Právo: Durr to become new deputy education minister

The vice-rector of Palacký University in Olomouc, Jakub Durr, is to become the new deputy education minister, Právo reported on Monday, citing former vice-minister Dušan Lužný. The paper writes that Mr Durr will be put in charge of drawing EU funds for the ministry, as well as preparing ministry employees for the Czech Republic’s EU presidency in 2009. The Education Ministry has yet to confirm the reports, but has said that it has rented a new building to house its European Union team in Prague’s Karlín district.