PM asked to explain car purchase deal

Prime Minister Mirek Topolanek was asked to explain the purchase of a second hand Volvo by his current partner Lucie Talmanova during Thursday's question and answer session in the lower house. The opposition Social Democrats say that the deal seems suspicious since the car was bought from a businesswoman who had ties with the J and T Bank, which is interested in buying shares in CEZ that the government is planning to sell. The businesswoman in question is reportedly a friend of Lucie Talmanova and had recently received an 8 million crown loan from J and T Bank to open a luxury boutique in the centre of Prague. The prime minister said that the transaction had been above board and there was no conflict of interests.