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Czech Economy on Thin Ice: Economist Warns of Long‑Term Erosion
The Czech economy is teetering on a cliff edge. Real‑GDP growth has slipped to a modest 2.3 % in 2024 – still above the EU average of 0.7 % but far from the…
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Turany Traffic Gridlock: D1 Bottleneck Highlights Infrastructure Strain
A truck overturned, ice turned the D1 into a parking lot, and Central Europe’s freight lifeline ground to a halt. By the evening of 22 December 2025 a “massive column of…
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Ostrava’s New Shrine: Football Fans Transform Cityscape
A shrine to Baník supporters and the late activist Josef Kozub was supposedly unveiled at the north‑gate of Ostrava’s Městský stadion in June 2024 – yet anyone trying to pin down what…
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From Local to Global: Czech Billionaires Join the World’s Elite
The Czech Republic’s billionaire club has shed its post‑communist back‑water image and now commands a global empire worth more than US $100 billion – a fortune that is quietly reshaping Prague’s fiscal playbook.…
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EU’s New Power Plant Funding Boosts Central European Energy Security
The European Investment Bank’s latest €175 million loan for a new Polish power plant is not just a tidy line on a balance sheet – it’s a loud statement that Brussels…
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Slovenia Raises Minimum Wage – Croatia Lags Behind
Slovenia has ripped up the wage floor, lifting the statutory minimum to €1 277.72 gross – roughly €1 000 net – from 1 January 2025, while Croatia stubbornly keeps its floor at €970 gross…
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Poland’s €181 M Oder Bridge Set to Re‑connect Silesia – Boost for Trade
The Oder River bridge is finally rising from the ashes of a derelict 1926 span, and with a €181 million price tag it promises to stitch together Poland’s industrial heartland and…
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Lululemon Lands in Hungary – Fashion Meets Fitness Boom
Lululemon has finally planted its flag on Hungarian soil, opening a flagship store in the heart of Budapest and turning the capital into a new epicentre for premium active‑wear. The…
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Croatia Pumps €125 M into Anti‑Drone Shield – A New Defence Frontier
Croatia has thrown €125 million into a home‑grown anti‑drone shield, a move that turns the country from a peripheral NATO member into a regional hub for low‑altitude air defence. The programme,…
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Gdańsk’s Vanishing Harbour: A Polish Port on the Brink
The decision to shut down Gdańsk’s deep‑water Port Północny has sent shockwaves through the Baltic freight community, and the signal could not have been clearer: Poland is abandoning the only ultra‑large‑vessel…