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Basic facts. This section offers you general information about the Czech Republic, its topography, waters and climate. Among other items you can find here a picture of the national flag, the national emblem and a sound bite of the national anthem. For more detailed information you can also consult the Czech Info Centre.
People. Population growth, birth rate, mortality rate, ethnic groups, religion, eductaion and employment.
Geography. Here you can find general facts and figures regarding the geography of the Czech Republic, a big and small map of the Czech Republic, a map of Eastern Europe and the Czech republic as it is represented in the CIA World Fact Book 1994.
Regions and Cities. This section gives you statistical data and a brief overview of indrustry, transportation and tourism in the individual regions of Bohemia and Moravia (Western, Northern, Eastern, Central and Southern Bohemia, and Southern and Nothern Moravia). You can visit the City of Prague, learn about the history of the city, and discover places of interest. Eurotraveller - Prague offers you some useful tourist information. Or, if you are too lazy to go to see Prague for yourself, you can take our picture tour. Other Czech and Moravian towns presented on our server are Brno, Ceske Budejovice, Jindrichuv Hradec, Liberec, Ostrava, Pilsen and Zlin. Look at city.net for another possibility where to find information about individual regions and cities in Czech Republic.
History. Basic historical outline followed by more detailed describtions of individual periods of Czech history - the Great Moravian Empire (9th century), the Premysl Dynasty (9th century - 1306), the Luxembourg Dynasty (1310 - 1437), the Hussite Revolution (1419 - 1436), The Jagellon Dynasty (1471 - 1526), the Habsburg Dynasty (1526 - 1918), the foundation of the modern Czech nation and Independent state (from 1918).
Political system. The Czech republic is a parlamentary democracy with a number of active political parties and movements. In this section you can find a short description of Czech political history, information about the most important constitutional institutions (e.g. President, Parlament, Chamber of Deputies, Senate, Government, the Supreme Audit Office, The Czech National Bank, The Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court), and an outline of the Czech political scene (political parties of coalition and opposition). Directory of the Government and Czech Government Contacts offer you adresses and basic information about government. You can also look at how the Czech Republic is presented in the 1995 U.S.State Departement's Annual Report on Human Rights.
Economy. After some basic information on the Czech economic transformation, this section offers you a comparison of the most important macroeconomic indicators of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia and their development in the last few years. You can find information on the exchange rate, foreign investment, the banking system, capital markets, investment opportunities and taxes in the Czech republic. Other sources of more detailed economic information about CR are the CzechInvest Information Series, Czech National Bank reports and the Trade Event Schedule.
Law. Here you can find the Constitution of the Czech Republic, information about citizenship and about the trade in military material. For more related information click the Law tree in the picture above.
Communication. Brief information about Czech media - daily, weekly and monthly periodicals, radio and television; advertising and telecommunications.
Culture and the arts. Interesting insights into Czech culture are devided into five sections: Fine Arts, Music, Literature,Theatre and Film. Adresses and contacts for important cultural facilities can be found in the culture section of Resources. You can also have a look at the program of the Prague Spring Festival 1995, listen to samples from the Anthology of Czech Piano Music or take a tour through an exibition qArt Crimes - Prague's Graffitiq.
Sports. In this section you can read about achievements and the latest events in Czech Sports - soccer (including the Czech National League Results), ice hockey, tennis and track and field. Addresses of public sport facilities ( fitness centres, golf courses, soccer and hockey stadiums, swimming-pools, tennis courts etc.) can be found in the sport section of Resources.
Famous Czechs. Picture gallery of famous Czech artists, politicans and sportsman.
Practical information for foreign visitors. After brief overview of historical sites, interesting cities, castles,chateaux and places of natural beauty, you can look up more practical and detailed information about entering the CR, arranging a long-term stay, export of goods, transport, currency, state holidays and food. Another sections you might find useful while planning your trip to Czech Republic are qVisiting Pragueq and qVisiting the Czech Republicq.
Cooking. An excellent cook-book of traditional Czech meals wirtten by Eleanor Schrabal.
