Czech Republic holds presidential election

STORY: Czech Republic holds presidential election DATELINE: Jan. 14, 2023 LENGTH: 00:02:07 LOCATION: Prague CATEGORY: POLITICS SHOTLIST: 1. Prague and Prague Castle 2. various of posters 3. the three main candidates for president Andrej Babis, Danuse Nerudova, and Petr Pavel 4. polling station at a school in the center of Prague 5. people casting vote STORYLINE: Voters in the Czech Republic went to the polls on Friday to elect a new head of state for the next 5 years to succeed incumbent President Milos Zeman. Voting started at 2:00 p.m. on Friday and will continue on Saturday. About 8.3 million citizens are reportedly eligible to vote. Voters will choose from a pool of eight candidates. They are: former Prime Minister Andrej Babis, 68; member of the Chamber of Deputies Jaroslav Basta, 74; Senators Pavel Fischer, 57, and Marek Hilser, 46; economist Danuse Nerudova, 44, the only female candidate; retired General Petr Pavel, 61; entrepreneur Karel Divis, 46; and former university Rector Tomas Zima, 56. Ba

Pavel Divis, Milos Vystrcil, Joseph Wu, You Si-kun, Taiwan

Pavel Divis, Milos Vystrcil, Joseph Wu, You Si-kun, Taiwan

(L-R) Czech-Taiwan Chamber of Commerce chairman Pavel Divis, Czech Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, Taiwanese Foreign Minister Joseph Wu and parliament head You Si-kun during their meeting in Taipei, Taiwan, September 3, 2020. Milos Vystrcil, accompanied by a 90-member delegation, comprised of politicians, businesspeople, representatives of scientific and culture institutions and journalists, came to Taiwan on Sunday, August 30, where he will stay until Friday, September 4, 2020. Vystrcil, one of the highest world politicians to visit Taiwan in the modern history, will meet supreme Taiwanese representatives, such as President Tsai Ing-wen, Prime Minister Su Tseng-chang, parliament head You Si-kun and several ministers. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Divis, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Pavel Divis, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

L-R Head of Czech Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, Czech-Taiwanese Business Chamber president Pavel Divis, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and right Head of Senate Committee for Social Policy and Health Care Lumir Kantor attend a press briefing before Senate delegation's departure for Taiwan to present details and programme of visit by Senate chairman Vystrcil and another seven senators, on August 27, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Pavel Divis, Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

Pavel Divis, Pavel Fischer, Milos Vystrcil, Jiri Ruzicka, Lumir Kantor

L-R Czech-Taiwanese Business Chamber president Pavel Divis, Head of Czech Senate committee for foreign affairs, defence and security Pavel Fischer, Senate chairman Milos Vystrcil, Senate deputy chairman Jiri Ruzicka and Head of Senate Committee for Social Policy and Health Care Lumir Kantor attend a press briefing before Senate delegation's departure for Taiwan to present details and programme of visit by Senate chairman Vystrcil and another seven senators, on August 27, 2020, in Prague, Czech Republic. (CTK Photo/Michal Krumphanzl)

Eva Kotkova

Eva Kotkova

Four Czech Lions Film and Television Awards went to Hastrman (The Hastrman), a film by Ondrej Havelka, which is a Romantic satirical story of a nobleman in love. It won the best music (Petr Wajsar), camera (Divis Marek) and costumes Eva Kotkova, pictured, categories, and the best actor award for Karel Dobry in Prague, Czech Republic, March 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Karel Dobry

Karel Dobry

Four Czech Lions Film and Television Awards went to Hastrman (The Hastrman), a film by Ondrej Havelka, which is a Romantic satirical story of a nobleman in love. It won the best music (Petr Wajsar), camera (Divis Marek) and costumes (Eva Kotkova) categories, and the best actor award for Karel Dobry (pictured) in Prague, Czech Republic, March 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Ondrej Havelka

Ondrej Havelka

Four Czech Lions Film and Television Awards went to Hastrman (The Hastrman), a film by Ondrej Havelka, (pictured) which is a Romantic satirical story of a nobleman in love. It won the best music Petr Wajsar, camera for Divis Marek and costumes Eva Kotkova categories, and the best actor award for Karel Dobry in Prague, Czech Republic, March 23, 2019. Ondrej Havelka holds award for Marek Divis. (CTK Photo/Vit Simanek)

Karel Dobry

Karel Dobry

Four Czech Lions Film and Television Awards went to Hastrman (The Hastrman), a film by Ondrej Havelka, which is a Romantic satirical story of a nobleman in love. It won the best music (Petr Wajsar), camera (Divis Marek) and costumes (Eva Kotkova) categories, and the best actor award for Karel Dobry (pictured) in Prague, Czech Republic, March 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)

Karel Dobry

Karel Dobry

Four Czech Lions Film and Television Awards went to Hastrman (The Hastrman), a film by Ondrej Havelka, which is a Romantic satirical story of a nobleman in love. It won the best music (Petr Wajsar), camera (Divis Marek) and costumes (Eva Kotkova) categories, and the best actor award for Karel Dobry (pictured) in Prague, Czech Republic, March 23, 2019. (CTK Photo/Katerina Sulova)