Three new ministers to be appointed on Monday

Three new cabinet ministers will be appointed at the start of next week, Prime Minister Jan Fischer told reporters on Wednesday. The names of the new ministers of environment and European affairs, together with the new head of the cabinet’s legislative council, will be announced later this week, the prime minister added. The current minister for European affairs, Štefan Füle, has been nominated the Czech candidate for Eurocommissioner, while the environment minister Ladislav Miko is set to return to his position in the European Commission. The post of the legislative council chair has been temporarily taken over by the justice minister.