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Czech Republic
Last reviewed: 07 March 2012

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Area: 78,864 sq km
Population: 10. 5m
Capital City: Prague
People: Czech (90.4%); Moravian (3.7%); Slovak (1.9%); Polish (0.5%); German (0.4%); Roma (0.1%), Silesian (0.1%), Others (0.3%) (Census 2001)
Languages: Czech
Religion(s): Roman Catholic 39.2%; Protestant 4.6%; Orthodox 3%; non-religious 39.8%, other 13.4%.
Currency: Czech Crown (CZK)
Major political parties: Civic Democratic Party (ODS); Czech Social Democratic Party (CSSD); TOP09 (Tradition, Responsibility, Prosperity), Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia (KSCM), Public Affairs (VV).
Government: Parliamentary Democracy led by an ODS/ TOP09/ VV coalition Government. The Government has 15 members.
Head of State: Vaclav Klaus (since 2003, re-elected by indirect election for a second and final term in 2008)
Prime Minister: Petr Necas, ODS (since 28 June, 2010)
Foreign Minister: Karel Schwarzenberg, TOP 09 (since 28 June, 2010)
Membership of international groupings/ organisations: Member of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO); European Union (EU); International Monetary Fund (IMF); Interpol; Organisation for Co-operation and Security in Europe (OSCE); Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD); United Nations (UN); United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO); Western European Union (WEU) (associate); World Trade Organisation.