Thousands of public media staff protest government funding plans
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Thousands of employees from the national television and radio broadcasters joined street protests against the government’s latest plans for public media. Prime Minister Andrej Babiš says he is taking the demonstrations seriously and believes there is room for an agreement.
The Communist Party is losing its most recognizable face as Kateřina Konečná, a Member of the European Parliament, announced she is ending her membership. While the party loses a veteran, the Prime Minister’s family tree has gained a complication: a historian claims to have uncovered evidence that Babiš’s uncle, who once posed as a political refugee, had a past in the Gestapo.
Inflation slowed slightly in October to 2.4 percent, a rare moment of cooling in the domestic economy. Meanwhile, local courts are dealing with the more personal side of governance, following allegations that a former MP organized a conspiracy of public officials to target her own husband.