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Cold War-era bunkers in Prague have been repurposed as tourist sites and nightlife venues. With war in Ukraine bringing renewed nuclear threats, could these bunkers revert to their original purpose?
In much of eastern Europe historical memory of communist rule has been brought into sharp focus by the war in Ukraine.
Former Soviet bloc nations have reason to worry about an embargo on Russian oil, but Europeans are finally recognizing the true costs of their longstanding energy dependence on Russia.
The race was tighter than expected but the signs are not good for incumbent Andrej Babiš, especially with his ally in intensive care.
The ‘illiberal democracy’ model being followed in Hungary may appear all the more appealing following a very important election.
The death of Stanislav Tomáš in the Czech Republic has been compared to the murder of George Floyd.
Eastern European countries are making the same mistakes now as western European countries did in the spring.
Lauded as a success story during the first wave, the country is now struggling with an explosion of cases.
For many in former Soviet Bloc countries the desire to forget the communist past conflicts with the need to make money from dark tourism sites.
Ahead of the 2019 EU elections, experts from the Czech Republic, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden and Norway look at how the EU is perceived, key issues and perspectives for the election.
The slaughtered tigers were not bred in zoos, yet their story should put captive breeding in general into question.
The president, who called the European Union a ‘foe’ following a series of meetings in Europe, may not realize just how much Americans have gained from their relationship with Europe.
The fact Jeremy Corbyn spoke to a Communist spy posing as a diplomat in the 1980s does not make him a Communist agent. Many politicians and diplomats were tricked into similar meetings.
The polls are leaning towards the Liberals holding power in Tasmania, but the unpopularity of the federal Coalition government could help Labor get over the line.
Miloš Zeman, who has been re-elected for a second five year term at the Czech president, is not a run of the mill national populist.
Racist stigmatisation of Roma as socially ‘unadaptable’ has a long history across Europe.
A lurch to the right in central Europe runs into a familiar obstacle: the tricky maths of coalition.
He’s been charged with fraud and is under investigation by the EU, so how did this former finance minister become the most likely candidate for prime minister?
In some places, the dismal labour conditions of young academics have spurred them to unionise. Not so in the Czech Republic, where students and intellectuals lead lives of “state-ordered poverty”.
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Senior Lecturer in Czech Studies, University of Glasgow
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University Professor, Professor of International Relations and History, The Frederick S. Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University
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