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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2023

Jiri Smejkal (from left) and Vladimir Sobotka of team Czech Republic and Nick Bonino (second left), Casey DeSmith, Connor Mackey and Sean Farrell of team USA in action during the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships quarter-final match between USA and Czech Republic in Tampere on May 25, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2023

Connor Mackey (left), Casey DeSmith, Nick Perbix and Nick Bonino of team USA and Jiri Smejkal (left) and Vladimir Sobotka of team Czech Republic in action during the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships quarter-final match between USA and Czech Republic in Tampere on May 25, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships 2023

Vladimir Sobotka of Czech Republic (2nd right) in action against goalkeeper Casey DeSmith and Nick Perbix (25) of USA during the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championships quarter-final match between USA and Czech Republic in Tampere on May 25, 2023. LEHTIKUVA / EMMI KORHONEN - FINLAND OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. (Credit:Emmi Korhonen/Lehtikuva/Kyodo News Images)

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(SP)LATVIA-RIGA-2023 IIHF ICE HOCKEY WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP-CAN VS CZE

(230524) -- RIGA, May 24, 2023 (Xinhua) -- Canada's defenceman MacKenzie Weegar (R) vies with Czech Republic's forward Vladimir Sobotka during the Group B match between Canada and the Czech Republic at the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Riga, Latvia, May 23, 2023. (Photo by Edijs Palens/Xinhua)

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Czech premier joins Velvet Revolution anniversary event

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (foreground) lays flowers and lights a candle in Prague on Nov. 17, 2014, as Czechs commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that ushered in the return of democracy to the country.

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THE WIRE

THE WIRE -- Series#2, Episode#9/Stray Rounds

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Czech premier joins Velvet Revolution anniversary event

PRAGUE, Czech Republic - Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (foreground) lays flowers and lights a candle in Prague on Nov. 17, 2014, as Czechs commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 1989 Velvet Revolution that ushered in the return of democracy to the country. (Kyodo)

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Michal Hasek

Interior Minister Hamacek named former regional governor, former CSSD first deputy head Michal Hasek (photo) as new deputy minister replacing Kulhanek, on Tuesday, April 27, 2021. In the mid-2010s, Hasek left top politics over a controversy on the Czech political scene following the 2013 general election. Hasek, the former governor of South Moravia and former head of the Czech Regions' Association, attended the so-called Lany meeting, at which several high-ranking CSSD officials negotiated with President Milos Zeman about unseating Bohuslav Sobotka as the leader of the CSSD and its team negotiating about the formation of the new government in the autumn 2013. Sobotka then survived the attempted internal coup, became prime minister and many of his opponents withdrew from high posts. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Premysl Sobotka, Libuse Benesova, Jaroslav Kubera, Petr Pithart, Milan Stech

L-R Former Heads of Czech Senate Premysl Sobotka and Libuse Benesova, current Head of Czech Senate Jaroslav Kubera, former Czech Prime Minister, first Head of the renewed Senate and dissident Petr Pithart and former Head of Czech Senate Milan Stech pose for a family photo during a meeting of senators on the occasion of 30th anniversary of Velvet Revolution in 1989, in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 14, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Premysl Sobotka

Premysl Sobotka, former Head of Czech Senate, speaks during a meeting of senators on the occasion of 30th anniversary of Velvet Revolution in 1989, in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 14, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Premysl Sobotka, Libuse Benesova, Jaroslav Kubera, Petr Pithart, Milan Stech

L-R Former Heads of Czech Senate Premysl Sobotka and Libuse Benesova, current Head of Czech Senate Jaroslav Kubera, former Czech Prime Minister, first Head of the renewed Senate and dissident Petr Pithart and former Head of Czech Senate Milan Stech pose for a family photo during a meeting of senators on the occasion of 30th anniversary of Velvet Revolution in 1989, in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 14, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Premysl Sobotka

Premysl Sobotka, former Head of Czech Senate, speaks during a meeting of senators on the occasion of 30th anniversary of Velvet Revolution in 1989, in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 14, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Lukas Cernohorsky

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates, photo) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Lubomir Volny, Lukas Cernohorsky, Josef Hajek, Vaclav Klaus Jr

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. On the photo from left Lubomir Volny, Lukas Cernohorsky, Josef Hajek and Vaclav Klaus Jr. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Lukas Cernohorsky, Josef Hajek

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. On the photo from left Lukas Cernohorsky and Josef Hajek. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Klaus Jr

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. On the photo Vaclav Klaus Jr. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Lukas Cernohorsky, Josef Hajek

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. On the photo from left Lukas Cernohorsky and Josef Hajek. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Lukas Cernohorsky

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates, photo) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Lukas Cernohorsky

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates, photo) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Vaclav Klaus Jr

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. On the photo Vaclav Klaus Jr. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Lubomir Volny, Lukas Cernohorsky

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. On the photo from left Lubomir Volny and Lukas Cernohorsky. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Lubomir Volny, Lukas Cernohorsky, Josef Hajek, Vaclav Klaus Jr

The Czech lower house commission for the investigation of the OKD coal mining company's privatisation will file a criminal complaint against four former ministers, including former Social Democrat (CSSD) prime minister Bohuslav Sobotka, the commission members announced today, on Tuesday, October 8, 2019. Commission head Lukas Cernohorsky (Pirates) said the commission also proposed that former ministers Milan Urban (CSSD), Vladimir Dlouhy and Jiri Skalicky (both Civic Democratic Alliance, ODA) as well as entrepreneurs Zdenek Bakala and Viktor Kolacek, who were linked to OKD, Czech National Property Fund (FNM) former head Roman Ceska and other persons be prosecuted. The lower house of Czech parliament declared two years ago that the privatisation of the OKD black coal miner that occurred in 2004 was disadvantageous for the state both economically and socially. On the photo from left Lubomir Volny, Lukas Cernohorsky, Josef Hajek and Vaclav Klaus Jr. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Milos Zeman, Wolfgang Sobotka

Czech President Milos Zeman (left) meet Austrian lower house chairman Wolfgang Sobotka in Vienna, Austria, April 3, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Milos Zeman, Wolfgang Sobotka

Czech President Milos Zeman (left) meet Austrian lower house chairman Wolfgang Sobotka in Vienna, Austria, April 3, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Milos Zeman, Wolfgang Sobotka

Czech President Milos Zeman (left) meet Austrian lower house chairman Wolfgang Sobotka in Vienna, Austria, April 3, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

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Daniel Sobotka

Daniel Sobotka, Director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, poses during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on January 22, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Daniel Sobotka

Daniel Sobotka, Director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, poses during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on January 22, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Daniel Sobotka

Daniel Sobotka, Director of the Prague Symphony Orchestra, poses during an interview for the Czech News Agency (CTK), on January 22, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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NIKO SUIHKONEN, MILOSLAV MAREL, VLADIMIR SOBOTKA

From left NIKO SUIHKONEN of Sastamala and MILOSLAV MAREL, VLADIMIR SOBOTKA both of Kladno in action during the CEV Champions league match Kladno of Czech Republic vs Sastamala of Finland in Kladno, Czech Republic, December 20, 2018. (CTK Photo/Michal Kamaryt)

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Czech PM Sobotka meets Japanese PM Abe in Tokyo

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2017, after a joint news conference following their talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Czech PM Sobotka meets Japanese PM Abe in Tokyo

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd from R) hold talks at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2017, ahead of their talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Czech PM Sobotka meets Japanese PM Abe in Tokyo

Czech Republic Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka (L) and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe shake hands at the prime minister's office in Tokyo on June 27, 2017, ahead of their talks. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo