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In the first round of presidential elections, former Prime Minister Miloš Zeman and the current Minister for Foreign Affairs, Karel Schwarzenberg, lead the field, respectively polling 24.2 per cent and 23.4 per cent of the vote. The second round is set to take place on January 25-26. In the wake of Václav Klaus and Václav Havel, the Czechs have voted for “two strong candidates”, notes the daily.