23 March 2026 Daily summary of the Czech economy: fuel prices, mobile internet, ADNOC and OMV, UniCredit, Monte dei Paschi di Siena and Iranian oil (23 March 2026)
The Czech economy was mainly influenced by the debate on fuel prices and the ongoing digitalisation of society. Radim Fiala, chairman of the SPD parliamentary club, said that the government would only move to regulate petrol and diesel prices more broadly when their price was around CZK 50 per litre. Among the instruments under consideration are adjustments to excise duty, VAT or the use of state reserves. This position suggests that the state is not yet planning immediate intervention in the market, but admits the possibility of reacting when prices rise significantly. Read more here
23 March 2026 Czech Republic and Slovakia deepen cooperation, government prepares dozens of new laws
The Czech Government of Andrej Babiš held its regular meeting on Monday 23 March. The cabinet approved a memorandum on enhanced cooperation with the Slovak government, which aims to significantly strengthen mutual relations between the two countries. The document is expected to be signed by the Czech and Slovak prime ministers at a renewed joint cabinet meeting scheduled for Tuesday 31 March. Read more here
24 March 2026 Ukrainian secret services interfering in Hungarian elections - Hungarian diplomatic chief claims
BUDAPEST - Ukraine is making great efforts to oust the current Hungarian government in the upcoming parliamentary elections, according to Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó. „The Brussels-Berlin-Kiev axis has decided that the government in Hungary must be changed. The Brussels-Berlin-Kiev axis has decided that the Tisza [opposition] party should form the government. Because everybody understands that if we stay in power, Hungary will not be dragged into war, the money of Hungarians will not go to Ukraine and Ukrainians will not join the European Union,“ said at an election meeting with voters in Zalaegerszeg. Read more here
25 March 2026 Fico warned the West against underestimating its support for Putin and criticised the EU's attitude towards Russia and Ukraine
Slovak Prime Minister Robert Fico has sharply warned the West against underestimating Russian President Vladimir Putin's support in Russian society. He said the idea that Putin did not have a strong base among the population, „completely wrong to the point of stupidity“. Fico stressed that in few countries in the world does a head of state have such broad support across society, including among the political elite, as Putin has in Russia. He also pointed out that if contrary views were expressed in Slovakia, he considered them to be false. Read more here
26 March 2026 US President Donald Trump accuses NATO of inaction on Iran
WASHINGTON, March 26. US President Donald Trump has accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) of inaction on Iran. „NATO nations have done absolutely nothing to help the insane, now militarily decimated nation of Iran. The U.S. needs nothing from NATO, but let us ‚never forget‘ this very important moment!“ he wrote on his Truth Social page. US President Donald Trump earlier branded NATO a „paper tiger“ for refusing to engage European allies in a potential naval mission in the Strait of Hormuz. Read more here
27 March 2026 Strait of Hormuz could open once Iran stops threatening shipping - Rubio
WASHINGTON, March 27 Shipping through the Strait of Hormuz will reopen once Iran ceases to pose a threat to international shipping, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio told reporters on Thursday. „It (the Strait of Hormuz) could be opened tomorrow if Iran ceases to threaten global shipping,“ Rubio said, according to the State Department press service. The U.S. secretary of state sidestepped a question regarding the possibility of a U.S. ground operation to resume shipping in the strait. Read more here
28 March 2026 U.S. stocks experience their longest slump since the start of Russia's invasion of Ukraine
NEW YORK - U.S. stock markets are on their longest streak of declines in years, with investors facing growing uncertainty reminiscent of the period after Russia's invasion of Ukraine began in 2022. Key Wall Street indexes continued to weaken in late March, with the broader S&P 500 index posting its fifth straight week of declines. According to available data, the S&P 500 has lost around seven per cent since the start of the year, while the tech-heavy Nasdaq has written off nearly ten per cent of its value. The end of the week itself was extremely negative, with the S&P 500 index falling by around 1.7 %, the Nasdaq by more than two per cent and the Dow Jones losing almost 800 points. Read more here
28 March 2026 Slavic Epic by Alfons Mucha - the twentieth painting: Apotheosis from the History of Slavonicity - Four Periods of Slavonicity in Four Colours
The twentieth picture. You are floating in a space where time is not a line, but a solid, strong circle - and in the centre of it, the painting The Slav Epic, Apotheosis of Slavonicity by Alfons Mucha is pulsating dominantly. The culmination of this brilliant cycle is, among other things, about a cosmology literally embodied in colours, figures and symbols; it is a mystical map of collective memory based on reality and historical heritage that spills across the centuries like an endless and sweet river. Read more here
29 March 2026 Herbarium: nettle also acts as an anti-anemic and antisclerotic
Urtica dioica is a perennial herb, growing to a height of over a metre with a branched rhizome and a sturdy, square-shaped stem. Nettle leaves are friendly and petiolate. The male and female flowers are greenish, small and grow on different individuals. They form a panicled inflorescence. The entire plant is covered with stinging hairs which, when touched, form a swollen, red spot on the skin that burns and itches, after a while this pimple spontaneously disappears. Read more here
Exclusive GNEWS interview with MP Jan Hrnčíř
- 24 March 2026 GNEWS Interview with MP Jan Hrnčíř (SPD), part I: Sanctions against Russia are failing! Read more here
- 25 March 2026 GNEWS Interview with MP Jan Hrnčíř (SPD), part II: Fears of a new migration wave. Read more here
- 26 March 2026 GNEWS Interview with MP Jan Hrnčíř (SPD), part III: Without China, Europe will not be able to handle technology and electric cars. Read more here
- 27 March 2026 GNEWS Interview with MP Jan Hrnčíř (SPD), part IV: about Fial's politics and what to do. Read more zde
- 28 March 2026 GNEWS Interview with MP Jan Hrnčíř (SPD), part V: on Iran - it is always better to seek a diplomatic solution. Read more here
Czech 
English 
Spanish 
French 
Italian 
Russian 
Chinese 
German