Former media magnate Vladimír Železný brought to court

A Prague court has started discussing the case of Vladimír Železný, former director of the popular commercial station TV Nova and a European Parliament deputy, in which he and five other men face charges of tax evasion to the tune of over 38 million crowns (some 2 million US dollars). Mr Železný is suspected of committing tax evasion while transferring his stakes in CET 21, the company that held Nova’s broadcasting licence. Mr Železný, who has been previously prosecuted in other two cases, has rejected the charges.