Government spokeswoman resigns after claims that her official resume included inaccurate information

The government spokeswoman Veronika Skorepova has resigned following reports in the Czech media that she had padded her official resume. Ms Skorepova was previously assistant to the newly appointed Prime Minister, Jiri Paroubek, during his tenure as local development minister. Czech media had reported on Friday that she had listed on her resume at least one organisation for which she had never worked. Ms Skorepova said she had been the target of a "negative media campaign" and denied that she had false information in her resume. She said was leaving her post only because she did not want to discredit the new government in any way.

Author: David Vaughan