Prague, Jan 13 (CTK) – Prague is the only region of the Czech Republic where former Sciences Academy head Jiri Drahos won in the first round of the presidential election, gaining 35 percent of the vote from 216,167 Praguers, according to the final results that the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) released today. Incumbent President […]
Prague, Jan 13 (CTK) – Czech President Milos Zeman, 73, is ready to meet former Science Academy (AV) president Jiri Drahos, 68, his rival in the second round of the presidential election, in a TV debate before the runoff vote, he told reporters today after almost all votes were counted. Zeman avoided public debates […]
Prague, Jan 13 (CTK) – Incumbent President Milos Zeman and Academy of Sciences former head Jiri Drahos advanced to the Czech presidential runoff today, according to the final results of the first round of the direct presidential election that the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) released tonight. Zeman won 38.56 percent of the vote and […]
Prague, Ceske Budejovice, South Bohemia, Jan 12 (CTK) – Czech Communist (KSCM) leader Vojtech Filip and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD) chairman Tomio Okamura supported incumbent President Milos Zeman in the presidential election today, they have told journalists. Filip said Zeman suited most the Communists’ conditions. Okamura said the current head of state […]
Sucha Loz, South Moravia,/Prague, Plzen, West Bohemia, Jan 12 (CTK) – Petr Gazdik, leader of the Mayors and Independents (STAN), and TOP 09 leader Jiri Pospisil voted for the former Science Academy chairman Jiri Drahos in the first round of the presidential election today, they told journalists. Gazdik said Drahos was an experienced personality […]
Prague, Jan 12 (CTK) – The half-naked Femen activist who attacked President Milos Zeman at the polling station on the first day of the presidential election today was detained and is investigated over breach of the peace, Prague police spokesman Tomas Hulan has told journalists. The woman, identified as Femen activist Angelina Diash, had […]
Prague, Jan 12 (CTK) – Calls on President Milos Zeman’s voters not to take part in the presidential election’s first round for he advances to the second round automatically as the current head of state are disinformation, the Interior Ministry said in a press release today. People have been sharing this call on Zeman’s […]
Prague, Jan 12 (CTK) – Roughly two-fifths of Czechs have taken part in the first day of the first round of the presidential election today, the election staff has told journalists. The interest ranged between 30 to 50 percent in various regions and municipalities. The biggest turnout seems to have been in Prague […]
Prague, (CTK) – The Freedom and Direct Democracy movement (SPD) has called on its members and proponents to take part in the presidential election upcoming on January 12-13 and recommended them to vote for the incumbent Czech President Milos Zeman. SPD chairman Tomio Okamura announced already on Wednesday that he personally would vote for […]