Czech TV: 850,000 tune in to watch inaugural speech

Roughly 850,000 TV viewers over the age of 15 tuned in on Friday to watch President Miloš Zeman’s inaugural speech – 60 percent of viewers in the 11 am time slot, public broadcaster Czech TV reported. The reported figures are preliminary. Mr Zeman’s speech attracted more viewers at home than his predecessor’s a day earlier. Václav Klaus, on Thursday, gave a final speech that was seen by 647,000 viewers. Miloš Zeman is the Czech Republic’s third president but is the first to have been elected directly and not by lawmakers in Parliament.

Author: Jan Velinger