Czech Republic Ceskaá Republika CAPITAL: Prague (Praha) FLAG: The national flag consists of a white stripe over a red stripe, with a blue triangle extending from hoist to midpoint. ANTHEM: Kde domov muj (Where Is My Native Land). MONETARY UNIT:...

In 1999 a town in the Czech Republic built a wall to separate the white, ethnic Czechs from the Roma, or Gypsies. Roma live all over the world, but particularly in eastern Europe. Tensions between the Roma and the ethnic groups with which they share a...

Czech Republic POPULATION 10,256,760 ROMAN CATHOLIC 26.3 percent CZECH EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN 1.3 percent CZECHOSLOVAK HUSSITE CHURCH 0.9 percent OTHER RELIGIONS (INCLUDING JEWISH, BUDDHIST, MUSLIM) 3.1 percent UNKNOWN 10.1 percent WITHOUT...

Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe that includes the historic regions of Bohemia and Moravia, and part of Silesia. The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the...

– on the European continent  (camel & white)– in the European Union  (camel)                 ...

Capital: Prague Head of State: President Vaclav Klaus (since March 2003) Elected by Parliament for a five-year term Head of Government: Prime Minister Vladimir Spidla (since July 2002) Appointed by the President Parliament: Parliament consists of the Senate (81 seats;...

Highlights and Key Issues * As expected, industry's stumble in December proved short lived. Output rebounded strongly in January and February and, with construction benefiting from mild weather, the economy should see growth at around 5.5% again in 2007Q1. * Indeed, with...

The Czech Republic qualified for next year's European Championship with a 3-0 victory Wednesday night over Germany, which had clinched a berth last weekend.Libor Sionko scored in the second minute, Marek Matejovsky in the 23rd and Jaroslav Plasil in the 64th.The Germans and Czechs are...