First minister in caretaker government selected

The interim Czech prime minister, Jan Fischer, has selected the first member of a caretaker cabinet he is putting together. Mr Fischer will nominate the head of Prague’s General Teaching Hospital, Dana Jurásková, as the new health minister. Ms Jurásková will join the outgoing health minister, Daniela Filipiová, in Thursday’s meeting of EU health ministers in Luxembourg that will deal with the swine flue outbreak. The interim prime minister will nominate other cabinet members later this week. Czech President Václav Klaus is expected to appoint the new caretaker government on May 8.