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  Czech Republic - Gurupedia
According its constitution the Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, whose head of state is a president, indirectly elected every five years by the parliament.
The Czech parliament (Parlament) is bicameral, with a Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) and a Senate (Senát).
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.
www.gurupedia.com /c/cz/czech_republic.htm   (846 words)

  
 Czech Republic (04/05)
The Czechs lost their national independence to the Hapsburgs Empire in 1620 at the Battle of White Mountain and for the next 300 years were ruled by the Austrian Monarchy.
The Czech Republic is reducing its dependence on highly polluting low-grade brown coal as a source of energy.
Relations between the U.S. and the Czech Republic are excellent and reflect the common approach both have to the many challenges facing the world at present.
www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/c/47441.htm   (4359 words)

  
 Czech Republic : CZ
Czech Republic : CZ The Czech Republic or Czechia is a landlocked country in Central Europe.
The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east.
The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy, whose head of state is a president, indirectly elected every five years by the parliament.
www.findword.org /cz/cz.html   (1122 words)

  
 International relations and foreign policy - Czech republic
In international relations, the Czech Republic seeks to represent itself as a democratic nation and a politically, economically and socially stable state in Central Europe.
The Czech Republic builds on all the positive achievements of the former Czechoslovakia on the international scene.
The Russian city of Kaliningrad (former Königsberg) on the Baltic seaside was established by Czech king Přemysl Otakar II as "Kralovec" during one of his campaigns.
www.czech.cz /predstaveni_cr/article_detail.aspx?id=1959   (723 words)

  
 Czech Republic (09/06)
The Czech Republic is gradually reducing its dependence on highly polluting low-grade brown coal as a source of energy, in part because of EU environmental requirements.
The Czech Republic is a member of the UN and OSCE and has contributed to numerous peacekeeping operations, including IFOR/SFOR in Bosnia and KFOR in Kosovo, as well as Desert Shield/Desert Storm and Enduring Freedom.
The Czech Republic is scheduled to host the rotating EU Presidency during the first half of 2009.
www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3237.htm   (4716 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Intelligence
These qualities related to humankind are underlined by the Latin motto "Audi, vide, tace", meaning that an intelligence service member has to be a good listener, keen observer, and must keep silent about his or her work - in other words, must observe the essential principles of intelligence work.
It pursues a policy of maximum possible openness in relation to the public which, however, is connected also with the declaration of the government policy as an open one, and clearly proves that BIS is an institution of a democratic state.
Czechoslovak (Czech) Intelligence After the Cold War, by Oldrich Cerny, executive director of Forum 2000, Prague, Czech Republic, presented at a conference of the Geneva Centre for Democratic Control of Armed Forces, October 2002.
www.fas.org /irp/world/czech/index.html   (917 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Article from FactBug.org - the fast Wikipedia mirror site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
The Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1993 announced that the name Czechia (Czech: Česko) 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 is controversial in the Czech Republic http://www.radio.cz/en/article/53850 and 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 (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 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.
www.factbug.org /cgi-bin/a.cgi?a=5321   (1028 words)

  
 Evaluation of activities implemented jointly in the Czech Republic
Foreign firm's investments into subsidiaries located in the Czech Republic, made solely to meet emission limits, shall not be considered as AIJ projects.
It is therefore in the interest of the Czech Republic to limit the validity of credits to the end of the current commitment period, i.e., to the year 2012.
Because of the uncertainty regarding future emissions in the Czech Republic as well as the country's unstable economic situation, a maximum of 0.5 percent of national emissions in the first commitment period should be allotted for JI.
www.rec.org /Climate/CaseStudies/CzechRep.html   (3956 words)

  
 Health Industries: Medical Device Regulations: Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is a member of the World Trade Organisation and is hoping to become a member of the European Union by the year 2003, having become an Associate Member in 1995.
The Czech Conformity Mark must be accompanied (with the exception of medical devices of the I) by the identification number of the authorised entity, which assessed the conformity of given medical device.
If clinical data and experience related to a medical device, whose conformity should be assessed together with its suitability for the intended purpose of use, are sufficiently known and credibly documented in advance and in the necessary extent it is generally not necessary to perform clinical trials.
www.ita.doc.gov /td/health/czechrepublicregs.html   (2321 words)

  
 Czech Legal
CZECH REPUBLIC CENTRAL AUTHORITY: The Czech Central Authority for requests under the Hague Evidence Convention is the Ministerstvo Spravedlnosti Ceske Republicky, The ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, 128 10 Praha 2, Vysehradska 16 Prague, Czech Republic.
Requesting counsel should be aware that when letters rogatory are executed by foreign courts which compel the appearance of a witness to answer written interrogatories, the evidence is taken in acccordance with the rules of the foreign court.
CZECH CENTRAL AUTHORITY: Ministerstvo Spravedlnosti Ceske Republicky, The ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic, 128 10 Praha 2, Vysehradska 16 Prague, Czech Republic.
travel.state.gov /law/czech_legal.html   (1878 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Czech Republic also possesses a 30,000 square metre exclave in the middle of 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 down river could be transferred to seagoing ships; this territory reverts to Germany in 2018.
The Czech Republic, along with Estonia are nations with the least religious populations in the European Union.
Czech Republic is a pluriform multi-party parliamentary representative democratic republic, where the Prime Minister is the head of government.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Czech_Republic   (2019 words)

  
 Discover the Wisdom of Mankind on Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
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, 2, 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 (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.
The Czech government has expressed a desire to adopt the euro currency in 2010, but the introduction of the currency is currently only in the early planning stages.
www.blinkbits.com /blinks/czech_republic   (2040 words)

  
 Czech Republic
Since the break-up of Czechoslovakia in 1993, the ethnic Slovaks in the Czech Republic (184,000 identified themselves as ‘Slovakian’ in the 2001 census but the actual number is estimated at between 315,000 and 500,000) have had to adapt to their new situation as a minority community.
The treatment of Romanies in the Czech Republic has been the subject of increasing criticism from abroad, particularly in late 1997 when tens of thousands of Czech Romanies applied for asylum in other countries, particularly in the United Kingdom, France and Canada.
Its report on the human rights situation in the Czech Republic during the second half of 1999 noted that Czech police often do not intervene to protect Romany citizens from violent attacks and that the courts have a tendency to hand down light sentences against their convicted attackers.
www.axt.org.uk /antisem/countries/czechrepublic/czechrepub.htm   (9673 words)

  
 STRUCTURE OF EDUCATION SYSTEM IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC
A professor in a specific field is appointed by the President of the Czech Republic according to the procedure for the appointment of a professor.
Definition of foreign student: A foreign student is a person enrolled at a Czech institution of higher education who is not a permanent resident of the Czech Republic.
If students already hold a degree from a foreign university and wish to continue their studies in the Czech Republic, it is up to the institution to which they have applied to decide upon the equivalence of their qualifications.
www.euroeducation.net /prof/czechco.htm   (2149 words)

  
 Foreign relations of the European Union Summary
The member states are more influential, in particular France and Germany - being the self-proclaimed "core of Europe" - often at times attempt to direct a common EU foreign policy, at times with the neglect of the interests of some of the smaller member states.
The United Kingdom with its established national relations to many regions in the world is often at times in disagreement with other EU member states, notably France.
Foreign relations of the European Union from Wíkipedia.
www.bookrags.com /Foreign_relations_of_the_European_Union   (1394 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Official Website
The picture of Miss Kooh-i-noor with a press button in her left eye is the most famous Czech portrait of a girl in the world.
The Czech republic is a developed, democratic country in the center of Europe.
The Czech Republic maintains its exquisite culture, which is commemorated by many traditions and public holidays.
www.czech.cz   (772 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
The Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic were created as separate States on 1 January 1993 on the territory of the former Czechoslovakia.
The Czech Republic, which is bordered by Poland, Slovakia, Austria and Germany, occupies the historical regions of Bohemia, Moravia and a part of Silesia.
The President of the Czech Republic is elected by the National Assembly (at a joint session of both Chambers of the Parliament), for a 5-year term (for a maximum of two subsequent terms).
www.dfat.gov.au /geo/czech_republic/czech_brief.html   (2822 words)

  
 Foreign relations of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Fundamental to this objective is Czech membership in the European Union.
The Czech Republic became a member of the EU in May 2004.
The Czech Republic became a member of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation, along with Poland and Hungary, on 12 March 1999.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Foreign_relations_of_the_Czech_Republic   (323 words)

  
 The Washington Diplomat
Petr Kolar became ambassador of the Czech Republic to the United States on Dec. 2, 2005.
Ambassador Kolar previously served as deputy minister of foreign affairs for bilateral relations (2003-05), ambassador to Ireland (1999-2003), adviser for European integration and the Balkans to the Czech president (1998-99), and ambassador to Sweden (1996-98).
In addition, he served as director of the Eastern and Southern Europe Territorial Department and foreign policy adviser to the foreign minister (1995-96), director of the Department for Czechs Living Abroad and Nongovernmental Relations (1993-95), as well as various postings in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (1993-96).
www.washdiplomat.com /ambprof/czech.html   (210 words)

  
 Czech Republic
Successive Czech governments have welcomed U.S. investment in addition to the strong economic influence of western Europe and increasing investment from Asian auto manufacturers.
With satisfactory economic growth, tax hikes, and belt-tightening at the ministries, the government actually managed to reduce the deficit to 3% of GDP in 2004 and to 2.8% for 2005, but projects a deficit of 3.8% for 2006.
The International Monetary Fund has cautioned that the strong 2005 budget performance masks underlying risks, and considers fiscal adjustment a key vulnerability in the Czech Republic’s aspirations to adopt the euro in 2010.
www.factmonster.com /country/profiles/czech-republic.html   (4171 words)

  
 BU Libraries | Research Tools | Czech Republic
Czech Republic Country Profile in Business Source Premier-[About]
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development provides statistics and report on its 30 country members in addition to various reports, statistics and working papers covering macroeconomics, trade, education, development and science and innovation with approx 70 countries it has relationships with.
A Web resource evaluating the following areas: the Czech Republic's trade policy, fiscal burden of government, government intervention in the economy, monetary policy, capital flows and foreign investment, banking and finance, wages and prices, property rights, regulation, and fl market.
www.bu.edu /library/guides/pml/countries/czechrepublic.html   (539 words)

  
 Czech Republic WebGuide
For a copy of the Country Commercial Guide, prepared annually by the US Commercial Service, Czech Republic, please click here.
Economic Chamber of the Czech Republic (Foreign Relations Division)
Fodors is known for being the best site for travel offering hotel, restaurant reviews and their series of mini-guides to specific destinations.
www.exportmichigan.com /wg_ee_czech_republic.htm   (735 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Country information - Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade
Includes Heads of State, Prime Ministers, Foreign, Trade and Aid Ministers.
The Australian Embassy in Warsaw, Poland, is responsible for the Czech republic
The Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade seeks your feedback on the information provided on Europe.
www.dfat.gov.au /geo/czech_republic/index.html   (173 words)

  
 Czech Republic
"Czech Environmental Law Society is an association predominately of lawyers but also of other professionals who share an interest in understanding and development of environmental law."
From the Office of the Czech Republic Government.
“NATLEX, the database of national labour, social security and related human rights legislation maintained by the ILO's International Labour Standards Department.
www.washlaw.edu /forint/europe/czech.html   (238 words)

  
 GeographyIQ - World Atlas - Europe - Czech Republic - Foreign Relations
From 1948 until 1989, the foreign policy of Czechoslovakiafollowed that of the Soviet Union.
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www.geographyiq.com /countries/ez/Czech_Republic_relations_summary.htm   (238 words)

  
 WorldLII - Categories - Countries - Czech Republic
WorldLII - Categories - Countries - Czech Republic
WorldLII >> Categories >> Countries >> Czech Republic
Directory of Czech legal services and official bodies
www.worldlii.org /catalog/2240.html   (24 words)

  
 Hearing: Nomination -- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Hearing: Nomination -- U.S. Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
Time: 2:30 PM Place: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building
To be Ambassador to the Republic of Belarus
www.senate.gov /~foreign/hearings/2006/hrg060727p.html   (35 words)

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