Zeman to appoint Blatny new Czech health minister on Thursday

Czech President Milos Zeman will appoint Brno Teaching Hospital deputy director Jan Blatny as health minister on Thursday at 12:00, with Blatny replacing Roman Prymula in the post, Zeman's spokesman Jiri Ovcacek announced on Twitter today. Zeman received Blatny in Lany, a presidential manor near Prague, earlier today. Their meeting lasted about an hour.