Thu, 01 Jan 1970 01:00:00 +0100Thu, 23 Jul 2026 05:29:07 +0200Chief aide to prime minister sacked over alleged corruptionhttps://english.radio.cz/chief-aide-prime-minister-sacked-over-alleged-corruption-8628286© 2026 Radio Prague InternationalPrime Minister Jiri Paroubek sacked his chief aide on Monday over allegations of corruption relating to the June 2004 privatisation of Unipetrol, a major Czech oil and chemicals group. Several days ago, the prime minister received an incriminating cassette tape of his aide, Zdenek Dolezel, discussing the deal with a foreign lobbyist -- and reacting with silence to allegations that ruling Social Democrat party members had sought bribes to approve the sale.encr@radio.cz (Cesky Rozhlas)webmaster@radio.cz (CRo Webmaster) https://english.radio.cz/sites/default/files/images/unipetrol.jpg?timestamp=1591468798 Chief aide to prime minister sacked over alleged corruption https://english.radio.cz/chief-aide-prime-minister-sacked-over-alleged-corruption-8628286 Radio Prague International Radio Prague International radio.prague.int@gmail.com clean 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9