Czech Republic Milos Zeman has been hospitalized with a condition yet to be made public. Zeman's post is largely ceremonial. However, after Saturday's election, he has the pressing duty of approving the next government.

Almost 30,000 candles are lit at Prague Castle, the Czech Republic’s presidential seat, to commemorate victims of the Covid-19 pandemic. Cases are falling in the country which has loosened restrictions in the past month, reopening shops, zoos, and schools.

Dozens of staff at the Russian Embassy in Prague will have to leave by the end of next month. Moscow has vowed to respond swiftly to what it calls "unbridled Russophobia."