Czech Republic

The highly-anticipated first televised debate between current Czech president, Miloš Zeman, and his challenger Jiří Drahoš, drew more than two million viewers. Political veteran Zeman dictated much of the tempo and landed more punches but his opponent was seen as holding his own. Most criticised was

The public broadcaster Czech Television (CT) will broadcast the election debate of incumbent President Milos Zeman and former Science of Academy chairman Jiri Drahos in the Prague Rudolfinum building.

Czech President Milos Zeman and his challenger Jiri Drahos will fight in two live broadcast television duels.

Zeman congratulated Drahos and said he was ready to debate him before the Jan. 26-Jan. 27 runoff. Zeman didn’t take part in any debates ahead of the first round of voting.

Czech President Milos Zeman says he is ready to debate challenger Jiri Drahos before the second round of the country's presidential election in two weeks.

Czech presidential candidate Michal Horacek, businessman and lyricist, is going to organise 11 concerts across the country joining debates with these music events, he told journalists in Prague on Friday.