Culture minister failed to claim co-ownership in company and property in Florida

The Minister of Culture, Jiří Besser, failed to claim his co-ownership in a US-based company and property in Florida worth 230,000 dollars, the website Insider reports. The minister says that he had informed his partners in Comoros Group that he would be leaving the company, and had only recently found that he was still registered as a partner. The news site Aktuálně.cz also reported on Friday that Mr Besser’s partner in the company, Pavel Hrách, was convicted one month ago of bribing the manager of a consolidation agency. Mr Besser has said the company never undertook any business activity and generated no profit, but says he is prepared to take legal responsibility for his oversights.