London, (CTK) – A possible defeat of President Milos Zeman in the forthcoming presidential election “could profoundly affect Czech politics, particularly the future of the recently installed prime minister, Andrej Babis, who heads a minority government heavily dependent on the current president’s support for its survival,” the British daily The Guardian writes today. The […]
Berlin, (CTK) – Incumbent President Milos Zeman is a boor, egomaniac and populist with the biggest chances to succeed in the forthcoming Czech presidential election and if he succeeds, he will keep dividing Europe, the German press writes today. The server of the paper Tagesspiegel features a commentary headlined “A Boor at Prague Castle.” […]
Prague, (CTK) – The Czech direct presidential election, whose first round will be held on January 12-13 with the final results being known on Saturday evening, will decide whether incumbent President Milos Zeman will keep his post or whether any of his rivals will replace him. If none of the candidates wins a majority […]
Prague, (CTK) – Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) will support incumbent President Milos Zeman in the forthcoming direct presidential election, he told a press conference today, adding that this is his own opinion and not an official stance of the ANO movement. ANO will not take any official position on the direct presidential […]
The Czech president, Miloš Zeman, has been accused of promoting a climate of “vulgarity, incompetence and corruption” as the Czech Republic heads into a presidential election widely seen as a referendum on his controversial brand of anti-immigrant populism and the country’s place in the western alliance. The scathing critique has been issued by a rival candidate, […]
Prague, (CTK) – The Civic Democratic Party (ODS) will not support Prime Minister Andrej Babis’s government in the confidence vote because it was only agreed on by President Milos Zeman and Babis (ANO), ODS leader Petr Fiala said in the debate in the Chamber of Deputies before the vote today. Communist (KSCM) leader Vojtech […]
Prague, (CTK) – Czech presidential candidates sharply criticise President Milos Zeman’s Tuesday speech at a ceremony launching the celebrations of the 100-year anniversary of Czechoslovakia’s birth for his vulgar expressions as well as the way of interpreting history, they told CTK today. Zeman, who seeks re-election, said in his official address that the Czechoslovak […]
Prague, (CTK) – The Czech Journalists’ Syndicate criticised President Milos Zeman’s spokesman Jiri Ovcacek for refusing to answer questions on the funding of Zeman’s election campaign, and thereby limiting the freedom of information, the syndicate wrote on Twitter today. When asked about the funding of Zeman’s campaign by the daily Hospodarske noviny (HN) and […]
Prague, (CTK) – The lower house of Czech parliament is playing political games, while ANO’s minority government wants to work for the benefit of the people, Prime Minister Andrej Babis (ANO) said shortly before he would ask the lower house to support his government today. A government cannot rule the country for a long […]