Zeman to shun post-election TV debate for health reasons

The Czech Presidential Office cancelled, for health reasons, President Milos Zeman's attendance at Sunday post-election debate on CNN Prima News, the broadcaster announced today, and Zeman's spokesman did not rule out the postponement of Zeman's meeting with PM Andrej Babis, also due on Sunday. Prague's Central Military Hospital spokeswoman Jitka Zinke told CTK that Zeman has received out-patient treatment of which regular medical checkups are part.