Prague court rules in critic's favour

Following a recent decision by the Constitutional Court, a Prague high court has ruled that music critic Jan Rejzek will not have to apologise to Czech pop singer Helena Vondrackova for comments made in newspaper article in the year 2000. In the article Mr Rejek suggested the pop singer's success after 1989 was tied to what he called "Mafiosi" from 1970s Communist Czechoslovakia. Mrs Vondrackova expressed anger over the Constitutional Court ruling in March, saying she had been the target of defamation and lies. She has already said she will take her case to the European Court of Human Rights.