Fiala to attend Castle honours event despite Zeman not inviting top officials

The Czech prime minister, Petr Fiala, says he will attend an honours ceremony at Prague Castle on Friday’s October 28 national holiday despite the fact he does not like President Miloš Zeman’s selective approach to inviting guests. Mr. Fiala said on Facebook that it was not a private celebration of Mr. Zeman’s but a traditional event marking the anniversary of the foundation of the democratic Czechoslovakia.

It has been reported that the speaker of the Chamber of Deputies, Markéta Pekarová Adamová, and the speaker of the Senate, Miloš Vystrčil, have not been invited.