 After Pavla Topolánková announced her candidacy for Senate in one of city of Ostrava's election districts (against Mirek Topolánek's party colleague), it became obvious that the marriage was in crisis.In January 2007 Topolánek publicly announced that he lives with Lucie Talmanová, his mistress and party colleague.Topoláneks' divorce was finalised in February 2010.