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Key Indicators
| GDP growth rate | 0.2 % (pred.) |
| Inflation | 1.9 % |
| Avarage monthly wages | CZK 24,126 |
| Interest rate | 1.24 % |
| Unemployment | 8.6 % |
| FDI inflow (mil. EUR) | 5,407 |
| Trade Balance (mil. CZK) | 94,024 |
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:
- Petr Nečas (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)
Political Parties in the Chamber of Deputies:
- ČSSD - Czech Social Democratic Party (54)
- ODS - Civic Democratic Party (51)
- TOP 09 (41)
- KSČM - Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (26)
- VV - Public Affairs (12)
- Nonparty Members (16)
