Prague, (CTK) – Stances of Czech presidential candidates Milos Zeman, 73, and Jiri Drahos, 68, who advanced to the runoff vote, on selected issues (in alphabetical order): Amnesty and granting pardons Drahos: He would grant individual pardons for exceptional humanitarian cases only as a last resort for health or social reasons. He would […]
Prague, (CTK) – Jiri Drahos, who ended second in the first round of the Czech direct presidential election this weekend and advanced to the runoff together with incumbent President Milos Zeman, will start the new round of his campaign in the Moravia-Silesia Region, his spokeswoman told CTK today. On Tuesday, Drahos, who is former […]
Prague, Jan 14 (CTK) – Brief profiles of Czech Presidential Office head Vratislav Mynar, 50, and President Milos Zeman’s close aide Martin Nejedly, 51, from which Zeman should distance himself before the presidential runoff according to Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO): Vratislav Mynar: – Mynar has been heading the Presidential Office since 2013. […]
Prague, Jan 14 (CTK) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) considers the European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) report on a suspected EU subsidy fraud related to him biased and the whole Capi hnizdo case turned into a political issue in both Prague and Brussels, he told Prima TV today. Babis repeatedly said he did […]
Prague, Jan 14 (CTK) – The public Czech Television (CT) plans to broadcast a live presidential duel between Milos Zeman and Jiri Drahos on January 25, one day before the runoff, and the Prima TV is preparing another duel of the two rivals. Zeman refused to take part in any debate with the other […]
Prague, Jan 14 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman should get rid of Presidential Office head Vratislav Mynar and his close aide Martin Nejedly and he should explain controversial cases from past five years of his presidency to the public, Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) told Prima TV today. “The president seems to be […]
Bratislava, Jan 14 (CTK) – Academic Jiri Drahos seems to be in a better position before the Czech presidential runoff, but Milos Zeman can defend his post if he manages to win new voters and unsettle Drahos’s supporters, Slovak press writes. Slovak daily Hospodarske noviny says the situation seems to be favourable for Drahos […]
Prague, Jan 13 (CTK) – Most of the unsuccessful Czech presidential candidates support former Sciences Academy head Jiri Drahos in the runoff vote to be held in two weeks, while only Petr Hannig prefers incumbent President Milos Zeman, they told CTK after the first election round today. Zeman, who gained 38.6 percent of the […]
Prague, Jan 13 (CTK) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) supports incumbent President Milos Zeman also before the presidential runoff, he said today shortly before the release of the final results of the first round of the election, from which the victorious Zeman advanced along with academic Jiri Drahos. However, Babis recommended that […]