DOPO četba: České investiční nebe

The Czech president this week quipped that he might settle his differences with the prime minister “with a Kalashnikov.” The country’s finance minister is a billionaire who sees no conflict of interest in controlling a chemical and media empire. And communists who advocate an exit from NATO are the third-most-popular party. In the Czech Republic’s neighborhood, that counts as stability.

The land-locked nation of 10.5 million has cemented its position as central Europe’s biggest draw for capital as populist governments consolidate their control in Hungary and Poland. Investor confidence is so high that only four other countries -- Japan, Switzerland, Germany, and the Netherlands -- have lower 10-year borrowing costs.