Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART TEN: Paradoxes
The Turow case has revealed a number of question marks, dilemmas and paradoxes. From the point of view of the...
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Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART NINE: Czech Skeletons in the Coal Closet
When we talk about the Turów mine, we are also talking about social and economic problems, energy security and, undoubtedly,...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART SEVEN: Arrogance and Lack of Empathy
The case of the Turów lignite mine on the border between Poland and the Czech Republic in 2021 and 2022...
Lost Opportunity for a Just Transition: the Case of Turów Lignite Mine. PART FOUR: First Worries About the Water
In 2021, Czech Republic accuses Poland: border wells are drying up because of the Turów mine! In fact, the allegation...
Revolt of the Central European Crowds?
For over a year and a half now, Czechia has been ruled by a coalition that a growing number of...
The Anatomy of Current Czech Protests
Another huge anti-governmental demonstration was held on Prague's Wenceslas Square on 11 March, with people filling Prague's second-largest square almost...
This time, Czech workers won: a union strike forces the South Korean management of Nexen Tire to compromise on wages
In an environment of unprecedented inflation and falling real wages, Czech unions won one important victory. (more…)
Presidential Elections in Czechia: struggle of oligarchs and lobbies [VIDEO]
In the time of crisis, soaring prices, inflation and rising unemployment, citizens of Czechia vote for president. In the second...
The Czech Republic in 2022: Resentment, Revanche and Neo-normalisation
The crisis in which we find ourselves today has dimensions that we hardly fully realise. It is a crisis that...
The forbidden word peace and the politics of fear
Veronika Sušová-Salminen warns against the normalisation of war and the narrative of the war in an already polarised Czech society....
