Polish ambassador to the Czech Republic recalled weeks after taking office
Prague, Czech Republic – Poland’s new ambassador to the Czech Republic is to be recalled after criticizing his own governmentContinue Reading
Tag: Energy
“They’re taking us for idiots”: In coal mine’s shadows, quarrelling Czechs and Poles fear for their futures
Turow, Poland – While the Czech and Polish governments negotiate a settlement to their dispute over the Turów mine, inhabitantsContinue Reading
Russian natural gas to Hungary to be rerouted, bypassing Ukraine
Budapest, Hungary – It was less than a month ago that I described the “considerable shift in Ukrainian-Hungarian relations, for the better.”Continue Reading
Poland ordered to pay half a million euros a day over border dispute with Czechs
Warsaw, Poland – Poland has been ordered to pay a daily penalty of €500,000 to the European Commission over itsContinue Reading
Nord Stream 2: What’s at stake for Central and Eastern Europe?
Warsaw, Poland- The signing of the US-German deal in late July paving the way for the completion of the controversialContinue Reading
On this Day, in 1939: Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein urged the US to develop the Bomb
On August 2, 1939, Hungarian physicist Leó Szilárd and Albert Einstein sent a letter to U.S. President Franklin D. RooseveltContinue Reading
Czech Republic asks for daily fine of €5 million against Poland over coal mine dispute
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic will ask the EU’s top court to impose a fine of €5 millionContinue Reading
EU orders Poland to halt coal mining after Czech complaint
Warsaw, Poland – The EU’s top court has ordered Poland to halt coal mining at the Turow mine, ruling inContinue Reading
Poland angered by President Biden’s Nord Stream II decision
Warsaw, Poland – Poland has reacted angrily to President Joe Biden’s decision to waive US sanctions on Nord Stream II,Continue Reading
Russia seen as “security threat” by majority of Czechs, poll suggests
Prague, Czech Republic – A majority of Czechs see Russia as a “security threat” to their country, a new surveyContinue Reading
Czech Republic takes Poland to court over coal mine: Why it matters
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic will file an EU lawsuit against Poland over the expansion of the TurówContinue Reading
Poland’s vested interests in the Baltic sea, explained
Warsaw, Poland- The year 2020 marks various centennials for Poland, including the “Wedding to the Sea” of February 1920. PolishContinue Reading
Poland stands out as the most polluted country in Europe
Warsaw, Poland – According to a new report by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago, Poland, Slovakia,Continue Reading
Gazprom in talks to retroactively raise price of gas sold to Poland
Warsaw, Poland – Russian gas giant Gazprom announced it was in talks with Poland’s state-run gas company PGNiG to retroactivelyContinue Reading
Who is Daniel Kretinsky, the Czech billionaire advancing his pawns in France and across Europe?
Journalist at French media Libération, Jérôme Lefilliâtre investigated the Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky, who made a highly-mediatized entry in FranceContinue Reading
Russian gas transit to Europe via Poland halted as transit deal expires
Warsaw, Poland – Gas transit via the Yamal-Europe pipeline which carries Russian gas through Belarus and Poland to Germany hasContinue Reading
Nearly 200 people infected with Covid-19 at Czech coal mine
Prague, Czech Republic – A total of 186 new cases of Covid-19 infections have now been linked to a recentContinue Reading
Czech Republic joins EU climate neutrality goal
Prague, Czech Republic – The Czech Republic has officially signed up to the European Union’s goal to achieve climate neutralityContinue Reading
Czech Republic confirms new Covid-19 outbreak at coal mine
Prague, Czech Republic – A new Covid-19 outbreak has been confirmed at a coal mine in the Czech Republic’s MoravianContinue Reading
Poland and Slovakia see huge improvement in air quality due to lockdown
Warsaw, Poland – As countries all across Europe slowly emerge from the limbo of weeks of quarantine, the (for onceContinue Reading