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With 99 percent of the vote counted in the country’s general elections it is increasingly clear that voters have turned away from the two big parties, the Civic and Social Democrats. Though slightly in the lead with 22.1 percent of the vote the Social Democrats are disappointed by the outcome, which makes it impossible for them to form a centre-left coalition.  More

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Czechs are going to the polls to cast their ballot in elections to the lower house of Parliament. At the end of a long and sometimes aggressive campaign, the field is still wide open, with neither of the two main parties, the Social and Civic Democrats, expected to win a clear majority of the vote.  More

Current Affairs2010 election marks third time Czechs abroad able to take part in vote

This Thursday and Friday marks the third time Czechs abroad – from as far away as Japan or the US – have been able to take part in the national election. Polling stations abroad opened at 14 pm on Thursday – a day earlier than they opened in the Czech Republic. Worldwide as many as 6,000 Czechs expatriates are expected to cast their ballot.  More