Czech Republic
Royal Mail takeover deal by Czech billionaire to be finalised this month
Daniel Křetínský clears final regulatory hurdles for £3.6bn takeover of Royal Mail parent company
Kalyeena Makortoff
03, Apr, 2025 @9:27 AM
Ukraine war briefing: Another 1.5m artillery shells for Ukraine under Czech scheme
Not the time to lift sanctions on Russia, say ‘coalition of the willing’ leaders; two die in attack on Kherson. What we know on day 1,129
Warren Murray with Guardian writers and agencies
28, Mar, 2025 @2:12 AM
I was a cold war courier – the British leftists who smuggled books into the eastern bloc | Letters
Letters: In response to an article about a CIA operation, Carl Gardner on tense days travelling to Prague, and David Parker on his father posting letters inserted into the Guardian
28, Feb, 2025 @5:15 PM
‘Vicious cycle’: how far-right parties across Europe are cannibalising the centre right
Hardline agendas, especially on immigration, are copied by mainstream conservatives in vain effort to win back votes - but it’s not working
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
01, Feb, 2025 @1:23 PM
Secret police tricked Carlos the Jackal into fleeing Prague, archives reveal
New book casts doubt on accepted picture of communist bloc support for violent radicals during cold war
Shaun Walker
27, Jan, 2025 @12:05 PM
German officials call for clampdown on illegal ‘firework bombs’ after five deaths
Explosives brought in from Poland and the Czech Republic are combined with household items for a bigger bang
Deborah Cole in Berlin and Jon Henley in Paris
02, Jan, 2025 @1:28 PM
Who is Daniel Křetínský, the new boss of Royal Mail?
The lowdown on the Czech billionaire and how the takeover will affect the British postal service
Jasper Jolly and Hilary Osborne
16, Dec, 2024 @3:12 PM
Kapr Code review – operatic retelling of composer Jan Kapr’s turbulent life
Lucie Králová’s daring documentary uses a choir and an original libretto to recount the story of the renegade Czech musician
Phuong Le
09, Dec, 2024 @7:00 AM
Balkan tensions loom over Sparta Prague’s Champions League push | Nick Ames
Rumours of strain among players from former Yugoslavian states has surfaced before group stage meeting with Brest
Nick Ames European sports correspondent
06, Nov, 2024 @8:00 AM
Prague bans night-time pub crawls in bid to attract ‘more cultured, wealthier’ tourists
Deputy mayor says Czech capital doesn’t want type of visitor ‘who comes for a short time only to get drunk’
Guardian staff and agencies
15, Oct, 2024 @12:43 AM
Victory in Austria is another step in far right’s march across Europe
If FPÖ can take power it will join a growing Moscow-friendly, anti-Brussels, autocratic bloc in the EU
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
30, Sep, 2024 @11:50 AM
Anti-immigration mood sweeping EU threatens its new asylum strategy
The bloc’s migration pact, finally agreed after a decade of talks, is already in peril as states outdo each other in efforts to get tough
Jon Henley Europe correspondent
27, Sep, 2024 @11:24 AM
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