Sixty percent of voters want PM Gross to resign, suggests poll

Around 60 percent of Czech voters would like to see Prime Minister Stanislav Gross resign from office, suggests an opinion poll published in Friday's edition of the daily Lidove noviny. Mr Gross - who for some time was one of the most popular politicians in the country - has come under increasing pressure recently, after failing to explain how he had paid for his luxury flat in Prague.

The prime minister has insisted he will not step down over the affair, which he has described as "artificial", and part of an orchestrated campaign against him. Speaking in the Lower House on Thursday, Mr Gross reiterated that he would undergo security screening in order to clear his name.