Current Affairs Topolánek’s Tuscan holiday becomes national cause célèbre

03-08-2009 16:52 | Rob Cameron

There’s usually at least one big news story that breaks the torpid waters of the so-called “cucumber” or silly season, that time of year when Czech editors and reporters are desperate for stories because the country’s political and social elite are all off on holiday. Well, this year, ironically, the holiday is the story – the holiday taken by Civic Democrat leader Mirek Topolánek at a villa in Tuscany. So what’s so controversial about it?

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