Babiš eyes opportunity to appoint new intelligence chief
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Prime Minister Andrej Babiš is reportedly making moves to appoint a new head for the Security Information Service (BIS) after Michal Koudelka's ten-year tenure concludes, signaling a potential consolidation of power over the intelligence agency.
In other key domestic developments, police have begun digging at suspected mass grave sites in the "Czech Srebrenica" case following the discovery of a human limb, marking a crucial turn in the investigation of a post-war massacre. Separately, an investigation into a multi-million dollar undelivered munition deal for Ukraine has uncovered a key connection in Prague.
Meanwhile, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs Petr Macinka's controversial comments about Russian women have garnered international attention, with The New York Times reporting on them as sexist remarks. The academic sector is also under scrutiny as a university that granted a degree to a person named Turko is now seeking approval to teach medicine, raising questions about academic integrity.