Unbearable angst of Czech being
PRAGUE — Today’s Czechs are healthier, wealthier and safer than they have ever been. The economy grew at a robust 4.2 percent last year and the country boasted the lowest unemployment rate in the...
View ArticleMaverick Czech’s tax fraud fight
PRAGUE — Brussels is making an enormous effort to clamp down on corporate tax dodgers, but that’s now under threat due to the hardball negotiating tactics of the Czech Republic. With European finance...
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Coal baron falls foul of Czech politics
PRAGUE — The Czech Republic is gearing up for regional elections this fall, a parliamentary election next year and a presidential vote the year after that — and a big theme in all three will be the...
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Visegrad’s illusory union
BRATISLAVA — The four Visegrad countries have of late been seen as an exception to the disunity across the European Union, and plan to use Friday’s EU leaders summit in the Slovak capital to push for a...
View ArticleCzech authorities arrest Russian suspected of hacking US
PRAGUE — Czech Republic officials have arrested a Russian citizen suspected of hacking targets in the United States. The arrest, announced Tuesday, was the result of collaboration with the FBI and was...
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