Shadow Social Democrat (ČSSD) health minister and Central Bohemia governor David Rath has been charged with taking bribes after being caught red handed with Kč 7 million in his possession. Party leaders have condemned and distanced themselves from the controversial figure.

Over the past 10 years, the Supreme Audit Office (NKÚ) carried out 11 audits focusing on the construction or upgrading of terrestrial communications, i.e. motorways and first class roads, rail corridors and the Elbe waterway, where, all in all, dozens of billions of crowns flow in annually. The auditors focused on prices and everything that influenced them. The result? It’s not just the costs that are flexible but also the end dates.