But when is the Czech election 2018 taking place and who is going to win?
Polling stations in the Czech election opened at 1pm GMT today and will close at 1pm tomorrow, with results expected in the hours that follow.
Voters are deciding between anti-immigration zealot Milos Zeman, 73, and pro-EU academic Jiri Drahos, 68.
Many see the vote as a striking contest between the left and right.
Ultra conservative Mr Zeman – a former centre-left prime minister – is a ‘marmite’ candidate having called for the end of EU sanctions against Russia over its annexation of Crimea.
His sharp criticism of immigration from Muslim countries has won him favour with large numbers of Czech voters, despite only 116 asylum applications being made between January and November last year.
Chemistry professor Jiri Drahos, a former head of the Academy of Sciences, has no previous political experience and takes a strong pro-European stance.
The election has become a narrowly-fought fight with Mr Zeman winning 38.6 percent of the first round of voting in January and Mr Drahos coming in a close second with 26.6 percent of the vote.
The latest polls on Monday showed an almost even split with Zeman leading by 47 percent of votes to 43 percent while 10 percent remained undecided.
Bookmakers are placing odds on Zeman to win.
Analyst Jiri Pehe said: ”Society is now really divided 50-50 and it depends which voters are going to come and vote.
“For Jiri Drahos, it would be important that young people from big cities come to vote.”
The role of president, elected for five years, is largely a ceremonial one.
However, the president is involved in day-to-day politics but appoints central bankers and judges, and picks which politician can form a government.
Zeman has the backing of Prime Minister Andrej Babis, a billionaire businessman who rules in caretaker capacity after his minority cabinet lost a confidence vote in parliament last week.
In a final television debate, aired on Thursday, the two candidates clashed over Russian policy with Mr Drahos calling the country a security threat for its views on NATO.
Mr Zeman denied this and rounded on his opponent’s inexperience.
Prague sales clerk Daniela Simkova said she will “probably vote Zeman”.
She said: “If I had to pick based on likeability, I would vote Drahos; he looks good and carries himself well. But Zeman does not want migrants, and for me, that is important.”