Culture minister sacks head of National Theatre after one day in post

The minister of culture in the interim Czech government, Jiří Balvín, has dismissed the director of Prague’s National Theatre, Jan Burian, just one day after he took up the post. Mr. Balvín said on Thursday that he had fired Mr. Burian, who was hired by a previous minister, because he had not been appointed following a selection process. Mr. Balvín said using such selection processes was the only way to ensure changes on the political scene did not lead to constant changes in management positions.