Charles University Rector Králíčková apologises for statement over bonuses

Milena Králíčková, the Rector of Prague’s Charles University, has apologised for a statement in which she justified high bonuses received by the university management by the university’s handling of the shooting at the Faculty of Arts in 2023. According to the server iDNES.cz, the rector received a bonus of 400,000 crowns in May 2024 in addition to her salary of 175,000 crowns, and also received 576,000 crowns in November. The university's bursar, Martin Maňásek, also received similar amounts. In an interview with Czech Radio Plus, the rector stated that the bonuses are within limits.

Students, employees and graduates of Charles University are criticising the management because of the bonuses that its members received last year, which they see as unfairly high, as expressed in an open letter signed by around forty employees, three hundred students, and one hundred and thirty graduates and supporters of the university. Rector Králíčková has led the university since February 2022, and her four-year term ends next year.