Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Tue, 21 Jul 2026 23:57:43 +0200https://english.radio.cz/czechs-say-politicians-private-lives-their-own-business-8606328© 2026 Radio Prague International Former Prime Minister and head of the Czech Social Democrats, Jiri Paroubek, announced at the weekend that he was to divorce his wife. The announcement came during Mr. Paroubek's vacation with a second woman, Petra Kovacova - one of his former governmental employees, an attractive blonde some twenty years his junior. While elsewhere a politician might have reason to fear for his career, the response from Czechs has been surprisingly muted. In fact, it has left many asking "why shouldn't politicians do what they want with their private lives?" Rosie Johnston has the story. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 https://english.radio.cz/czechs-say-politicians-private-lives-their-own-business-8606328 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9