Central Europe
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Central Europe: Merkel and Hollande join Visegrad Group
7 March 201385 22PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza, Pravda -
Central Europe: Prague aims to appease on Sudeten German question
22 February 201369 108PresseuropHospodářské Noviny, Die Zeit, Die Presse -
Czech Republic-Slovakia: The happy Czechoslovakia that could have been
7 January 2013154 165 Respekt Prague -
Central Europe: Where has the region’s solidarity gone?
13 December 201281 4 Gazeta Wyborcza Warsaw -
Poland: Katowice mining the past
7 December 2012185 3 New Eastern Europe Cracow -
Former Czechoslovakia: Crossed destinies of the velvet divorcees
17 July 2012114 10 Respekt Prague -
Economy: China wants to invest €7.5 billion euros in central Europe
27 April 201275 14PresseuropGazeta Wyborcza -
Central Europe: Fortunately, we still have strudel
4 April 2012198 4 Ekonom Prague -
Slovakia: Not another strong man in Central Europe
13 March 201255 1 Pravda Bratislava -
Central Europe: Austrians learn to love their neighbours
20 February 201249PresseuropDie Presse
Twenty years ago, Czechoslovakia split in two new countries. If the Czech Republic and Slovakia had stayed together and transformed the impoverished former nation into a multi-ethnic country, both societies would be more democratic today, argues a dual-nationality columnist. 
Exactly 10 years ago, Poland, Hungary, Slovakia and the Czech Republic were given the right to enter the EU. But despite close economic ties and a sense of shared destiny, different political developments prevent them from having real weight in the Union. 
How does a city reinvent itself and build a new identity on a lost industrial past? By betting on culture and architecture to attract tourists. This Silesian city is following Bilbao’s footsteps and will open a rejuvenated museum in January. 
On 17 July 1992, the Slovak parliament proclaimed the sovereignty of the Slovak republic, paving the way for the split-up of Czechoslovakia. Twenty years on, the Slovaks have overcome their demons and adapted to Europe. For the Czechs, an examination of the national conscience has yet to be done. 
In the wake of the fall of communism, in 1991, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest and Bratislava formed the ' Visegrád' Group. Inspired by a 14th Century alliance of the same countries aimed at fostering trade with Western Europe, the modern Visegrád Group's objective is to foster integration into Western Europe and to give the group political heft. But some twenty years later, each country appears to be following a different piper. 
For the first time since 1989, Slovakia will be ruled by a single party. But incoming social democrat PM Robert Fico would be wise not to follow the example of counterpart Viktor Orbán next door in Hungary, argues a Pravda columnist.