Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 22:54:38 +0200Conflict over ultra-conservative civil servant shakes Czech coalition governmenthttps://english.radio.cz/conflict-over-ultra-conservative-civil-servant-shakes-czech-coalition-government-8561187© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech centre-right government faces another imbroglio. Ministers for the coalition TOP 09 party walked out of Wednesday’s government meeting over offensive comments about their chair, Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, made by the ultra-conservative Education Ministry HR chief, Ladislav Bátora. The TOP ministers now say they won’t come back until Mr Bátora is fired, or his boss, Education Minister Josef Dobeš, quits. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/batora7.jpg?timestamp=1591235372 Conflict over ultra-conservative civil servant shakes Czech coalition government https://english.radio.cz/conflict-over-ultra-conservative-civil-servant-shakes-czech-coalition-government-8561187 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9