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In-fighting in Prague. If you think that a bug in the bedroom means something that causes yelps in the night, you may need to revise your assumptions – at least when in...

How the Czechs and Hungarians chose their nominees. The Czech government's approach to choosing a European commissioner, on the face of it, was commendably thorough and...

Czechs nominate their Europe minister for Commission post. The Czech government has nominated its serving minister for European affairs, Štefan Füle, to be the...

Will the next Czech commissioner be Vladimír, who enjoys long-distance running; Alexandr, who enjoys smoking and rock music; or Mirek, who enjoys holidays in Italy?...

Double crisis sent Czechs in the wrong direction; Jan Fischer led presidency to a respectable close. Like a struggling football team, the Czech presidency of the EU looked...

The EU has relaxed its approach to Belarus, but the country remains a very difficult neighbour. Belarus is an awkward neighbour for the European Union. It is the only...

Member states want ‘enhanced' trade deal. Canadian ambassador says his country is ‘enthusiastic'. Canada and the European Union are to launch free-trade talks at a...

Czech government wants to speed up construction of Nabucco pipeline. The Czech government is hoping to boost Nabucco, a €10 billion pipeline project to bring natural...

Head of country's statistical office to take helm of interim government. The Czech Republic's three outgoing governing parties and its largest opposition party...

Commission president defends his team's handling of the financial crisis. José Manuel Barroso, the president of the European Commission, has denied that his team was...

Commission holding consultation with EU member states; Croatia said not to have responded to compromise proposals. Olli Rehn, the European commissioner for enlargement,...

Barroso warns not to take treaty hostage.Vondra says ratification process is on track. European Union leaders are facing the possibility that the Czech Republic might not...

Parliament postpones vote indefinitely; seeks promises on human rights Members of the European Parliament have refused to approve an interim trade agreement with...

Commission president says sensible regulation is needed on EU and global level José Manuel Barroso, president of the European Commission, has rejected suggestions...

Czech deputy prime minister defends prime minister's 'road to hell' statement Alexandr Vondra, the Czech Republic's deputy prime minister, said today that comments by Prime...

Barroso and Czechs are confident EU's €5 billion stimulus package will be spent over the next two years. EU leaders agreed at their summit today to allocate €5...

Agreement sought on €5bn spending plans; call for improved financial regulation, The Czech presidency of the European Union faces a major test of its ability to broker...

Modest European deployments to Afghanistan will not do much to help US President Barack Obama contain the insurgency. An overwhelming majority of Europeans favoured Barack...

Region's leaders fear being left out in the cold – and seek co-ordinated EU help. Donald Tusk, the prime minister of Poland, has invited the leaders of central and...

New EU member states want more flexibility but are still committed to adopting the euro. Politicians from central and eastern European countries are calling for greater help...