime…

1 year ago

CEE plans thousands of miles of high-speed rail

Railway infrastructure managers from Czechia, Poland and the Baltics signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) in connection with building almost…

1 year ago

Ex-NATO official edges Babis to move into pole position for Czech presidency

Retired General Petr Pavel will face ex-prime minister Andrej Babis in Czechia’s presidential runoff vote after narrowly beating him into…

1 year ago

Gazprom failed to make January payment for Czech gas transit, minister confirms

Net4Gas, Czechia's natural gas transmission system operator, had not received its contracted monthly payment from Russian state-owned Gazprom by 4…

1 year ago

Czech EU presidency hailed as ‘big success’

Czechia received near universal acclaim as it completed its stewardship of the presidency of the Council of the EU, which…

1 year ago

Qatar to open embassy in Czech capital

Czechia and Qatar signed bilateral agreements on Wednesday, as the Gulf state announced that it will open its first embassy…

2 years ago

VW floats idea of CEE exit

German carmaker Volkswagen (VW) may close its plants in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) if the natural gas shortage persists…

2 years ago

Onsemi invests USD 450mn in semi-conductor foundry in Czechia

Onsemi inaugurated the expansion of its silicon carbide (SiC) semiconductor fabrication plant in Roznov, east Czechia, on Wednesday. The USD…

2 years ago

MEPs to vote on rule of law in Hungary, as EC mulls next move on suspended funds

As the September 21 deadline approaches, leaders in Brussels are split on whether to finally unlock billions of euros that…

2 years ago