Czech President and presidential candidate Milos Zeman attends a press conference after the first round of presidential voting in Prague on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. Milos Zeman will face a runoff election in two weeks against former head of the country’s Academy of Sciences Jiri Drahos. (Michal Kamaryt/CTK via AP) (Associated Press)PRAGUE — Czech President Milos Zeman failed to win re-election during the first round of a presidential election Saturday and will face a runoff in two weeks against the former head of the country’s Academy of Sciences. Drahos said that he would like to meet me face to face. Under the Czech Constitution, the president picks the prime minister after a general election, one of the office’s key responsibilities.

Source: Washington Post January 13, 2018 10:11 UTC