Martin Ehl

Chief International Editor of the Czech economic daily Hospodářské noviny and a syndicated columnist writing on Central European issues.

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CEE – The Coronavirus Has Revealed Central Europe’s Chaotic Governance

What remains of public trust in the state is vanishing rapidly as the coronavirus roars back into the region.

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Martin Ehl - January 22, 2021

Fall 2020

What “Rule of Law” Means Since the EU Budget Summit

On the surface, the EU budget summit smoothed over the friction between Brussels and the bloc’s problem children. Deeper down, the rift may be growing.

Martin Ehl - November 13, 2020

Online

Croatian Holiday – Deference and Denial on Dalmatian Summer Beaches

On the eve of new travel warnings, locals tried to follow the rules while not annoying the tourists – producing perplexing compromises and catastrophic carelessness.

Martin Ehl - August 24, 2020

Opinion

Growth and Its Discontents

Central Europe has experienced a soaring economy in the last two decades. Yet the disaffection of many shows the limits of what economic growth a...

Martin Ehl - February 26, 2019

International

Empire to Republic | Anxious 8: What Will 2018 Bring Anxious Czechs?

With a rocky history behind them, Czechs never had it so good – and they secretly know, despite all the grumbling. Czechs are a bit obsessed with yea...

Martin Ehl - May 3, 2018

Cover Stories

Siblings Reunited: How Open Borders are Reconnecting the Central Europe Family

Austria shares a rich history and culture with its Central European brothers and sisters. Now that borders have disappeared, the region is once ...

Martin Ehl - October 31, 2017

Opinion

Opinion | How Putin’s Visit to Hungary has Changed the Game in Europe

An unspectacular visit by Vladimir Putin is an important measure of the growing pressures on a united Europe On February 2, Vladimir Putin arrive...

Martin Ehl - March 6, 2017

Opinion

Education in Post-Communist CEE

What is the best role for government in higher education, hands-on or off the table? It might seem strange that a generation after the fall of the I...

Martin Ehl - October 1, 2016

International

International: Innovation in Eastern Europe – Rupture, Risk And the Quiet Life

Shattering upheavals have left Central and Eastern Europe longing for calm, but a disruptive new generation is looking towards innovation There h...

Martin Ehl - May 1, 2016

April 2016

Op-ed: In Brexit, We All Lose

Britain, our role model in language, constitutional law, education and business, would gradually feel farther and farther away I want to encourag...

Martin Ehl - April 1, 2016

March 2016

Op-Ed: The Short Long Term

With Central European governments constantly changing the rules, it has become impossible for families or businesses to plan for the future A qua...

Martin Ehl - March 1, 2016

International

International: The New European Divide

How the refugees bring the danger of new walls between East and West The wave of refugees flooding in across the borders has caught the European...

Martin Ehl - November 12, 2015

Martin Ehl

CEE – The Coronavirus Has Revealed Central Europe’s Chaotic Governance

What “Rule of Law” Means Since the EU Budget Summit

Croatian Holiday – Deference and Denial on Dalmatian Summer Beaches

Growth and Its Discontents

Empire to Republic | Anxious 8: What Will 2018 Bring Anxious Czechs?

Siblings Reunited: How Open Borders are Reconnecting the Central Europe Family

Opinion | How Putin’s Visit to Hungary has Changed the Game in Europe

Education in Post-Communist CEE

International: Innovation in Eastern Europe – Rupture, Risk And the Quiet Life

Op-ed: In Brexit, We All Lose

Op-Ed: The Short Long Term

International: The New European Divide

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