Police to look into public contract for Brno university campus

The Czech anti-corruption police is to look into a 1.1 billion crown public contract to build a new campus of Brno’s Technical University, the daily Hospodářské Noviny reported on Thursday. The paper said an employee of the winning firm, OHS-ŽS, participated in the preparation of the competition. The Czech Finance Ministry said that EU funds, that were to cover the building costs, were going to be withheld until the dubious contract is reviewed. The chair of the construction firm’s board of directors, Michal Štefl, is also a member of the university board of trustees.