Stock Photo - ***OCTOBER 1st, 2009 FILE PHOTO*** Petra Prochazkova, Czech daily Lidove noviny's (LN) reporter mainly known for her articles from the conflict-ridden Caucasus, has announced her departure from LN after 27 years, on September 24, 2018, citing the LN management's incapability of protecting her against the influence of PM Andrej Babis. Prochazkova's announcement on Twitter has been cited by the Neovlivni.cz server. Prochazkova, 53, mentioned a text allegedly addressed to LN by a humanitarian organisation's representative and supporting Babis's position in the ongoing domestic dispute on Prague's approach to Syrian refugees. The text was in fact sent to the LN office by Babis's assistant, Prochazkova wrote. In reaction to her, LN editor-in-chief Istvan Leko has written on the daily's web, Lidovky.cz, that the web published a text concerning the current dispute over the acceptance of Syrian orphans, which was provided to it by the Government Office and which was signed by Tatjana Horakova, allegedly a doctor. Prochazkova is popular for her reportages from the places of war conflicts that broke out in the Caucasus after the collapse of the Soviet Union. She also succeeded in infiltrating guerilla fighters in East Timor. She devoted her efforts to helping in Chechnya for several years. In 2000, she interrupted her work as a war reporter in Grozny and established a home for several dozens of war orphans there. In the same year, Russian authorities branded her persona non grata and she had to leave Russia.In 2001-2002, Prochazkova was a reporter and correspondent in Afghanistan. He is a holder of the Frantisek Kriegel Prize, a Czech award bestowed on people for showing civic courage regardless of personal profit and possible risks. After the 1989 fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia, she was a member of the first team of the LN daily that was reestablished after a communist ban. (CTK PHOTO/Josef Horazny)