Czech Republic ranked 6th best country in Europe for start-ups
Prague, Czech Republic – Although few people know it, the Czech Republic, thanks to a robust economy, a business-friendly environmentContinue Reading
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Hungary: Audi workers start week-long strike to demand higher wages
Budapest, Hungary – The strike at the flagship Hungarian Audi plant underscores the growing wage pressure, fueled by important laborContinue Reading
Hungary to sell Budapest Bank, again
Budapest, Hungary – Prime Minster Viktor Orbán has mandated his cabinet to hold talks with banks that could buy BudapestContinue Reading
Czech Republic: Prague appoints first-ever “nightlife mayor”
Prague, Czech Republic – Is Prague’s nightlife getting out of control? The city’s municipal authorities seem to think so, and haveContinue Reading
“The ‘Hungarization’ of the Visegrad Group is harmful to the rest of Central Europe”
This week, we spoke with Vít Dostál, director of the Research Centre at the Association for International Affairs (AMO), aContinue Reading
Brazil to play Czech Republic in March rematch of 1962 World Cup final
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic will host Brazil on March 26 in a friendly at Prague’s Eden ParkContinue Reading
Polish and Slovak projects shortlisted for the EU Prize for Contemporary Architecture
Barcelona, Spain – Two projects from Poland and Slovakia are among the 40 works shortlisted for the EU Mies Award 2019,Continue Reading
Cold War nominated for three Oscars
Kraków, Poland – Paweł Pawlikowski’s black-and-white drama Cold War has been nominated for Academy Awards in the Best Foreign LanguageContinue Reading
Huawei clones Budapest and Český Krumlov for new Chinese campus
Budapest, Hungary – Sick of the “Made in China” label? Well, entire Chinese campuses are now being modeled on EuropeanContinue Reading
EU Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič announces bid for Slovak presidency
Bratislava, Slovakia – Maroš Šefčovič, a career diplomat and current European Commission vice-president in charge of the energy policy, confirmedContinue Reading
Poland legend joins boyhood club Wisła Kraków for free to help revive the Polish side
Kraków, Poland – Who said loyalty didn’t exist in football? Poland and Borussia Dortmund legend Jakub Błaszczykowski has rejoined his boyhood club WisłaContinue Reading
Reaching for the stars: the Czech Republic’s weirdest Guinness World Records
Prague, Czech Republic – “Record breaking is a serious business”, the Guinness World Record Association warns on its website. BeContinue Reading
Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland among world’s smartest countries
Prague, Czech Republic – Measuring someone’s intelligence is a tricky thing, and it gets even trickier if you try toContinue Reading
Hungarian government spent €216 million on “propaganda and fear-mongering”
Budapest, Hungary – Put your money where your heart is. Or, as others would have it, use taxpayers’ money toContinue Reading
Czech President Milos Zeman vows to veto legalisation of same-sex marriage
Prague, Czech Republic – When news broke last year that Czech lawmakers were about to vote on a bill legalisingContinue Reading
“Many foreigners suffer from social isolation in Slovakia. This can change”
This week, Kafkadesk sat down with Henrieta Valková, a Slovak social worker who, throughout her whole life, has witnessed first-handContinue Reading
