Presidential runner-up Švejnar opens Prague office

The Czech-born, US based economist and presidential runner-up Jan Švejnar has opened an office in Prague. A spokesperson for Mr Švejnar said hundreds of Czechs approach him with all kinds of petitions and problems. The office replies to these inquiries, coordinates Mr Švejnar’s media activities and organizes his lectures and tours. Jan Švejnar, who is a professor of economics at Michigan University in the United States, left Czechoslovakia in 1969. In 2003, he ran for the office of the Czech president against the incumbent Václav Klaus.