Martin Ehl
Chief International Editor of the Czech economic daily Hospodářské noviny and a syndicated columnist writing on Central European issues.
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 years ending in “8” – and the history of the 20th...
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 again thriving as one
Family relationships are always complex – layers of...
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 arrived in Budapest. That simple sentence written in this fast-moving and unpredictable...
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 Iron Curtain, good quality education is still scarce...
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 has been no shortage of out-of-the-box ideas: A flying car and an energy-self-sufficient mobile...
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 encourage my children to learn English, although they are not always as enthusiastic as...
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 quarter century might seem like a long time, surely time enough to plan to...
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 Union off guard. While older EU members have...
