Czech shareholders who lost millions of crowns to controversial businessman
Viktor Kožený in the 1990s, have a strong chance of getting back partial
compensation. There is a new possibility that the equivalent of around half
a billion crowns gained from the sale of Mr Kožený’s Aspen chalet in
the US, could be transferred to the Czech Republic. Shareholders have 10
days in which to file a formal request.
One of the most prominent figures of the opposition Social Democratic
party, MP and Central Bohemian governor David Rath has been charged with
corruption. Mr. Rath was arrested on Monday night along with seven other
people in a large-scale police operation that is believed to be linked to
abuse of EU funds.
