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The Czech Prime Minister Milos Zeman had to face a barrage of criticism for remarks about the Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat he made in interviews for an Israeli newspaper and television earlier this week. Although Mr Zeman claims he had been misquoted - possibly due to an ill-chosen phrase in English - his words caused a diplomatic scandal. By .

While in Prague Lubomir Strougal was celebrating his court victory this week, another case in Germany was drawing to a close. The appeal against the life-sentence for a 90-year-old Nazi war criminal, Anthon Malloth was rejected by the German Supreme Court on Thursday. Malloth was one of the cruelest guards in the Terezin concentration camp north of Prague, and was widely known for his unscrupulous brutality and violent anti-Semitism. reports: