Paroubek to marry partner Petra Kovacova

Former prime minister and leader of the opposition Social Democrats Jiri Paroubek is to marry his partner at the weekend, reported the novinky.cz news website on Monday. Mr Paroubek’s wedding comes two months after a high-profile divorce. The Social Democrats leader has said that he wants his wedding to be modest and calm, and so the Hotel Esplanade in Marianske Lazne, where the wedding is to take place, will be closed to the public over the weekend. Mr Paroubek’s future bride is Petra Kovacova, his former interpreter, some twenty years his junior.