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Often considered one of the best films produced in Czechoslovakia, The Cremator (Spalovač mrtvol, 1969) is an impeccable example of the Czechoslovak New Wave. Darkly surreal, it portrays how [...]

Central Europe regional editor Jakub Crcha discusses the return of anti-immigration sentiments among the V4 post-Ukraine

Hanna Hodgetts analyses the works of the retired Czech film-maker and puppeteer, Jan Švankmajer.

Ville Haapanen on the recent parliamentary election in Czechia and the future of now-ousted Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.

Elodie Phillips's interviews Piotrek Gawliński, who is behind the increasingly popular @lostfoundEurope Twitter account, inviting you to walk the streets of the golden era of Central European cities.

André Kapsas writes about a political party that now finds itself slowly drained of its blood by an alliance with populists. What will happen to the Czech Republic's Social Democratic party ahead [...]

At the end of April, tension rose over a series of mysterious explosions in the village of Vrbětice seven years ago as Czech authorities revealed that they believe the Russian secret service to [...]

Several experts agree that why the Czech Republic is now failing to efficiently combat COVID-19 is due to the politics involved in the decision making.

For International Women’s Day, Owen Howells interviewed Hana Stelzerová – Director of the Czech Women’s Lobby (CWL) to discover her views on the situation for women in the Czech [...]

January editorial. Saying that 2020 was challenging would be an understatement. In Central Europe, it was no different. Looking at the past year, apart from the Covid-19 outbreak, we have seen [...]