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9th July 2015 / Politics / Digital Agenda

Politics: Czech priorities for 2015-2016 Visegrad Group presidency

On 1 July 2015, the Czech Republic assumed presidency of the Visegrad Group. The priorities of cooperation include energy, digital agenda, and combating tax fraud and evasion, for example. View the Czech presidency programme in Czech and English....

8th July 2015 / Politics / Elections

Politics: More women in Czech politics

The share of women in politics in the Czech Republic has been low. Since 1946, when it reached about 10%, the share has climbed to around 20%. According to the data provided by the Inter-Parliamentary Union, the Czech Republic currently ranks 68th (together with Bangladesh and Liechtenstein) out o...

27th June 2015 / Politics / Macroeconomic Indicators, Economic Growth

Politics: The Greek grand finale – with an unexpected ending

Last week saw two summits and two Eurogroup meetings discussing Greece. After no substantial progress was made last week (ending 21 June), the European Council and Euro Summit President Donald Tusk called an extraordinary meeting of EU presidents and prime ministers for Monday 22 June. Since Greece ...