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VOLLEY - CEV Cup Women - Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs CS Volej Alba BLAJ

VALKOVA Katerina (CS Volei Alba BLAJ) on action During CEV Volleyball Cup- Final - Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs CS Volei Alba BLAJ during Igor Gorgonzola Novara vs CS Volej Alba BLAJ, Volleyball CEV Cup Women match in Novara, Italy, March 25 2025

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(SP)THE NETHERLANDS-ARNHEM-VOLLEYBALL-WOMEN'S WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP-BRAZIL VS CZECH REPUBLIC

(220925) -- ARNHEM, Sept. 25, 2022 (Xinhua) -- Katerina Valkova (R) of the Czech Republic serves during the Phase 1 Pool D match between Brazil and the Czech Republic in the 2022 Volleyball Women's World Championship in Arnhem, the Netherlands, Sept. 24, 2022. (Xinhua/Meng Dingbo)

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Paris Grand Slam Judo Event

Women -63 kg, Angelika SZYMANSKA of Poland (blue) Bronze medal throws Ekaterina VALKOVA of Russia and wins by ippon with a Kouchi Gari (or Ko-Uchi-Gari) during the Paris Grand Slam 2021, Judo event on October 16, 2021 at AccorHotels Arena in Paris, France. Photo by Victor Joly/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Roma Holocaust victims commemorative event at Namesti Miru

L-R Czech Government Human Rights Commissioner Helena Valkova, former Czech ombudsman Anna Sabatova and journalist and former politician Petr Uhl attend the commemorative event to remember victims of Roma Holocaust, entitled Leperiben: We Do Not Forget, took place at Namesti Miru, Prague, Czech Republic, on Sunday, August 2nd, 2020. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Helena Valkova, Branislava Marvanova Vargova, Klara Laurencikova

Government committee for the rights of children chairwoman Klara Laurencikova, from left, government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova and Rosa organisation member and psychologist Branislava Marvanova Vargova, give briefing on domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Government Office, Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Helena Valkova, Branislava Marvanova Vargova, Klara Laurencikova

Government committee for the rights of children chairwoman Klara Laurencikova, from left, government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova and Rosa organisation member and psychologist Branislava Marvanova Vargova, give briefing on domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Government Office, Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Helena Valkova, Branislava Marvanova Vargova, Klara Laurencikova

Government committee for the rights of children chairwoman Klara Laurencikova attends briefing on domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Government Office, Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Helena Valkova

Government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova attends briefing on domestic violence during the COVID-19 pandemic, in Government Office, Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, April 16, 2020. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

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Helena Valkova, Tomas Nemecek

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), left, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek (right) told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), right, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO), photo, remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Tomas Nemecek

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO) remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek (photo) told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Tomas Nemecek

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO) remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek (photo) told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Tomas Nemecek

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO) remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek (photo) told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Tomas Nemecek

Lower house deputy Helena Valkova (ANO) remains government human rights commissioner and will not step down after Czech media criticised her for publishing a joint article with Communist prosecutor Josef Urvalek, government human rights commission member Tomas Nemecek (photo) told CTK today, on Thursday, January 16, 2020. Valkova, who also chairs the Chamber of Deputies committee on petitions, gained the support of the majority of the members of the government human rights commission, with two members, lawyer Nemecek and academic Hubert Smekal from the Masaryk University's Faculty of Social Sciences, resigning in protest. Urvalek is notorious for his lead role in the 1950s Communist show trials. When asked about the article she wrote with Urvalek in the second half of the 1970s, Valkova said she was not aware of his history and considered her work to be purely professional. The government human rights commission has 25 members, 15 of which represent government institutions and 10, including Nemecek and Smekal, represent the public. (CTK Photo/Roman Vondrous)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on November 20, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Rene Fluger)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on September 26, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on December 4, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on December 4, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on November 25, 2013, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Rene Fluger)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on May 6, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on December 4, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on November 20, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Rene Fluger)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on December 4, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Helena Valkova

President Milos Zeman proposed former justice minister and current government human rights commissioner Helena Valkova (ANO), pictured, for ombudsman to the Chamber of Deputies in a letter to the lower house, released by Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek. Current Ombudsman Anna Sabatova's six-year term ends in February 2020. The Chamber of Deputies will elect her successor from the candidates who can be nominated by Zeman and the Senate. On the file photo is seen Valkova on December 4, 2019, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Ondrej Deml)

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Helena Valkova, Katerina Saldova, petition demanding signing the Istanbul Convention

Katerina Saldova (right) of Amnesty International Czech Republic handed over a petition with 10,000 signatures demanding signing the Istanbul Convention on elimination of violence against women, to Committee on Petitions Chairwoman Helena Valkova (left), in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

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Helena Valkova, Ivana Schneiderova, petition demanding signing the Istanbul Convention

A woman (right) hand over a petition with 10,000 signatures demanding signing the Istanbul Convention on elimination of violence against women, to Committee on Petitions Chairwoman Helena Valkova (left), in Prague, Czech Republic, on November 6, 2018. On the center of the photo is seen initiator of a petition Ivana Schneiderova. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)