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Current AffairsFirst day of voting in presidential elections inconclusive
It’s been a long day at Prague Castle. After hours of deadlock, Czech
lawmakers finally started voting on who should be the country’s next
president. The Czech Republic’s 200 deputies and 81 senators spent over
ten
hours trying to agree on how the elections should be conducted. After
deciding that it was to be by public vote, and not secret ballot, at
around
8pm on Friday evening, voting for the country’s next president got
underway. Two rounds of voting on Friday night failed to produce a
president, with neither candidate clinching a sufficient number of votes.
The election will continue at 10am on Saturday. Ian Willoughby has been
watching the drama unfold at Prague Castle all day. He told Radio Prague
what it had been like: More
Current AffairsBetting shops give odds for Czech presidential election
Czechs may not be able to vote in Fridays presidential election but many
have placed a bet on their outcome. All three of the major Czech betting
shops have presented odds for either a Klaus or a Švejnar victory. Despite
candidate Jan Švejnar’s recent rise in popularity, the odds still firmly
remain in president Klaus’ favour.
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Current AffairsBehind every great man... - a profile of the two potential first ladies
We’ve heard a lot over the last couple of days about the presidential
candidates Jan Svejnar and Vaclav Klaus, but you know what they say -
behind every great man, there’s a great woman. Here is a profile of the
lives and achievements of the Czech Republic’s two current candidates
for
the first-lady post. More
Special“Red stars over Bethlehem”: 90 years of Czech and Czechoslovak presidents
We have heard plenty in recent weeks from the two candidates in this
year’s Czech presidential elections. But what about their predecessors?
The Czech Republic and previously Czechoslovakia have had ten presidents
since 1918 when Czechoslovakia was founded, and in this programme we let
some of them speak for themselves through Czech Radio’s archives.
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Election SpecialVáclav Klaus: the experienced and predictable
Václav Klaus is a hot favourite in Friday’s presidential election.
Backed by the ruling Civic Democrats in both houses of Parliament, he will
only need 20 votes from other parties’ electors to win a second term in
office. But his apparent advantage over challenger Jan Švejnar –
experience in politics, originality of thought, and unwavering support for
what he refers to as ‘Czech national interests’ – might also prove to
be his greatest weakness.
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