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Czech Republic: Four things you didn’t know about Miloš Zeman

Posted on 18 February 2013 by

 Ever since Miloš Zeman won the Czech presidential elections on 26 January, analysts have been scrambling to say just what his political views actually are – especially his views on foreign policy and the EU.  Never quite as prolific a … Continue reading →

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Czech democracy in the mirror: What the presidential elections tell us

Posted on 5 February 2013 by

The first direct elections of the Czech president offered a refreshing contrast to the back room manoeuvring and political horse-trading that accompanied the election in parliament of presidents Havel and (especially) Klaus. Despite the nastiness of the Zeman campaign and … Continue reading →

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Czech presidential elections: Schwarzenberg comeback sets up close run-off

Posted on 17 January 2013 by

Few observers, even a matter of weeks beforehand, would have predicted the success of the two candidates who will be contesting the second round run-off to choose the Czech Republic’s first directly elected president, which takes place on 25-26 January. … Continue reading →

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Why Miloš Zeman is the Czech comeback kid

Posted on 10 January 2013 by

 The political return of former Social Democrat leader and leading presidential hopeful Miloš Zeman has been one of the more surprising emerging-from-under-the -radar phenomena in Czech politics over the past couple of years.  For most observers of Czech politics Zeman … Continue reading →

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Schwarzenberg: From castle to Castle?

Posted on 20 October 2011 by

And no sooner do I post on Czech Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg at Chatham House than he decides to make waves in Czech domestic politics by announcing that he will be a candidate for the Czech Presidency, when Václav Klaus … Continue reading →

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