I admit this paragraph left me completely baffled:
Zeman’s hospitalization adds further uncertainty to the outcome of the election, which left the opposition with a far clearer path than Babis’s party to form a government — but did not fully block the prime minister’s chances of leading a minority government with the support of the president.”
This is the Washington Post. Possibly this is deliberate.
It makes sense enough to me—but I retain an American passion for politics while residing in Canada, a parliamentary system that of late has had several runs of minority governments, and have followed enough of other parliamentary systems for this to be conceivable (our governor general is generally a bit player—a president may often take a more active role in things).
If you followed Israel or France closely over the years, it might also give background.