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Key Indicators
| GDP growth rate | -4,3 % (Est. 2009) |
| Inflation | 1,1 % (Est. 2009) |
| Avarage monthly wages (1Q 2009) | CZK 22 328 |
| Interest rate | 3,25 % |
| Unemployment | 8,0 % |
| FDI inflow | 7 329 |
| Trade Balance: | 42791,9 |
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General Information
| Area: | 78,867 sq. km |
| Capital: | Prague (Praha) |
| Length of state border: | 2,303 km |
| Border Countries: | Germany (810 km) Poland (762 km) Austria (466 km) Slovakia (265 km) |
| Distances from Prague: | Berlin - 282 km Paris - 864 km London - 1,030 km New York - 6,561 km |
| Time zone: | GMT +1, summer time GMT +2 |
| Official language: | Czech |
Membership in important organizations:
- European Union (since 2004)
- NATO (since 1999)
- OECD (since 1995)
- United Nations Organization
- WTO
- IMF / WB
- IBRD
- WHO
Political system:
- Parliamentary democracy
President of the Czech Republic:
- Václav Klaus (more info at www.hrad.cz)
Prime minister:
- Jan Fischer (more info at www.vlada.cz)
Parliament:
Bicameral- Chamber of Deputies (200 deputies elected for 4 years) (more at www.psp.cz)
- Senate (81 senators elected for 6 years, 27 Senators are elected every 2 years) (more at www.senat.cz)
Elections:
- Senate: 27 senators will be elected in 2010.
- Chamber of Deputies - last held in June 2006 (special election scheduled in October 2009)
- President elected by Parliament for a 5-year term (last election held in 2008)
- Prime Minister appointed by the President
Political Parties in the Chamber of Deputies:
- ODS - Civic Democratic Party (78)
- ČSSD - Czech Social Democratic Party (71)
- KSČM - Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (26)
- KDU-ČSL - Christian and Democratic Union (13)
- SZ - Green Party (6)
- Unclassified (8)
