Bohumil Simek, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Jiri Behounek, Ivana Straska

Bohumil Simek, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Jiri Behounek, Ivana Straska

L-R Bohumil Simek, the governor of South Moravian Region, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the governor of Lower Austria, Jiri Behounek, the governor of Vysocina Region, and Ivana Straska, governor of South Bohemian Region, attend a meeting of Czech governors with Austrian colleagues, on August 26, 2020, in Jihlava, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Bohumil Simek, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Jiri Behounek, Ivana Straska

Bohumil Simek, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Jiri Behounek, Ivana Straska

L-R Bohumil Simek, the governor of South Moravian Region, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, the governor of Lower Austria, Jiri Behounek, the governor of Vysocina Region, and Ivana Straska, governor of South Bohemian Region, attend a meeting of Czech governors with Austrian colleagues, on August 26, 2020, in Jihlava, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

Bohumil Simek, thousands join march in protest at sandy gravel mining

Bohumil Simek, thousands join march in protest at sandy gravel mining

Several thousand people, including politicians, joined march in protest against the planned launch of sandy gravel mining near Moravsky Pisek, on June 13, 2020, which, they say, may endanger the local drinking water source that is the fifth biggest in the Czech Republic. On the left side speaks South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (for ANO). (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

The Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope and in backround Priessnitz spa hotel in Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, June 1st, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

The Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope and in backround Priessnitz spa hotel in Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, June 1st, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

The Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope and in backround Priessnitz spa hotel in Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, June 1st, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

The Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope and in backround Priessnitz spa hotel in Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, June 1st, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

The Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope and in backround Priessnitz spa hotel in Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, June 1st, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope, Priessnitz spa hotel, Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik

The Path of Life by sculptor Jan Simek at South Slope and in backround Priessnitz spa hotel in Priessnitz Spa Resort in Jesenik, Olomouc Region, Czech Republic, June 1st, 2020. (CTK Photo/Libor Sojka)

Bruncvik, statue, Charles Bridge

Bruncvik, statue, Charles Bridge

Bruncvik statue by Ludvik Simek at Charles Bridge, Prague, Czech Republic. The figure of Bruncvik appears in the oldest Czech legends. (CTK Photo/Martina Houdek)

Tomas Petricek, Alexander Schallenberg, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Bohumil Simek, Ivana Cervenkova

Tomas Petricek, Alexander Schallenberg, Johanna Mikl-Leitner, Bohumil Simek, Ivana Cervenkova

Czech Foreign Minister Tomas Petricek (Social Democrats, CSSD), left, Lower Austria Governor Johanna Mikl-Leitner (2nd right), Austrian Foreign Minister Alexander Schallenberg, (centre) visit place between the border towns of Cizov and Hardegg, November 29, 2019, to remember the 30 years since the fall of the Iron Curtain by visiting its last remnants in the Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Lubos Pavlicek)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Igor Zehl)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Igor Zehl)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Igor Zehl)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Igor Zehl)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Igor Zehl)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Stanislav Valehrach (near St Ursula Monastery in Orli street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Stanislav Valehrach (near St Ursula Monastery in Orli street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Danuse Muzikarova, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Danuse Muzikarova (corner of Moravske namesti square and Rasinova street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Stanislav Valehrach (near St Ursula Monastery in Orli street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Stanislav Valehrach (near St Ursula Monastery in Orli street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

memorial plaque to Stanislav Valehrach, victim of Czechoslovak armed forces in August 1969, Brno

South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek (not on the photo) lays a wreath to commemorative plaque for Stanislav Valehrach (near St Ursula Monastery in Orli street), who was shot to death by communist Czechoslovak armed forces, Police and People's Militia (LM) in August 1969 on the first anniversary of the Warsaw Pact invasion in August 1968, in Brno, Czech Republic, on August 21, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vaclav Salek)

The Constitutional Court is celebrating its 25th anniversary

The Constitutional Court is celebrating its 25th anniversary

National and ethnic inward looking and xenophobia are posing a threat to the present-day Europe, Czech Constitutional Court chairman Pavel Rychetsky said in a speech he delivered on the 100th anniversary of the birth of Czechoslovakia in the Constitutional Court's renovated conference hall today, on Wednesday, October 24, 2018. The Constitutional Court is celebrating its 25th anniversary. Today's meeting was opened by Brno Choir Kantilena and attended by both current and past constitutional judges, other representatives of the judiciary and politicians. On the photo Pavel Rychetsky, left, welcomes South Moravia Region Governor Bohumil Simek. (CTK Photo/Monika Hlavacova)