Welcome to the Czech Republic

Czech Republic - The Official Website

Reducing the rich
history of the lands
of the Czech
Republic (CR) is
always tricky...
but the Charles
University, the first Central European university

was founded in Prague already in 1348,

and tradition of Czech Technical University
education goes back to the beginning of the 18th century... .

Political system
The Czech Republic is a parliamentary democracy with
the President as the head of the State. The Parliament
consists of two chambers, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate.

Basic indicators
The CR has a 78,864 km sq. area, population is 10,4 mil., the GDP per capita in PPS amounted to 25,755 USD (IMF, 2009). The life expectancy is 79.5 and 73,4 for females and males, respectively (UN, 2008).

The Czech Republic on the web pages:

• Official presentation of the CR given by The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Czech Republic
• The Government of the CR
• Czech Statistical Office
  
• Documentation of OECD
• The Investment Gateway to the Czech Republic by CZECHINVEST
• Portal of the Public Administration
  
• Home in the Czech Republic