Official portrait and stamps of President Pavel issued

President Petr Pavel presented his official portrait, which will be available either in black and white or in 10 different colours, at a press conference on Wednesday morning. An official portrait of the presidential couple and postage stamps have also been created. These will be available for purchase from June 7. The portraits will also be available for download.

Originally Mr Pavel had said that he didn't want his face on stamps or to have an official portrait made, but he said on Wednesday at the presentation of the portrait that when he saw the level of interest from people wanting to have a portrait of the president in their schools and offices, he finally gave the green light. He also said that he was happy with the result, which he described as "modern and very civil". The photos were taken by Jana Jabůrková and Jiří Turek from the J3T studio.