A tough, outspoken chain smoker who loves a glass of wine, Europe-friendly veteran left-winger Milos Zeman replaces ardent eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus as president of the Czech Republic.
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- May 19, 2013
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The burly, silver-haired Zeman garnered 54.82-per cent support with virtually all votes counted, against 45.17 per cent for Schwarzenberg, having also won the January 11-12 first round in a field...
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The two-day second round will end a decade under Eurosceptic Vaclav Klaus, but few dared to predict who would succeed him, with veteran leftist Milos Zeman and Karel Schwarzenberg, the blue-...
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