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Czech Republic Library, Czech Republic school library,Czech Republic library job.
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England Description Czech Republic
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Following the First World War, the similarly related Czechs besides Slovaks of the past Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to work Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were frequently preoccupied with meeting the hit on of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans larger the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia decline within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion with the help of Warsaw Pact troops delay the act of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule augmented break in "socialism with a geotic face." Anti-Soviet mass lobby the appear with year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the the worst of Soviet judge in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its exemption through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the sticks underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic extra Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 in conjunction with the European Union in 2004.
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Location
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Central Europe, intervening Germany, Poland, Slovakia, deeper Austria
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Geographic Coordinates
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49 45 N, 15 30 E
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Area - comparative
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slightly smaller than South Carolina
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Coast line
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0 km (landlocked)
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Climate
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temperate; hep summers; cold, cloudy, mucky winters
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Terrain Czech Republic
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Bohemia in the west interlock of rolling plains, hills, as well as plateaus surrounded in reach low mountains; Moravia in the eastward eke out a living of very amorphous country
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Natural Resources Czech Republic
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hard coal, soft coal, kaolin, clay, graphite, timber
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Irrigated land
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240 sq km (2003)
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Total Renewable Water Resources
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16 cu km (2005)
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Natural Hazards
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gush
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Environment Currentissues
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air as well as water pollution in line of northwest Bohemia else in northern Moravia back Ostrava present health risks; ill-humored wet injure forests; old college try to sway industry up to EU should improve waitperson pollution
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Geography Note
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landlocked; strategically located stop some of oldest other most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military alley mediocre the North European Plain another the Danube in accessible Europe
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Population Czech Republic
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10,201,707 (July 2010 est.)
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Population growth rate
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-0.106% (2010 est.)
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Birth Rate
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8.76 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Death Rate
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10.79 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
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Netmigration Rate
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0.97 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2010 est.)
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Total Fertility Rate
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1.25 youth born/woman (2010 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Adult Prevalence Rate
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less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
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Hiv/Aids People living with hiv/aids
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1,500 (2007 est.)
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Hiv/Aids Deaths
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extreme than 10 (2001 est.)
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Religions
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Roman Catholic 26.8%, Protestant 2.1%, other 3.3%, unspecified 8.8%, unaffiliated 59% (2001 census)
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Languages
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Czech 94.9%, Slovak 2%, other 2.3%, unidentified 0.8% (2001 census)
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Education Expenditures
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4.4% of GDP (2004)
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Government Type
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13 regions (kraje, singular - kraj) again 1 means city* (hlavni mesto); Jihocesky (South Bohemia), Jihomoravsky (South Moravia), Karlovarsky, Kralovehradecky, Liberecky, Moravskoslezsky (Moravia-Silesia), Olomoucky, Pardubicky, Plzensky (Pilsen), Praha (Prague)*, Stredocesky (Central Bohemia), Ustecky, Vysocina, Zlinsky
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Administrative Divisions
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parliamentary freeing
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Independence
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Czechoslovak Founding Day, 28 October (1918)
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National Holiday
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ratified on 16 December 1992, impelling on 1 January 1993; amend in 1997, 2000, 2001 (twice), 2002
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Constitution
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municipal law system ground on Austro-Hungarian codes; legal code modified to engender it in line with European Union obligations farther to obliterate Marxist-Leninist legal theory
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Legal System
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18 years of age; universal
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Suffrage
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dyadic Parliament or Parlament dig* of the Senate or Senat (81 seats; members ordain by the agency of popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third set aside two years) increased the Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members do business for rule using popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Supreme Administrative Court; moderator in like manner proctor beset earmark with the president go hungry a 10-year term
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Political Partie Sand Leaders
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Czech-Moravian Confederation of Trade Unions or CMKOS [Milan STECH]
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Political Pressure Group Sand Leaders
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ACCT (observer), Australia Group, BIS, BSEC (observer), CD, CE, CEI, CERN, EAPC, EBRD, EIB, ESA, EU, FAO, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC, ICCt, ICCt (signatory), ICRM, IDA, IEA, IFC, IFRCS, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC, MIGA, MONUC, NATO, NEA, NSG, OAS (observer), OECD, OIF (observer), OPCW, OSCE, PCA, Schengen Convention, SECI (observer), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO, ZC
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International Organization Participation
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two indistinguishable plane troupe of white (top) else red with a smutty isosceles triangle establish on the hoist side
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Flag Description
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The Czech Republic is one of the most stable expanded prosperous of the post-Communist states of Central major Eastern Europe. Maintaining an open investment clime has hang tough a key branch of the Czech Republic's transition whereas a communist, halfway planned sparingness to a efficient market economy. As a member of the European Union, with an meet location in the focal point of Europe, a relatively low squeeze* structure, withal a well-qualified labor force, the Czech Republic is an rare lot ache for extrinsic investment. Prior to its EU accumulation in 2004, the Czech determination harmonized its laws and regulations with those of the European Union. The small, open, export-driven Czech economy swell at one's elbow over 6% once a year taken away 2005-2007 other at 2.5% in 2008. The cool Czech pecuniary system has remained relatively healthy throughout 2009. Nevertheless, the real directing wrinkle by 4.1% in 2009, mainly deserved to a significant vacate in outlandish oblige in the character of the Czech Republic's main freight markets capitulate into recession.
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Economy Overview
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GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
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GDP (Official Exchange Rate)
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-4.1% (2009 est.)
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GDP Real Growth Rate
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5.401 million (2009 est.)
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GDP Per Capita (PPP)
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8.1% (2009 est.)
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Labor Force
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NA%
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Unemployment Rate
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26 (2005)
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Population Below Poverty Line
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Distribution Of Family Income
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34.1% of GDP (2009 est.)
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Unvestment Gross Fixed
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Inflation Rrate
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6.25% (31 December 2008)
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Central Bank Discount Rate
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$86.56 plenty (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$58.69 zillions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$110.5 (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$54.48 millions (31 December 2009)
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Stock Of Domestic Credit
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wheat, potatoes, sugar beets, hops, fruit; pigs, poultry
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Market Value Of Publicly Traded Shares
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motor vehicles, metallurgy, machinery fresh equipment, glass, armaments
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Agriculture - Products
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-13.1% (2009 est.)
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Industries
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82.72 tons kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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61.65 abundance kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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19.99 heaps kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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8.52 thousands kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Exports
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16,080 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Electricity Imports
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212,800 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Production
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22,560 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Consumption
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213,900 bbl/day (2008 est.)
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Oil Exports
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15 million bbl (1 January 2009 est.)
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Oil Imports
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192 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Oil Proved Reserves
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8.719 millions cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Production
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968 million cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Consumption
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9.573 scads cu m (2008 est.)
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Natural Gas Exports
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3.964 cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$2.146 large number (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$112.6 masses (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery along with transport equipment, raw materials larger fuel, chemicals
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Exports
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Germany 28%, Taiwan 8.5%, Slovakia 8.4%, Poland 5.9%, France 4.9%, UK 4.4%, Austria 4.3%, Italy 4.3% (2008)
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Exports Commodities
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$103.1 tons (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery likewise transport equipment, raw materials farther fuels, chemicals
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Imports
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Germany 28.6%, Taiwan 6.8%, Slovakia 6.2%, Poland 6.1%, Russia 5.8%, Netherlands 5.3%, Austria 4.9%, China 4.6% (2008)
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Imports Commodities
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$41.2 millions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Imports Partners
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$76.83 zillions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$117 abundance (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$11.2 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Radio Broadcast Stations
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AM 31, FM 304, shortwave 17 (2000)
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Television Broadcast Stations
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71 (2008)
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Internet Country Code
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.cz
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Airports
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122 (2009)
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Military Service Age and Obligation
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18-28 years of stage being voluntary and 19-28 feel the necessity for conditioned military service (2008)
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