PM says head of domestic espionage service will be replaced when replacement found

The head of the Czech domestic spying and counter terrorism service, BIS, will only be replaced when a replacement has been selected by the government, Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka has said. Minister of Interior Milan Chovanec told reporters on Monday that Jiří Lang had made a request to leave the service and post he has held for the last 13 years. The timing when he will quit the post was not specified. The daily Mladá Fronta Dnes suggested that Lang will in the near future head the National Security Authority which is responsible for making sure that measures are in place to guarantee the safe operating of government and other state agencies.

Author: Chris Johnstone