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The papers continue to report on the upcoming second attempt to elect a new Czech president. Most dailies write about what they call the behind-the-scene wheelings and dealings of the presidential candidates who are trying to rally votes across the political spectrum.

I hate to bore you with the presidential elections, but that's what's dominating the headlines today, two days before parliament has another bash at choosing a successor to President Vaclav Havel. The consensus among the papers is that Friday's second attempt will be as hopeless as the first - "Failure looms again for presidential vote" says MLADA FRONTA DNES today.

Czech soldiers in Kuwait, Friday's presidential election and the scandal at the Czech Statistics Office - these are some of the stories making today's headlines. Most front pages feature a photo of actors Jack Nicholson and Nicole Kidman proudly holding their Golden Globes at the Los Angeles ceremony.

The Czech dailies are today dominated by political reports which focus on the new race for the Czech presidency between Vaclav Klaus and Milos Zeman, and the outcome of the Freedom Union's party congress over the weekend. But while these issues receive prominent coverage, there are also a number of other interesting stories in the Czech press today.

Two issues dominate today's dailies - whether Czech troops will take part in a possible war against Iraq, and who will succeed Vaclav Havel as president, after a first presidential vote on Wednesday proved inconclusive.

One day after the unsuccessful attempt to elect a new Czech head of state it's no surprise the papers are rather monothematic. The front pages are dominated by photos of the two more successful candidates who made it to the second and third round yesterday, Vaclav Klaus and Petr Pithart.

As the Czech Republic elects its second president in history, all of the Czech dailies are dominated with reports of the presidential elections. They include the usual speculation on who has the greatest chance of being elected, together with more light-hearted fare on what each of the presidential candidates will be doing today (Petr Pithart thinks he will have time to walk his dog and then head over to Prague Castle, reports LIDOVE NOVINY). But while the presidential elections are by far the major story today, some other issues are also receiving

The main stories on today's front pages are the government's decision to send Czech troops to a possible war against Iraq and the upcoming presidential elections in the Czech Republic. All major papers show a photo of Vaclav Havel carrying a bouquet of flowers he was given at yesterday's government meeting - most likely the last one Mr Havel ever attended.

Teary farewells are shown strongly on the front pages of most of Monday's Czech dailies: American soldiers saying goodbye to their families as they prepare to ship out to the Persian Gulf in preparation for possible war against Iraq. LIDOVE NOVINY features a sergeant kissing his wife, their young son distraught. The papers write that the US is sending an additional 62, 000 soldiers into the region, strengthening the number of troops on the ground. Meanwhile, in the Czech Republic the growing possibility of war has led President Vaclav Havel to

The main stories in today's papers are the possibility of Czech Army units joining US forces in a war against Iraq, the rising level of unemployment in the Czech Republic and the case of the Social Democratic presidential candidate Jaroslav Bures, who admitted he caused the death of a pedestrian twenty years ago.