Czech prime minister to resign over financial scandal involving luxury apa

[Rose Siding]

PRAGUE, Czech Republic (AP) -- Czech Prime Minister Stanislav Gross said Saturday he would resign and make way for a new coalition government because of a scandal surrounding the financing of his luxury apartment.

Gross did not specify when he would resign, but he said the Czech ambassador to the European Union, Jan Kohout, was his Social Democrat party's candidate to replace him.

The scandal arose over questions of how Gross paid for a luxury apartment. He first said he paid for it with his own money and a mortgage, but then he said he borrowed money from his uncle.

It was later reported that his uncle borrowed the cash from a journalist.

http://wvgazette.com/section/APNews/News/ap0471n

[joeybee12]

1. Was in Prague for two weeks (now in Amsterdam) and every

day this scandal was growing and growing--the apartment scandal ain't the only thing that Grossi was in trouble for. He's only 28.