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Bohemia Boards & Brews, is a café/pub/bar that boasts a library of some 500 board games, is one of a kind in the Czech capital, a trendy, well-designed venue for both gamers and non-gamers alike.

The market for health foods, organic, and direct from farm produce took some time to develop in the Czech Republic and there have clearly been some growing pains. Three of the biggest players merged in 2016 to join forces under the Sklizeno brand.

e-commerce has come a long way in the Czech Republic over the last decade and by estimates there are now some 36,000 online stores here. Over the years, services have greatly improved, and Czechs have gotten used to spending more and more at e-shops.

One of the most controversial pieces of energy infrastructure in Europe, a new gas pipeline linking Russia and Germany, appears to be making progress in the Czech Republic. Prague has been in an awkward diplomatic spot over the proposed pipeline which is supported by Germany but vigorously opposed by Poland, Slovakia, and Baltic States.

Czech moves to construct new nuclear reactors by addressing the crucial question of who and how they will be funded looks like it could be finally addressed. A proposed shake-up of energy company ČEZ aimed at paving the way for power plant construction is now going to be reviewed by a government appointed team of experts. But what reactors might the Czechs eventually choose?

NN Investment Partners is an international fund management company that has been operating in the Czech Republic for more than 20 years. In 2016 it had over 111 billion crowns under management. It’s services are offered to insurance companies, pension funds, as well as individuals.

Job and skills shortages are a topic on the tongues of most Czech businessmen and women at the moment. The figures speak for themselves: almost as many job seekers as vacancies. But there is a clear mismatch between the skills offered by the jobless and the demands of the jobs on offer.

In recent years, Czech two way trade with the United Kingdom has advanced by leaps and bound. The country was already the fourth biggest Czech trade partner two years ago in 2015, following first placed Germany, Slovakia, and just trailing Poland in third place. But the current trading environment for Czechs in Britain is a tough one.

Prague and the rest of Central Europe lost out in the latest share out of European agencies across the continent. It has created a lot of anger and resentment in some capitals that the smaller and newer states were again pushed around by the bigger and older ones. The Czechs admit their bid for the European Banking Authority was always a big challenge and they were probably outsiders. But they also admit misgivings about how the share out evolved.

A study has perhaps surprisingly put the Czech capital Prague and its Slovak counterpart, Bratislava, out there as some of the top locations for the concentrations of so-called brain business in Europe.