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    • Friday, 19 May, 2023
      Artisans
      ‘Glass is jazz’: finding artistic freedom behind the Iron Curtain

      An exhibition introduces six Czech pioneers who embraced glassmaking as a fine art and ‘the only medium possible under communism’

      One of the displays at Le Stanze del Vetro, Venice
    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
      Special ReportFT 1000: Europe’s Fastest Growing Companies
      Growing investor interest nurtures Prague’s ambitions

      Advances in sectors including AI gather pace as capital inflows climb

      Strahov stadium on a sunny day
    • Tuesday, 8 February, 2022
      Art Basel OVR:2021
      Prague’s new private museum is electrifying

      Petr and Pavlína Pudils’ Kunsthalle Praha aims to be a cultural crossroads in a transformed power substation

      Bright spots of coloured light are projected on to a dark wall
    • Friday, 21 January, 2022
      European prime property
      With stag parties a Covid casualty, Prague draws local homebuyers

      A drop in tourism has made city-centre living more appealing, pushing up rents and house prices

      The Charles Bridge in the Old Town
    • Friday, 20 August, 2021
      Disrupted Times
      Retailers become bullish as shoppers return

      US consumers remain pessimistic as Delta variant spreads

    • Thursday, 19 August, 2021
      James Shotter
      With the tourists gone, Prague seeks to reset its identity

      The pandemic halted the flow of visitors to the Czech Republic capital, spelling trouble for those depending on foreign wallets

    • Thursday, 22 April, 2021
      Czech Republic
      Czech Republic orders Russia to scale back Prague embassy

      Diplomatic row over 2014 blasts at ammunition depot worsens with more expulsions

      Czech foreign minister Jakub Kulhanek
    • Monday, 4 May, 2020
      News in-depthCzech Republic
      Prague gripped by suspected Russian intrigue

      Mayor and local politician under police protection after removal of Soviet statue and square renamed after Kremlin critic

    • Friday, 14 February, 2020
      European prime property
      Prague’s unaffordable Old Town sends homebuyers to the suburbs

      Locals blame the rise of holiday lets and the city’s slow planning process

      View from Letna to Prague city and Charles Bridge that crosses Vltava river, Prague.
    • Monday, 16 December, 2019
      EU eastern tensions
      Liberal mayors from Visegrad Four unite to defy own governments

      Prague, Warsaw, Budapest and Bratislava seek direct funds from Brussels

      Budapest Mayor Gergely Karacsony, Bratislava Mayor Matus Vallo, Prague Mayor Zdenek Hrib and Warsaw Mayor Rafal Trzaskowski attend a joint news conference at the Central European University in Budapest, Hungary, December 16, 2019. REUTERS/Tamas Kaszas
    • Friday, 5 July, 2019
      FT SeriesCity stats: how rivals measure up
      City stats: Prague versus Warsaw

      Czech capital’s property market has risen faster than its Polish rival despite comparable low population growth

    • Monday, 15 April, 2019
      Residential
      Five reasons to live in Prague, Czech Republic

      With wide green spaces and baroque buildings, the city is celebrated for its work/life balance

      View of the Vltava River and Charle bridge with red foliage, Prague, Czech Republic
    • Tuesday, 1 January, 2019
      Prime property
      Prime property predictions 2019: Europe, the Middle East and Africa

      Brexit fallout in the UK and Europe, oversupply in the Gulf and a possible new dawn for Africa

      "London, Canary Wharf  Area with modern apartments and office buildings"
    • Wednesday, 14 November, 2018
      Czech Republic
      Czech PM Andrej Babis set to face no-confidence vote

      Video claims billionaire politician’s son prevented from testifying in EU probe

      Czech Republic's Prime Minister Andrej Babis waits to meet with U. S. Energy Secretary Rick Perry at the government headquarters in Prague, Czech Republic, Wednesday, Nov. 14, 2018. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
    • Friday, 5 October, 2018
      FT Best ofBest of Travel 2018
      Bohemian rhapsody: novelist Sarah Perry on her winter in Prague

      Far from the stag and hen parties, the author finds gothic inspiration in the city’s opera houses, libraries and cafés

      View Oldtown Hall and Petrin in Old Town, Prague, CZech Republic
    • Tuesday, 21 August, 2018
      World
      Zeman silence on ‘Prague Spring’ anniversary provokes criticism

      Czechs’ pro-Russian president stays out of commemoration of 1968 Soviet invasion

      epa05566351 (FILE) A file photograph dated 05 September 2016 showing Czech President Milos Zeman inspecting the guard of honor at Prague Castle in Prague, Czech Republic. Czech President Milos Zeman on 02 October 2016 has called for economic migrants arriving in Europe to be deported to 'empty places' in North Africa and 'uninhabited Greek islands.”'Zeman said in a media interview. EPA/FILIP SINGER
    • Monday, 13 August, 2018
      Tony Barber
      The Prague Spring still haunts Europe

      The human thirst for political rights, justice and national freedom is unquenchable

    • Saturday, 27 January, 2018
      World
      Milos Zeman wins second term as Czech president

      Pro-Russia incumbent sees off challenge from former head of the Academy of Sciences

      epa06479040 Czech President Milos Zeman (L) and his wife Ivana Zemanova (R) receive a buoquet of flowers as they celebrate his victory in the presidential election run-off in Prague, Czech Republic, 27 January 2018. Current Czech President Milos Zeman defeated former chairman of the Czech Science Academy on 27 January to become the Czech Republic's second president directly elected by citizens. Drahos received 48.47 percent of votes compared to Zeman's 51.52 percent, the statistics office in Prague reported from more than 99.5 percent of polling stations.  EPA/FILIP SINGER  EPA-EFE/FILIP SINGER
    • Friday, 19 January, 2018
      World
      Czech prime minister votes to revoke his own immunity

      Andrej Babis has branded the charges against him s politically motivated

      epa06443600 Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis attends a parliamentary session to a confidence vote in the Czech parliament in Prague, Czech Republic, 16 January 2018. Babis' minority government was appointed by President Milos Zeman on 13 December 2017 after the ANO movement led by Andrej Babis has won 29.64 percent of the vote in general elections in October 2017. But Babis failed to decide other parliamentary parties to create a coalition. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
    • Saturday, 13 January, 2018
      World
      Czech president faces run-off against pro-EU candidate

      Milos Zeman expected to face tough second round against challenger Jiri Drahos

      epa06433573 Czech President Milos Zeman (C), who runs for re-election as Czech president, arrives at a polling station to vote in the presidential elections in Prague, Czech Republic, 12 January 2018. The first round of presidential elections in the Czech Republic will take place on 12 and 13 January 2018. EPA/MARTIN DIVISEK
    • Friday, 12 January, 2018
      Life & Arts
      On location: ‘Britannia’

      The deep river valleys and ancient forests of Central Bohemia offer a suitably atmospheric stand-in for ancient Britain

      David Morrisey as Aulus in Britainnia PR shot Sky / Amazon
    • Friday, 12 January, 2018
      Life & Arts
      Czech glassmakers recruit young talent to update their wares

      Industry builds on its long heritage with design-led new collections

    • Monday, 18 December, 2017
      Property sector
      Czech central bank acts to cool buoyant property market

      Some of the EU’s biggest house price rises propelled by booming economy and low rates

      Traditional residential apartments stand in Prague, Czech Republic, on Tuesday, July 18, 2017. The Czech central bank stepped up efforts to cool the mortgage market, warning that rising house prices may spiral out of control and hurt lenders in a country with one of Europe’s lowest levels of housing loans. Photographer: Martin Divisek/Bloomberg
    • Wednesday, 13 December, 2017
      World
      Poland’s Orlen launches offer to take full control of petrochemical group Unipetrol
    • Friday, 24 November, 2017
      Property sector
      Prague’s property prices outstrip Berlin

      Czech capital is suffering from a scarcity of supply

      Prague, old town square, christmas market (C) Frank Chmura / Getty Images
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