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Populist ex-Czech prime minister and candidate in the presedential election, Andrej Babis, votes in the village of Pruhonice just after the polling stations opened for the election's first round. Babis, 68, is the fifth wealthiest person in the Czech Republic, according to Forbes magazine, and is facing a general and an academic leading in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES
Retired NATO general Petr Pavel votes in the Czech presidential election run-off in which he is expected to beat billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis. The victor will replace Milos Zeman, an outspoken and divisive politician who nursed close ties with Moscow before making a U-turn when Russia invaded Ukraine last year. Former paratrooper Pavel topped final opinion polls with 58-59 percent support, compared with 41-42 percent for Babis. IMAGES
Retired NATO general Petr Pavel gives a speech to his crowd of supporters after winning the Czech presidential election. Pavel, a former paratrooper, won 58 percent of votes while his rival billionaire former prime minister Andrej Babis scored 42 percent, with 99 percent of the vote counted, according to the Czech Statistical Office. IMAGES
Former NATO general Petr Pavel reacts to the results of the second round of the presidential election, in a speech to a cheering crowd in Prague, Czech Republic. Pavel, a former paratrooper, won 56.76 percent of votes while former prime minister Andrej Babis scored 43.23 percent, with over 85 percent of the vote counted, according to the Czech Statistical Office. IMAGES
Prague, May 20 (EFE / EPA).- (CAMERA: Martin Divisek) Protest against Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis and the Minister of Justice in Wenceslas Square in Prague to ask for Babis's resignation, due to alleged conflicts of interest involving his former conglomerate Agrofert that he founded and also the organizers demanded the resignation of the Minister of Justice, Marie Benesova, after leaving the Supreme State Prosecutor Pavel Zeman.
Prague (Czech Republic), Dec 10 (EFE / EPA) .- Tens of thousands of people demonstrated Tuesday in Prague to request the resignation of Prime Minister Andrej Babis for his conflicts of interest and after the criminal process against him for alleged abuses with community funds was reopened.(CAMERA: Martin Divisek)
Retired Czech army general and candidate in the 2023 presedential election, Petr Pavel, votes in the village of Cernoucek as the polling stations have just opened for the election's first round. Pavel, 61, served as the chief of the Czech general staff and chair of NATO's military committee and is a former paratrooper decorated as a hero of the Serbo-Croatian war. He is facing a billionaire and an academic in a likely two-round vote seen as too close to call. IMAGES
Denmark's incumbent Prime Minister and head of the Social Democrats Mette Frederiksen votes in what promises to be a tight election in which the balance of power could be tipped by which side of the political divide manages to woo the middle ground. The latest polls give the left-wing "red bloc", led by incumbent Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen's Social Democrats, 49.1 percent against 42.4 percent for the "blues", an informal liberal and conservative alliance, supported by three populist parties. IMAGES