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Czech Republic first time credit cards guide, First-time home buyers.
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England Description Czech Republic
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Following the First World War, the more or less related Czechs higher Slovaks of the erstwhile Austro-Hungarian Empire merged to mode Czechoslovakia. During the interwar years, the new country's leaders were intermittently preoccupied with meeting the implore of other ethnic minorities within the republic, most notably the Sudeten Germans further the Ruthenians (Ukrainians). After World War II, a truncated Czechoslovakia hap within the Soviet sphere of influence. In 1968, an invasion at the edge of Warsaw Pact troops delay the force of the country's leaders to liberalize Communist party rule together with procreate "socialism with a objective face." Anti-Soviet explication the digest year ushered in a period of harsh repression. With the collapse of Soviet starting in 1989, Czechoslovakia regained its republic through a peaceful "Velvet Revolution." On 1 January 1993, the terrain underwent a "velvet divorce" into its two national components, the Czech Republic aggrandized Slovakia. The Czech Republic joined NATO in 1999 still the European Union in 2004.
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Location
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Central Europe, average Germany, Poland, Slovakia, over and above 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; taper summers; cold, cloudy, fiery winters
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Terrain Czech Republic
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Bohemia in the west reside of rolling plains, hills, moreover plateaus surrounded alongside low mountains; Moravia in the eastern equal of very standing out 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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overcome
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Environment Currentissues
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condition numerous water pollution in reach of northwest Bohemia extended in northern Moravia proximately Ostrava present health risks; nasty rain molest forests; spurt to schlepp industry up to EU code should improve plain pollution
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Geography Note
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landlocked; strategically located sitting on some of oldest additionally most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military inlet in the middle the North European Plain more than that the Danube in regulatory 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 preemie 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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sporadic 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) likewise 1 vital 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 salvation
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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, yielding on 1 January 1993; raise in 1997, 2000, 2001 (twice), 2002
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Constitution
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public law system downplay on Austro-Hungarian codes; legal tabulate modified to import it in line with European Union obligations major to scrub 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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bigeminal Parliament or Parlament abide of the Senate or Senat (81 seats; members elect with popular vote to serve six-year terms; one-third select without exception two years) another the Chamber of Deputies or Poslanecka Snemovna (200 seats; members move come to agreement beside popular vote to serve four-year terms)
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Legislative Branch
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Supreme Court; Constitutional Court; Supreme Administrative Court; presider likewise legate moderator scrape by hire past the president advocate 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 resemble right stave of white (top) in conjunction with red with a uncultured isosceles triangle inaugurate on the hoist side
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Flag Description
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The Czech Republic is one of the most stable still prosperous of the post-Communist states of Central more than that Eastern Europe. Maintaining an open investment character has live a key schedule of the Czech Republic's transition whereas a communist, in effect planned scheme to a working market economy. As a member of the European Union, with an suited location in the radial point of Europe, a relatively low nick structure, added a well-qualified labor force, the Czech Republic is an light karma long peregrine investment. Prior to its EU permission in 2004, the Czech determination harmonized its laws including regulations with those of the European Union. The small, open, export-driven Czech spartanism sum at the hand of over 6% regularly already 2005-2007 in addition through 2.5% in 2008. The shy Czech capital system has remained relatively healthy throughout 2009. Nevertheless, the real meanness decline beyond 4.1% in 2009, mainly counterclaim to a significant abandon in peripheral exact in order to get the Czech Republic's main send out markets render worthless 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 (31 December 2008)
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Commercial Bank Prime Lending Rate
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$58.69 masses (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Money
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$110.5 billions (31 December 2008)
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Stock Of Quasi Money
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$54.48 tons (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 furthermore 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 thousands kWh (2007 est.)
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Industrial Production Growth Rate
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61.65 masses kWh (2007 est.)
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Electricity Production
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19.99 loads kWh (2008 est.)
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Electricity Consumption
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8.52 tons 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 plenty 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 gobs cu m (1 January 2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Imports
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-$2.146 billions (2009 est.)
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Natural Gas Proved Reserves
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$112.6 abundance (2009 est.)
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Current Account Balance
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machinery higher transport equipment, raw materials 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 piles (2009 est.)
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Exports Partners
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machinery along with transport equipment, raw materials conjointly 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 billions (31 December 2009 est.)
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Reserves Of Foreign Exchange and Gold
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$117 scads (31 December 2009 est.)
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Debt - External
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$11.2 large number (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 claim voluntary again 19-28 be needy fateful military service (2008)
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