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  Kids.Net.Au - Encyclopedia > Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, whose head of state is a president, indirectly elected every five years by the parliament.
The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Labe (Elbe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Sněžka[?] at 1,602 m.
A large percentage of the Czech population claim to be atheists (59%), and the remainder describe themselves as uncertain.
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 Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika or Česko) is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Czech: Labe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Sněžka at 1,602 metres (5,256 ft).
The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech and speak Czech, a member of the Slavic languages.
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 Demographics of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the 1993 division Slovaks staying in the Czech Republic comprise roughly 2% of the current population (the border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia was and is open for citizens of the former Czechoslovakia).
The most concentrated linguistic minority in the Czech Republic are ethnic Poles, historically the majority, and today constituting between 10 and 45% of the population in the Český Těšín district.
The remaining German minority of the Czech Republic -3 million were forcibly expelled (Expulsion of Germans after World War II)- and historically the largest minority of the country, is granted some rights in theory, however the actual use of German in dealings with officials is usually not possible.
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 Wikipedia: Czech Republic
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia [1], [1] is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions, but this has not caught on in English usage.
The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Labe) and Vltava (Moldau) rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonose, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Snezka at 1,602 m.
The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech and speak Czech, a member of the Slavic languages.
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 CalendarHome.com - Czech Republic - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Labe (German: Elbe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudetes with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Sněžka at 1,602 metres (5,256 ft).
The Czech Republic also possesses a 30,000 m² exclave in the middle of the Hamburg docks which was awarded to Czechoslovakia by Article 363 of the Treaty of Versailles to allow the landlocked country a place where goods transported downriver could be transferred to seagoing ships; this territory reverts to Germany in 2018.
The Czech Republic is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, where the Prime Minister is the head of government.
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 Ask4Geo - Czech Republic
Czech Republic is well known for its architecture, which includes Gothic, Renaissance and baroque styles as well as more modern influences, its scenic countryside and ancient villages and castles, its luxurious spas and its arts.
The Czech Republic is surrounded by Germany to the west, Poland to the north, Slovakia to the east and Austria to the south.
The official language of the Czech Republic is Czech, a language of the west Slavic subgroup of Slavic languages.
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 CalendarHome.com - - Calendar Encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Czechs (Czech: Češi) are a western Slavic people of Central Europe, living predominantly in the Czech Republic.
Among the ancestors of the Czechs are ancient Slavic tribes who inhabited the regions of Bohemia, Moravia, and Silesia from the 6th century onwards.
There are also ancient folk stories about the Czech people, such as the Forefather Čech, who according to legend brought the tribe of Czechs into its land or Přemysl, the Ploughman, who started the dynasty that ruled for 400 years until 1306.
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 Czech Republic
The Czech Republic or Czechia is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, whose head of state is a president, indirectly elected every five years by the parliament.
The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Labe (Elbe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Sněžka[?] at 1,602 m.
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 The International Encyclopedia of Sexuality: Czech Republic and Slovakia
The Czech Republic is bordered by Poland on the north, Germany on the north and west, Austria on the south, and Slovakia on the east and southeast.
The 30,450 square miles of the Czech Republic are divided between hilly Moravia in the east and the plateau of Bohemia in the west surrounded by mountains.
Slovakia is bordered by Poland on the north, Hungary on the south, Austria and the Czech Republic on the west, and the Ukraine on the east; the Carpathian mountains are in the north and the fertile Danube plain in the south.
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 Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Česko in Czech) is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko2.htm, http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko1.htm, but this has not caught on in English usage.
The remaining Czech state was occupied by the Germans in 1939.
The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 and the European Union in 2004.
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 Bio at BlinkBits. Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Czech: Labe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkono?e, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Sn??ka at 1,602 m.
With a GDP (PPP) per capita of $19,475, the Czech Republic's per-capita output is approximately two-thirds that of the large Western European economies and approximately on par with that of Portugal, Greece and Slovenia.
The border between the Czech Republic and Slovakia is open for citizens of the former Czechoslovakia.Despite very visible presence of cathedrals and church buildings all over the country majority of Czechs (59%) are agnostics or atheists.
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 Czech Republic: Encyclopedia topic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Czech (Czech: A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic)
Moravia (Moravia: A region in the central and eastern part of the Czech Republic; it lies east of Bohemia and west of the Carpathians), the eastern part, is also quite hilly and is drained predominantly by the Morava (Morava: the morava (as it is called in czech and slovak languageslovak languages) or the march...
The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech (Czech: A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic) and speak Czech (Czech: A native of inhabitant of the Czech Republic), a member of the Slavic languages (Slavic languages: A branch of the Indo European family of language).
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 Czech Republic - Gurupedia
Czech), which was announced by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs already in
The majority of the inhabitants of the Czech Republic (95%) are ethnically Czech and speak Czech, a member of the
Slovaks remained in the Czech Republic and comprise roughly 2% of the current population.
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 Czech Republic- Country Information Paper - NZ Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade
While the Czech community in New Zealand is small, there have been a number of prominent individuals, notably the late Fred Turnovsky ONZ, OBE (1916-1994), a well-known Wellington businessman who was influential in the post-war development of music in New Zealand.
Between the Czech Republic and New Zealand there is a strong record of cooperation in multilateral areas (eg treaty body reform, Czech support for Mike Moore's WTO bid, our support for the Czech Republic's accession to the OECD).
The New Zealand Ambassador to Germany is accredited to the Czech Republic.
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 ipedia.com: Czech Republic Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
As of May 1, 2004, it is a member state of the European Union.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Česko in Czech) is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions [1], [1], but this has not caught on in English usage.
The remaining Czech state was occupied by the Germans in 1939.
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 Prague real estate : Czech real estate : Czech Republic real estate investment   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
Imagine the average Czech going to his local hospoda (pub) one evening and being asked to fork out not the usual 18 czech crowns for a liter of Czech beer (2 pints) which would be about 55 cents of an Euro but 90 Crowns - or five times as much.
In the Czech Republic, as in most EU member states, legal monthly or hourly minimum wages are set regularly.
Wages in the Czech Republic are still undervalued in absolute level in comparison with EU countries, and that is why in future we can expect higher increases in gross wages than in the EU.
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 Czech Republic Information
The Czech Republic (Czech: Česká republika) is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions [1] (http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko2.htm), [2] (http://www.p.lodz.pl/I35/personal/jw37/EUROPE/cesko1.htm), but this has not caught on in English usage.
Eventually Slovakia broke away further in 1939 and the remaining Czech territory was occupied by Hitler who installed the so-called Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, which was proclaimed part of the Reich and where the Protectorate President and Prime Minister were subordinate to the Nazi Reichsprotektor ('imperial protector').
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 Czech Republic -- Concluding Statement of October 2001 IMF Staff Visit
Missions are undertaken as part of regular (usually annual) consultations under Article IV of the IMF's Articles of Agreement, in the context of a request to use IMF resources (borrow from the IMF), as part of discussions of staff monitored programs, and as part of other staff reviews of economic developments.
The outlook for 2002 is clouded by considerable uncertainty, but if the EU economies begin to recover in the second half of 2002, then the Czech Republic could realize a modest increase in its growth rate to around 3.5 percent.
As clearly stated in the 2002 state budget document as well as in the Czech Republic's Pre-Accession Economic Program submitted to the EU, the government considers large fiscal deficits to be the principal risk for the economy over the medium term.
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Czech Republic : Embassy of Czech Republic in Washington, DC
Main article: Politics of the Czech Republic [edit] Political system The Czech Republic is a pluralist multi-party parliamentary representative democracy, where the Prime Minister is the head of government.
The Parliament is bicameral, with the Chamber of Deputies (Czech: Poslanecká snemovna) and the Senate.
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 Czech Real Estate: Prague Real Estate, Czech Estate Agencies, Property Buying, Investing in the Czech Republic, and ...
Czech Interpreters to help you understand any small text on sales contracts, Czech Real Estate Lawyers to assist you in setting up a company in the Czech Republic.
Why would anyone buy property in the Czech Republic is easily answered if you read the in depth information concerning the Cost of living in the Czech Republic section and also understand the information on Czech price stability and due to these, many investors are out to buy retirement homes in the Czech Republic.
The Czech property legislation and other interesting views on conditions for buying real estate on Czech soil will be of interest to anyone and especially the Czech government business incentives for companies opening up a business in the Czech Republic.
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The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Czech: Cesko) is to be used in all situations other than formal official documents and the full names of government institutions [1], [2], but this has not caught on in English usage.
The Czech parliament (Parlament) is bicameral, with a Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká snemovna) and a Senate (Senát).
Map of the Czech RepublicThe Czech landscape is quite varied; Bohemia to the west consists of a basin, drained by the Elbe (Czech: Labe) and Vltava rivers, surrounded by mostly low mountains such as the Sudeten with its part Krkonoše, where one also finds the highest point in the country, the Snežka at 1,602 m.
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 Rupert Capel Bowen   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
The Czech Republic is situated in the centre of Europe and is at the crossroads of Western and Eastern Europe.
The Czech Republic knows that it will be much better placed in the market once it is a member of the EU and can take advantage of its free cross-border trading agreements.
Prague is the capital city of the Czech Republic and has by far the largest population and catchment area of any of the cities in the country.
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 Czech Republic - The Official Website of the Czech Republic
The same situation is developing in modern Europe, where forest coverage, apart from in the mountains, is being reduced to just 10 percent and is counterbalanced by the expansion of arable land, lawns, housing developments and man-made roads.
The Czech Republic is among the luckier countries, because to date a third of its area is covered by trees and the forested area is slowly growing.
Scenarios of expected change don’t bode too badly for Central Europe (including the Czech Republic), though it is very likely that there will be more extremes such as exceptionally dry weather, rainstorms, windstorms, soil erosion and flash floods.
www.czech.cz /en/current-affairs/economy-business-science/jan-jenik-reaching-the-limits-of-possibility   (2778 words)

  
 Agenda 21 - Czech Republic
The objective of environmental education and public awareness-raising in the Czech Republic is to change attitudes and behavioural patterns as a means to establish the necessary preconditions to gradually remove normative and economic instruments.
In the Czech Republic, society as a whole recognizes the importance of public awareness-raising and education in the promotion of sustainable development.
With regard to housing policies in the Czech Republic, there is no balance between the regional allocation of housing and the needs of the workforce because the regulatory interventions of the socialist State were particularly prominent in this area.
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 World focus: Czech Republic
The Czech Republic became a European Union member on May 1, 2004.
The process of accession had a positive impact on reform in the Czech Republic, and implementation of EU directives and regulations continues.
Trade with the United States: In 2004, the Czech Republic ran a $939 million trade deficit with the United States, purchasing $1.76 billion in imports and selling $822 million in exports.
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 Czech Republic :: Travel to Czech Republic :: Europe Journey :: Europe Travel Guide
In the ninth century A.D., the ancestors of the Czechs and Slovaks were united in the Great Moravian Empire, but by the tenth century the Hungarians had conquered Slovakia, and for a millennium the Czechs and the Slovaks went their separate ways.
Language: The official language of the Czech Republic is Czech, a language of the West Slavic subgroup of Slavic languages...
The Christmas and New Year season closes the year quietly for most of the Czech Republic, but Prague is overcome with tourist revelry during a fast and furious holiday season.
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