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Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
The past few weeks have exposed tensions in the Czech Republic’s contacts with China and Russia, revealing a crisis of bilateral relations that has been worsening for years. These tensions were escalated by the symbolic gestures made by…
OSW Report |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
Since 2016, the Czech Republic has had the lowest unemployment rate among EU member states and since 2017 among OECD countries.
Point of View |
| Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Groszkowski
Slovakia is going through a period of important social and economic changes. The murder of the investigative journalist Ján Kuciak in February 2018 activated a significant part of the public, which led to the largest anti-government…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Groszkowski
At the turn of June, the European Commission sent the Czech Republic draft versions of reports on two audits which show that the country’s prime minister, Andrej Babiš, has been violating national and EU law on conflicts of interest.
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Groszkowski
The first round of presidential elections held in Slovakia on 16 March saw a clear victory for Zuzana Čaputová - a lawyer and vice-president of the liberal Progressive Slovakia party, winning 41% of the vote. In the second round (30 March…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
Since 17 February, only four judges have been members of Slovakia’s Constitutional Court; according to the constitution, there should be thirteen of them. This situation is a consequence of the failure of two votes held in parliament last…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Groszkowski, Michał Bogusz, Jakub Jakóbowski
For several weeks there has been a public debate in the Czech Republic on possible threats to national security posed by the manufacturers of Chinese telecommunications equipment. Discussion on this subject was initiated by the National…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
On 13 December, the European Parliament (EP) passed a resolution by an overwhelming majority (434 votes for, 64 against and 47 abstained) stating that the prime minister of the Czech Republic Andrej Babiš is in violation of the EU’s…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec
Elections to the councils of over 1,200 municipalities and cities coupled with elections of city mayors and chiefs of municipalities were held in Slovakia on 10 November. With voter turnout at 49%, high by Slovak standards, the best result…
Analyses |
| Krzysztof Dębiec, Jakub Groszkowski
On 12 November, the Czech website Seznam Zprávy published a report in which Andrej Babiš Jr., the 35-year-old son of Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš from his first marriage, talked about how he was deported against his will to Crimea (…