Public radio and television launch election campaign slots

Campaigning in the presidential elections will move into higher gear on Wednesday with pre-recorded minute long election slots and live debates on public radio and television. Czech Radio will start featuring the election slots on Wednesday and Czech Television will launch them a day later. Each of these public media outlets will give candidates five hours of airtime before the first round of the presidential election on 13 and 14 January. Nine candidates are in the running for the country’s top post.