Czechs abroad show little interest in taking part in general election

The CTK news agency has reported that only a very small number of Czechs living abroad have registered to vote in the upcoming general elections before Sunday's deadline. The largest number, around 360, have registered both in Slovakia and the United States though estimates say tens of thousands of Czechs live in either country. Some 220 have applied in the Belgian capital Brussels, some 150 in Paris and just 60 in both Australia and New Zealand. Czechs living abroad had their first chance to cast their votes at Czech embassies in 2002. Out of an estimated 70,000 people entitled to vote, only 3,700 used the possibility.