Czech Politics

Although they no longer share a state, the two countries face similar problems: political corruption and a crisis of confidence in political leadership. 

A rare victory for liberals in central Europe.

Kremlin Watch Briefing on Czech presidential gambit.

"Zeman insists that the article "Hitler is a Gentleman" was written by Peroutka and that it exists. Ovčáček will keep on searching."

What is the fascism that was not removed, but seems to have thrived after the Second World War?

It’s official. The new name for our country is….”Czechia.” This linguistic deformity has succeeded in unifying Czechs. Everyone hates it.

Three days and the Death of the Swans – a glimpse into the real Czech Republic. Chinese President Xi Jinping visit was revealing in the worst manner.

A quarter century after the fall of the Iron Curtain, Zenkl´s name is almost unknown to the broader public.

The author is an Attending Professor of Neurology at the Yale School of Medicine, publisher of Přítomnost and of this magazine.

Review and interview with Dr. Tomáš Klvaňa.

Czech social democratic party (ČSSD) promised aids to small enterprises, but instead absolves from taxes big corporations. Meanwhile certain urea producer is escaping their reach.

Low wages are not a growth industry.

On Czech election and the invention of a radically post-structural democracy.

At the third attempt the Czechs finally achieved the impossible: to elect some candidates yet not to elect anyone.

Short comment regarding the overwhelming wawe of contempt in the Czech media towards the new President.