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  Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east.
The Czech parliament (Parlament) is bicameral, with a Chamber of Deputies (Poslanecká sněmovna) and a Senate (Senát).
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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 Czech Republic (08/05)
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 President of the Czech Republic is Vaclav Klaus.
President Wilson's 14 Points, including the right of ethnic groups to form their own states, were the basis for the union of the Czechs and Slovaks.
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 Czech Embassy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The President of the Czech Republic is the formal head of state; he is also Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces.
It is led by the Prime Minister and appointed by the President of the Republic.
The occupation of the Czech Republic by the Nazis at the beginning of World War II blocked direct cooperation between the two countries, but the ousted Czech government worked from London to re-establish democracy, and it was recognized by the U.S. as an ally.
www.mzv.cz /washington/general/general.htm   (6261 words)

  
 Current President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus - Curriculum Vitae
Czech economist, politician and President of the Czech Republic
Vaclav Klaus was born in the Vinohrady district of Prague on June 19, 1941.
As a research worker at the Institute of Economics of the Czech Academy of Sciences he completed his postgraduate scientific studies and in 1968 was awarded the title of app.
www.hrad.cz /cms/en/prezident_cr/klaus.shtml   (533 words)

  
 List of presidents of the Czech Republic - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a list of presidents of the Czech Republic.
The President of the Czech Republic is the head of state of the Czech Republic.
If a new President has not been elected by the end of a President's term, some powers are moved to Prime Minister, some are moved to Head of Deputy Chamber.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/President_of_the_Czech_Republic   (173 words)

  
 EUROPA - Enlargement: Candidate Country - Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
President Havel, the main leader of the dissident movement and internationally recognised as a symbol of the end of the Cold War, represented the Czech Republic very effectively.
Vaclav Klaus was elected President of the Republic in early March 2003.
The constitution of the Czech Republic, which became valid on the day of the birth of the new state, explicitly defined civil rights, the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of power, and the independence of the judiciary.
europa.eu.int /comm/enlargement/czech   (3147 words)

  
 Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
For the Senate, the minimum age required is 40.The President of the Czech Republic is the formal head of the country.
The Czech National Bank, entrusted with the stability of the currency, is independent and its chairman and governors are appointed by the president.
The symbol of the Czech State, the white-red-and blue flag of a characteristic geometrical pattern, was born in 1920, shortly after the founding of the first independent Czechoslovak state.
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 Press Releases 2004
It was one of the first public talks in Britain by President Klaus - who was in the UK for a three-day visit - about the problems of being a new member state of the European Union, after having been under Communist rule for the second-half of the 20 th century.
The Czech Republic is one of 10 new countries which joined the EU on 1 May. The others are Malta, Slovenia, Hungary, Lithuania, Slovakia, Poland, Estonia and Latvia.
President Klaus, who has written more than 20 books on social, political and economic subjects, also received an honorary doctorate in Social Sciences from Brunel University Chancellor, the Rt Hon Lord Wakeham, in recognition of his outstanding service to the international community.
www.brunel.ac.uk /news/pressoffice/pressreleases/press2004/cdata/october/czechpresident251004   (287 words)

  
 Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The President is elected by parliament for a five-year term.
The Czech Republic concluded accession negotiations (which began in 1998) at the European Council in Copenhagen in December 2002.
The Czech Republic cooperates with Hungary, Poland and Slovakia in the Visegrad Group.
www.eu2004.nl /default.asp?CMS_TCP=tcpPrint_EU2004&CMS_ITEM=A7EB0C1E7CE6446185655B1AA52E443DX1X38345X08&CMS_NOCOOKIES=YES   (191 words)

  
 Olympic.cz
Milan JIRASEK re-elected President of the Czech NOC
President Vaclav Klaus received all Czech medallists from the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens at the presidential seat at Prague Castle.
President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Klaus admitted the Czech olympic team at the Prague castle.
www.olympic.cz /index.php?jazyk=en   (452 words)

  
 National Catholic Reporter: Priest, professor — now president? - Thomas Halik, Czech Republic - Brief Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It's something of a phenomenon then that one of the names bruited about as a possible successor to Czech President Vaclav Havel is that of Tomas Halik, a Catholic priest and professor of religion and sociology at Charles University in Prague.
As founder and president of the Czech Christian Academy, an ecumenical civic association that promotes conferences and lectures for the public on a wide range of issues from theology and history to psychology and the natural sciences, he's been a tireless promoter of dialogue between the public and the political and intellectual elites.
By tradition, the Czech president is not a party politician but a moral authority and thinker.
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 .: The Honorary Maltese Consulate of the Czech Republic :.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
.: The Honorary Maltese Consulate of the Czech Republic :.
The President will be the Guest of Honour to a State Concert and Dinner hosted by the President of Malta and Mrs de Marco at the Presidential Palace in Valletta.
9th April: President Havel is conferred the Degree of Doctor of Laws (Honoris Causa) by the Rector of the University of Malta, Prof Roger Ellul-Micallef at the Church of the University in Valletta.
www.czech-malta.com /news/20020407.shtml   (291 words)

  
 9/19/2003 - President Of Czech Republic Visits Chattanooga - Business - Chattanoogan.com
Vaclav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, told a small group of business and university leaders on Friday that Europe is witnessing two defining movements - Central and Eastern Europe’s continuing transition from Communism to a free society, and the push of Western Europe to form a unified European state.
President Klaus was in Chattanooga attending The Mont Pélerin Society conference, an event that convenes 200 of the world's top classical liberal scholars, to analyze the prospects for freedom, entrepreneurship, and prosperity in the 21st Century.
President Klaus said despite its problems, the EU was an organization that his country was committed to joining.
www.chattanoogan.com /articles/article_41135.asp   (894 words)

  
 Czech Republic Travel Guide @ TravelNotes.org
The Bohemian Forest forms the Czech Republic's south-western border with Germany and Austria.
The capital of the Czech Republic is located in the central Bohemia region, on both banks of the Vltava River.
, in eastern Czech Republic, was founded in the late 13th century by the bishop of Ølomouc as a protection against invaders from the north.
www.travelnotes.org /Europe/czech.htm   (1042 words)

  
 The Embassy of the Czech Republic in New Delhi
The Embassy of the Czech Republic in New Delhi
On February 28, 2003, Vaclav Klaus was elected President of the Czech Republic.
The conditions for employing foreigners in the Czech Republic are laid down in the Law on employment according to which foreigners or persons without citizenship may be employed in the territory of the Czech Republic provided that they were granted an employment permit and residence permit.
www.czechembassy.org /wwwo/?zu=newdelhi   (238 words)

  
 Czech Republic - Atlapedia Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
It is bound by Poland to the north, Austria to the south, Germany to the west and Slovakia to the east.
In Mar. and Sept. 1991 there were calls from Slovak politicians for a declaration of sovereignty from Czechoslovakia, that resulted in the Czech republic demanding a referendum on the issue.
In Jan. 1993 Vaclav Havel was elected President of the Czech Republic while Klaus formed a four-party coalition that held an absolute parliamentary majority and supported his rapid movement towards a market economy through privatization and integration into Europe.
www.atlapedia.com /online/countries/czech.htm   (1294 words)

  
 [08 Sep 2000]: PRESS CONFERENCE BY PRESIDENT OF CZECH REPUBLIC   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
While the international system could not directly be accused of pursuing global apartheid policies, it exhibited inequalities that must be recognized with a view to eliminating them, said Vaclav Havel, the President of the Czech Republic.
The issue of the equality of States, on the one hand, and of a recognition of their differing levels of power and resources, on the other, was a matter that the United Nations had been grappling with for many years, Mr.
A major and obvious shift from the United Nations fiftieth anniversary meeting, President Havel said, was the relative absence of the sometimes shrill criticism of intervention in other nations’ internal affairs.
www.un.org /News/briefings/docs/2000/20000908.czechpc.doc.html   (472 words)

  
 IND/DEM - focus on   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Valery Giscard d’Estaing, President of the EU Convention.
The weight of smaller Member States, that is, the one of the Czech Republic as well, is being decreased in the voting procedures (in comparison to the current situation resulting from the Nice Treaty) by the constitutional treaty.
After 2009 and according to the Constitutional Treaty, the Czech Republic will have 1 out of 27 (3,7%) votes in the Council and a population of approximately 10.2 million (2,11% of the EU population).
www.europarl.eu.int /inddem/focus_on/cz10points_legal_4mar05.htm   (2845 words)

  
 Czech Republic
The Czechs founded the kingdom of Bohemia and the Premyslide dynasty, which ruled Bohemia and Moravia from the 10th to the 16th century.
A Hapsburg, Ferdinand I, ascended the throne in 1526.
A union of the Czech lands and Slovakia was proclaimed in Prague on Nov. 14, 1918, and the Czech nation became one of the two component parts of the newly formed Czechoslovakian state.
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 .: The Honorary Maltese Consulate of the Czech Republic :.   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel received with thanks a gift from Mr Lawrence Attard Bezzina, President of the Maltese-Czech Society, on behalf of the Society.
Dr V Nezval, Vice President and Mr Tonio Casapinta, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Malta were also present.
The President of the Czech Republic Vaclav Havel thanking Mr Lawrence Attard Bezzina, President of the Maltese-Czech Society, looking on is Dr V Nezval, Vice President and Mr Tonio Casapinta, Honorary Consul of the Czech Republic in Malta.
www.czech-malta.com /news/20020409.shtml   (125 words)

  
 President Of The Czech Republic Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 Czech Republic President Václav Havel to receive honorary laws doctorate   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
ANN ARBOR---Czech Republic President Václav [VAWT-slawff] Havel will receive the honorary doctor of laws degree from the University of Michigan at an 11 a.m.
Havel was elected president of the Czech Republic in 1993 and re-elected in 1998.
Lee C. Bollinger, president of the University and professor of law.
www.umich.edu /~newsinfo/Releases/2000/Aug00/r080300.html   (593 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Czech
Former Czech President Havel and his wife Dagmar established The Vision 97 Foundation in 1999, and Zimbardo is the seventh recipient of this international honor.
And presiding over this heady mix, sitting at Table One, as it was known, there would be the eagle-eyed, blonde-haired, diminutive figure of Helen O'Brien, a fl, gold-tipped Balkan Sobranie often in her hand.
Czech and Slovak Culture Days were held at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln this weekend, bringing together those with and without a Czech background to celebrate.
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 The President of the Czech Republic Takes Over a Škoda Superb   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
President of the Czech Republic Václav Klaus took over a Škoda Superb car in the Prague Castle today.
The Škoda Superb designed for the President of the Czech Republic is equipped with a 2.8 30V V6 six-cylinder petrol engine producing 142 kW, and a Tiptronic five-speed automatic gearbox.
A representative car of the same name — Škoda Superb — was manufactured by the Czech auto maker as early as 1934-1949.
www.vwvortex.com /artman/publish/skoda_news/printer_547.shtml   (447 words)

  
 Open Letter to Václav Havel, President of the Czech Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
In November 1989, we won some fundamental democratic rights, including the right to free assembly and free expression of political opinions.
With the fall of the Iron Curtain, we won the freedom to travel.
With the birth of the Czech Republic in 1993, The List of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms became part of the Constitution of the Czech Republic.
globalizace.ecn.cz /texty/tz_031.htm   (301 words)

  
 Support from Mr Vaclav Havel,President of Czech Republic | Clearharmony - Falundafa in Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Allow me to thank you in the name of the President of the Czech Republic for your letter, in which you mention the non-observance of human rights in China, namely the suppression of the rights of persons practising Falun Gong.
That is also why in various international and national venues he devotes much attention to the upholding of these rights, and by means of appealing to these countries international interests he is trying to develop an intense international pressure to bear on them.
Your letter is a valuable encouragement for the Office of the President of the Republic, and we have allowed ourselves to send it to the attention of the Foreign Committee of the Senate.
www.clearharmony.net /articles/200109/1129.html   (240 words)

  
 Brandeis University -> International Business School -> Visit of the President of the Czech Republic
Václav Klaus, President of the Czech Republic, with Professor Stephen Cecchetti of the International Business School.
President of the Czech Republic visits Brandeis on Sept. 23
A prominent economist and outspoken leader of the "new Europe," President Václav Klaus has been in the top ranks of the Czech leadership since the Velvet Revolution.
www.brandeis.edu /global/news_klaus_visit.php   (189 words)

  
 Prague Czech Republic
The modern Czech language (Standard Czech) is generally based on the medieval literary Czech (approximately its state in the 16th century).
Czech is their official language, and if you want to have a real cultural experience rather than getting by on your English, then I would recommend looking into this product.
I visited the Czech Republic also, and found that many of their street signs, signs in general were in Czech, and it was really useful for me to look it up in the phrasebook.
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 Czech Republic President Václav Havel to be honored   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Havel’s election as president on Dec. 29 that year was a symbolic culmination of the democratic revolutions that swept throughout the region.
He worked strenuously to preserve the unity of his country, and when it became clear that Slovakia and the Czech Republic would split, he resigned rather than preside over the dissolution, Porter added.
Havel was elected president of the Czech Republic in 1993 and reelected in 1998.
www.umich.edu /~urecord/9900/Jun19_00/25.htm   (664 words)

  
 Czech Republic
The Czech Republic and the EU's influence on its treatment of Roma.
The Czech Republic is an integral part of European civilisation.
Czech players follow two-pronged strategy: Czech banks are focusing on institutions and consumers in preparation for the opportunities that EU accession promises to present.
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