Czech politics, in context.
Uber and Chinese company Pony.ai plan to put more than 2,000 self-driving taxis on European roads, with a similar push planned for the Middle East.
Czechia's industry minister says the two new nuclear reactors being built at Dukovany by South Korea's KHNP will cost about 700 billion crowns, almost double the roughly 400 billion crowns the government announced in 2024.
Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in Russia's Tatarstan region, more than 1,000 kilometers from the Ukrainian border, killing at least 12 people and injuring 39, regional officials said.
The European Union is considering putting Bertha von Suttner, a Czech-born countess, on a redesigned euro banknote, reportedly the 200-euro note.
A Shanghai company called Aishengna, founded only in 2023 and backed by the state, has started full-scale production of DUV lithography machines, the equipment that uses light to print circuit patterns onto silicon and that every computer chip needs to be made.
A Czech state fund called PGRLF is suing 28 companies owned by Agrofert, the business group once run by Prime Minister Andrej Babiš, demanding they repay farm subsidies totaling more than 22 million koruna.
Prague plans to grow its army even as its defence minister rejects talk of a recruitment crisis. For a small NATO member, adding soldiers rather than only spending is a pointed move amid transatlantic strain.
Slovakia's president told a TV talk show that the Czech NATO delegation drew ridicule at the Ankara summit. Read closely, the mockery targets Andrej Babiš's attempt to sideline President Petr Pavel — a small remark with an awkward message about how Prague is seen among allies.
The European Public Prosecutor's Office has opened criminal proceedings over EU subsidies paid to the Agrofert holding, acting on a February complaint by the Czech Pirate Party alleging Prime Minister Andrej Babiš remains in a conflict of interest.
Czech governing parties keep tripping over their own mistakes, yet the opposition isn't cashing in. A STEM/MARK survey finds nearly half of opposition voters unimpressed with their own side, pointing to disunity and a missing strong leader as the real story of this parliamentary term.
US Senator Lindsey Graham, a driving force behind the bipartisan Russia sanctions bill and one of Congress's most influential voices on Ukraine, has died at 71. His death leaves the legislation's most visible champion gone just as it heads toward a vote.
Wildfires in Spain's Andalusia region have killed 12 people, with more than twenty still missing, according to <a href="https://www.irozhlas.cz/zpravy-svet/spanelsko-francie-portugalsko-chorvatsko-i-albanie-evropa-se-potyka-s-rozsahlymi_2607110943_vsn">iRozhlas</a>. Firefighters across four other European countries battled major blazes the same week.