Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 16:31:39 +0200https://english.radio.cz/newly-uncovered-microfiche-confirms-stb-spied-vaclav-klaus-8607050© 2026 Radio Prague International It has long been taken as a given that in the 1980s President Vaclav Klaus - then employed as an economist at the Czechoslovak National Bank - was monitored by the StB, communist Czechoslovakia's secret police. But until now, concrete evidence was lacking. Not any more: on Wednesday a Czech newspaper, Mlada Fronta Dnes, revealed that it had uncovered microfiche dating back to the 1980s, confirming that Mr Klaus had indeed been watched. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/klaus_stb.jpg?timestamp=1591405336 https://english.radio.cz/newly-uncovered-microfiche-confirms-stb-spied-vaclav-klaus-8607050 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9