Bohuslav Sobotka named new Czech prime minister

Bohuslav Sobotka (aged 42) was named the new prime minister of the Czech Republic after his Social Democrat (CSSD) party's victory in last October's parliamentary elections, the epilogue to a drawn out crisis brought on by corruption and moral scandals. The newly named prime minister will put together a centre-left government by the end of January that will include his CSSD party, the ANO populist movement and the KDU-CSL Christian Democrats. The three members of the coalition have a comfortable…