Iva Ritschelova turns down education minister post

In related news, the rector of Usti nad Labem's Jan Evangelista Purkyne University, Iva Ritschelova, has turned down the post of Education Minister. In a statement to the press, Ms. Ritschelova said that she was delighted to have been asked, but due to prior commitments, could not accept the post. Ms. Ritschelova was asked to take over at the Ministry of Education following the resignation of Dana Kuchtova earlier this week. Ms. Kuchtova resigned from the post of Education Minister in connection with the Ministry's failure to secure around 60 billion CZK (3 billion USD) of EU funds, earmarked for the Czech Republic. Speculation now turns to the former head of Zlin University, Petr Saha, who has yet to comment.