Czech inflation accelerates to 1.7% in July, according to flash estimate

Service prices registered the highest growth, rising by 4.7% y/y, while the greatest easing was registered in the food and non-alcoholic beverages basket.

UK's GBP21.7bn carbon-capture bet faces a credibility gap - Carbon Brief

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) - technology that catches CO2 from a factory or power plant and injects it underground - is central to most official net-zero roadmaps, but remains marginal in practice and mired in controversy.

Czech PMI drops slightly to 52.2 in July

The PMI index has remained on or above the 50 point mark separating growth and decline since February, the longest such stretch since 2022.

Europe's worst wildfire season in years flags a global El Nino already moving commodity markets

Several European countries are having their worst wildfire year in more than a decade and worst than last year’s record wildfires that burnt over one million hectares, according to data from the EU's Global Wildfire Information System.

Ukraine less births than Kyrgyzstan this year as Central Europe's demographic crisis deepens

Ukraine is on track to record fewer births this year than Kyrgyzstan for the first time - a reversal from the end of the Soviet Union, when Ukraine's newborns outnumbered Kyrgyzstan's five to one.

Wind and solar overtake fossil fuels in Germany for the first time ever

Turkey takes Russian firefighting jets while sanctions leave Spain's grounded

Russia has sent two Be-200 amphibious firefighting aircraft to Turkey following a request from Turkish authorities, as wildfires burn across the country. Spain has Russian firefighting helicopters it can't use thanks to sanctions.

Europe enters the Pyrocene age of fire that makes its own weather

"The Pyrocene is here," climate researcher Peter Dynes wrote on X on July 28, as wildfires near Bordeaux began generating huge pyrocumulus clouds intense enough to create their own weather.

Wildfires ravage Southern Europe – Statista

Southern Europe’s wildfire season used to typically run from July to September, but now data shows that it is getting longer and more intense.

Germany now pays five times more for gas after ditching Russian imports

Germany is paying roughly five times more for natural gas than it did before abandoning long-term Russian supply contracts, Berliner Zeitung reported on July 24.

Czech PM Babiš leads business delegation to Serbia to boost investment ties

Czech PM Andrej Babiš took a 50-company business delegation to Belgrade, with bilateral trade at €2.3bn and Czech investment in Serbia above €640mn since 2010. Prague wants a larger share of Serbian infrastructure work.

EU fines Google €890mn over search self-preferencing, Play Store rules

The European Commission has fined Google €890mn under the Digital Markets Act for favouring its own services in search results and blocking app developers from steering users to cheaper offers.

Czech president vetoes cabinet bill aimed at loosening budget responsibility rules

Rejection of legislation by Pavel is latest clash between anti-populist president and populist government headed by billionaire PM Babiš.

Poland builds EU coalition to push ETS reform

Poland has assembled a 10-country coalition to press Brussels to slow the tightening of the bloc’s emissions trading system and reconsider a carbon market for buildings and road transport.

EU opens financial misconduct probe into Czech PM Babiš

The European Public Prosecutor’s Office opened a criminal investigation into financial misconduct in connection with food, agriculture and chemical conglomerate Agrofert.

Russian refining down to record lows, LNG exports to Europe at record highs

Russia’s crude output declined to the lowest in at least two and a half years in June as Ukraine attacked the nation’s oil infrastructure on an almost daily basis. But LNG production remains untouched and exports to Europe are at record highs.

Anti-green Czech Motorists MP crashes car into ambulance

Honorary chairman of the anti-green Motorists for Themselves party Filip Turek becomes target of online mockery after collision at crossroads.

Erdogan's revolver diplomacy left Nato leaders with a loaded problem

Most Nato summits end with a communiqué. This one ended with customs problems. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan each each visiting head of state with an engraved Turkish-made gun complete with live ammo.

Czech PM Babiš rebuffs reports Trump was not keen to shake hands

Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babiš has countered reports that US President Donald Trump was not keen to shake hands with him after a group photo of Nato leaders at the summit in Ankara.

Trump pledges sanctions relief for Turkey as Erdogan hosts Nato summit in Ankara

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan uses Nato summit to advance a sweeping diplomatic agenda alongside his US counterpart Donald Trump.