Former deputy minister remanded in custody

A Prague district court has decided to remand former deputy local development minister, Vera Jourova, in custody. Ms Jourova has been accused in a case of suspected corruption in the handling of EU structural funds channelled via the Local Development Ministry. Ms Jourova was arrested shortly after her plane landed at Prague-Ruzyne airport on Friday afternoon. Besides Vera Jourova, three men have been accused of corruption in the same case. They are Zdenek Dolezel, a former senior aide to two former Social Democrat prime ministers, Ladislav Peta, mayor of the town of Budisov, and Miloslav Rehulka, an Agriculture Ministry employee. All three have been in custody since Friday.