Diplomat and historian Miloš Pojar dies aged 71

Former diplomat and historian Miloš Pojar died unexpectedly on Monday, the website Lidovky.cz has reported. Mr Pojar was an editor for the publishing house of the Academy of Sciences and wrote a number of books on Judaism and Israel, but was banned from publishing his work during the Soviet occupation. After the fall of communism he served as the country’s first ambassador to Israel, a post currently held by his son, Tomáš. He was 71 years old.