Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 03:22:25 +0200https://english.radio.cz/fresh-corruption-scandal-shakes-ruling-top-09-party-ahead-elections-8550753© 2026 Radio Prague International A fresh corruption scandal has hit the Czech coalition government less than a fortnight ahead of October’s regional and senate elections and this time the police struck higher than ever before in the echelons of executive power. On Monday plainclothes officers detained Deputy Labour and Social Affairs Minister Vladimír Šiška and the ministry’s IT section head Milan Hojer. Both were later charged with bribery. The news has sent shockwaves through the ruling TOP 09 party which on Tuesday met to debate the crisis. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/siska_vladimir1.jpg?timestamp=1591187003 https://english.radio.cz/fresh-corruption-scandal-shakes-ruling-top-09-party-ahead-elections-8550753 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9