Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:16:46 +0200Straka withdraws from election race after row over citizenshiphttps://english.radio.cz/straka-withdraws-election-race-after-row-over-citizenship-8621320© 2026 Radio Prague International The Czech Republic lost one of the more colourful candidates for the forthcoming parliamentary elections this week, after the Christian Democrats announced that former football manager Frantisek Straka would not be standing for the party in June. Mr Straka, former player and manager at the country's biggest club Sparta Prague, has been withdrawn from the list of candidates after alleged problems over his citizenship. encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/4f5197446b1f6808606b2a0aab5e5a67.png?timestamp=1583150525 Straka withdraws from election race after row over citizenship https://english.radio.cz/straka-withdraws-election-race-after-row-over-citizenship-8621320 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9