Outgoing Green leader goes on the dole

The outgoing Green Party leader, and former education minister Ondřej Liška has applied for unemployment benefits, the news website tyden.cz reported on Tuesday. Mr Liška, who announced his resignation as party leader following the Green’s staggering defeat in the recent general elections, said his going on the dole was “a formality” for a short period since he had received a number of offers for employment. The Greens, who had six MPs in the lower house in the previous term, only received 2.4 percent of the vote, and had to adopt cost-cutting measurers. The party has closed down all of its regional offices, and let go of their employees.