With all the votes counted, the Czech Statistics Office said Zeman received 51.4 per cent of the vote during the two-day runoff election. PRAGUE, CZECH REPUBLIC—The Czech Republic’s pro-Russia president won a second five-year term Saturday after beating a political newcomer viewed as more Western-oriented in a runoff vote. Zeman, 73, a veteran of Czech politics and former left-wing prime minister, won his first term in 2013 during the Czech Republic’s first presidential election decided by voters, not lawmakers. He also has proposed a referendum on the Czech Republic’s membership in the European Union like the one held in Britain. Zeman is the Czech Republic’s third president, after Vaclav Havel and Vaclav Klaus, since the country and Slovakia were created from Czechoslovakia in 1993.

Source: thestar January 27, 2018 15:56 UTC