Czech Republic
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 midpoin...
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Roma in Eastern Europe: the Wall in the Czech Republic
The Conflict
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...
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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, Ge...
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Czech Republic
POPULATION 10,256,760ROMAN CATHOLIC 26.3 percentCZECH EVANGELICAL CHURCH OF THE BRETHREN 1.3 percentCZECHOSLOVAK HUSSITE CHURCH 0.9 percentOTHER RELIGIONS (INCLUDING JEWISH, BUDDHIST, M...
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Area: 78,866 sq km (30,450 sq mi)Population (2006 est.): 10,260,000Capital:
Prague
Chief of state:
President
Vaclav
Klaus
Head of government:
Prime Ministers
Jiri
Paroubek and, from September ...
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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,...
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Prague (dpa) - US President George W Bush is scheduled to visit
Prague on June 4 and 5 to debate US plans to place a radar for its
anti-missile shield in the Czech Republic,...
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Prague (dpa) - The parents of the 18 Roma children, who won a
lengthy legal battle with the Czech Republic over their schooling,
rejoiced Wednesday at what Roma activists se...
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Brussels (dpa) - European Union foreign policy and security chief
Javier Solana on Thursday warned the Czech Republic and Poland
against agreeing to host a planned United St...
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Prague (dpa) - The Czech Republic regrets Russia's decision to
withdraw from the Treaty on Conventional Forces in Europe seeing no
"factual grounds" for the step, Czech Fore...
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Washington (dpa) - The United States could look to station missile
defence in other European countries if a deal cannot be worked out
with the Czech Republic and Poland, the...
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