Populists In the Fast Lane
The heads of the traditional Austrian parties, the Social Democrats and the Austrian People’s Party, could teach their cousins in the Czech Republic a thing or two about what it’s like when parties lose power and voter support, and populist movements of various colours jostle to get into parliament. Although the results of September’s parliamentary […]
Eastern Europe’s Davos
Play Inc. executive Jorg Bang-Jensen has reason to smile. The CEO of Poland’s fourth largest mobile operator has been able to report “steady growth” since…
Peace, Quiet & Kaczynski
Whether it’s the influence of the silly season, the unusual heat wave, or the successful campaign of nationalist populism across Central Europe, international media such…
A Czech Legal Revolution
Artur Ostrý orders pizzas every Friday for an in-house lunch with his colleagues in his small law office in Prague’s posh Anděl business district. Here…
Central Europe’s Nationalist Paradox
Hungary’s Viktor Orbán, a nationalist? On the contrary. Would he then sign partnership agreements with large foreign investors? And Slovakia’s Robert Fico picking up right-wing…
They Eat Horses, Don’t They?
One of the attractions that the residents of the Slovenian capital of Ljubljana and informed visitors enjoy is…
Hidden Prosperity In the CEE
What do countries as different as Slovakia, Moldova, Slovenia and Estonia have in common? In the 2012 Legatum…
In Poland, Big Food, Big Politics
Polish food can be political. But not in the way consumers in the Czech Republic imagine, exposed as…
Let’s Give Fico a Chance
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico, who took the helm of his second government in April, surprised his critics…