Trainers for state officials revealed to have secret Chinese funding
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A series of security lapses and political friction dominated the domestic agenda. Allegations have surfaced that individuals secretly on Beijing’s payroll are being paid millions to train key state personnel. Meanwhile, both President Petr Pavel and the Minister of Defence have expressed disappointment over why soldiers were missing from a major military exercise in Poland. It was, the President noted, unfortunate.
President Pavel also met with Andrej Babiš to discuss the army and the leadership of the antitrust office. Mr Babiš remains busy elsewhere: a court has ruled that his ANO party candidates grossly violated election law at a dormitory, and he is currently campaigning to abolish school catering rules so that children might eat fried cheese every day.
In the courts, an asylum request has been filed by a key figure in two botched military contracts that failed to deliver ammunition and bulletproof vests to Ukraine. In Prague, the municipal government has finally found a shape, with a coalition of STAN, Spolu, and Prahy Sobđ agreed upon by the Starostov club.