Area: 78 866 km²
Population: 10.28 million
Capital city: Prague
Currency: 1 Czech crown = 100 hellers, 1 euro = 28.03 Czech crowns (CZK) (Dec. 2006)
National day: 28 October
EU-membership: 1 May 2004

Head of State: President Václav Klaus
Head of Government: Prime Minister Mirek Topolánek
Foreign Minister: Karel Schwarzenberg
Government: Governing parties: ODS (conservative Civic Democrats), KDU-ČSL (Christian Democratic Union - Czech People's Party), Green Party
Parliament: Chamber of Deputies of the Czech parliament, 200 seats, elected on 2/3 June 2006
Senate: 81 seats, one third newly elected on 5/6 November and 12/13 November 2004

GDP: € 98,4 billion (2005)
GDP per capita in PPS: € 8 559 (2005)
Economic growth in real terms: + 6 % (2005)

Links:
Head of State: http://www.hrad.cz
Head of Government: http://www.vlada.cz
Foreign Minister: http://www.mzv.cz
Parliament: http://www.psp.cz

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