President to receive prime minister at Prague Castle

President Václav Klaus is to receive the newly-appointed Prime Minister Petr Nečas at Prague Castle for a working lunch on Tuesday. Likely topics on the agenda are the appointment of a new Czech Ombudsman to replace Otakar Motejl, who died in May, and the priorities of the new government. The three-party government coalition is currently preparing its policy program, to be presented to the lower house on August 10 when the government plans to ask the house for a vote of confidence. Mr Nečas was appointed to the office of prime minister two weeks ago.