Ursula von der Leyen met with the leaders of Poland, Austria, Slovakia and the Czech Republic in the Polish city of Wrocław.
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Polish-Czech coal mine deal having positive environmental effects
An underground barrier installed at Turów mine has resulted in groundwater levels on the Czech side of the border rising.
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Differences over Ukraine clear as Polish, Hungarian, Czech and Slovak PMs meet
Poland and the Czech Republic favour military support for Ukraine but Hungary and Slovakia want a stronger push for peace.
Poland’s Budimex picked to build Czech motorway that will help link Prague to Baltic Sea
The value of the tender is 11.35 billion koruna (2.03 billion zloty, €465 million).
Polish border town asks Czechs to stop getting naked in its swimming pool locker rooms
“Czechs have a more liberal approach to nudity” than Poles, reports a local newspaper.
Germany plans controls on Polish and Czech borders to curb migration
Germany needs to “combat [people] smuggling more aggressively”, says its interior minister.
Polish state energy firm Orlen overseeing Czech Republic’s highest Russian oil imports since 2012
Orlen notes that the landlocked Czech Republic can only be supplied via pipelines, meaning there is no alternative to Russian oil.
Poland and Czech Republic take action after tonne of dead fish found in Oder river
The countries have set up dams to stop the flow of dead fish down the river.
The VoiCEE podcast: New system in Czech town prevents teachers from dropping out
Meenal Thakur
In this episode, we discuss a story that won the 2022 Czech Journalism Award in the solution journalism category.
Polish state energy giant Orlen explains increased Russian oil imports
“Infrastructural constraints make it impossible to fully cover Czech demand for oil from directions other than Russia,” says Orlen.
Poland urges Czechs to change tax law to ease investment in diversifying from Russian oil
“We cannot invest where regulations outright stifle investment processes,” said the CEO of Polish state energy giant Orlen in Prague.
New Czech president visits Poland hailing “best ever relations”
After meeting his Czech counterpart, Andrzej Duda said Poland would provide Ukraine with MiG fighter jets “in the coming days”.
The VoiCEE podcast: What Petr Pavel’s election means for the Czech Republic and the region
Adrien Beauduin
V4 no more? Time for a Polish-Czech-Slovak triangle
Paweł Musiałek
War in Ukraine has soured relations with Hungary but pushed Poland closer than ever to the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
