Czech presidential election

Klaus, Zeman: Kosovo a terrorist state, Prague should not have recognised it

PRAGUE - In an interview marking 25 years of their country's NATO membership, former Czech presidents Vaclav Klaus and Milos Zeman told public television broadcaster Ceska televize the 1999 NATO bombing of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia was a huge mistake and that the so-called Kosovo was a terrorist state Prague should not have recognised.

Zeman to visit Serbia on January 30

PRAGUE - Czech President Milos Zeman will visit Serbia on Monday, January 30, it was announced in Prague on Friday.

The trip to Belgrade will be Zeman's farewell visit at the end of his five-year presidential term.

He is scheduled to meet with Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, with whom he will also open the renovated Czech House.

Presidential election campaign gets going in earnest

Ljubljana – Today is the first day when candidates vying to become Slovenia’s new president in the 23 October election can submit their candidacy, and voters can formally support their candidates with signatures.

The candidates have until 28 September to submit their candidacy with the National Electoral Commission.

New Czech Government Awaits Presidential Nod; Then What?

The president is still to appoint the other 17 ministerial nominees. That's meant to be a formality, but Zeman is a master of turning such formalities into political drama.

The president has told the country that he plans to object to one ministerial nomination. While he didn't name anybody, the proposal of Jan Lipavsky as foreign minister is widely assumed to be the target.