Czech Republic has gone through two major transformations in less than eleven years. In 1993, what was formerly known as Czechoslovakia, split into two separate countries. Both Czech Republic and Slovakia joined the European Union in 2004 along with eight other nations. Two EU policy issues that affected or continue to affect Czech Republic were the adoption of the euro and ratification of the Lisbon Treaty of 2009. Czech Republic’s president is anti-EU and this plays a significant role in showing…

Freud was born in the Czech Republic on May 6th, 1856. At a young age his family moved to Vienna, in which, he spent most of his life there. He received his medical degree in 1881 from the University of Vienna and married in the following year. He had six children and his youngest, Anna Freud, had decided to become like her father. In which she continued and explored his work until her death in 1982. Freud had set up a private practice and treated people with a wide verity of psychological disorders…

Gypsies in the Czech Republic The Gypsies of the former Czechoslovakia have suffered ethnic marginalization dating back to their arrival in Eastern Europe over 700 years ago. The collapse of communism in Czechoslovakia, and other Eastern Europe countries created the necessary conditions for the ethnic mobilization of the Gypsies and other minorities. During communism minorities presence in Eastern Europe was not officially recognized. The transition from the socialist system to democracy…

International Business Project: The Czech Republic International Business Project: The Czech Republic Introduction The Czech Republic is a small, landlocked country located in Central Europe, southeast of Germany, bordered by Austria, Germany, Poland, and Slovakia. Slightly smaller than South Carolina, the Czech Republic covers 78.866 square kilometers (sq km): 77,276 sq km of land and 1,590 sq km of water. Following the First World War, the closely related Czechs and Slovaks of the former Austro-Hungarian…

Executive Summary Population The total population of the Czech Republic, as of July 2014, is 10,627,448 people. It is growing at an annual change of 0.17%. There are 9.79 live births per 1,000 people as of 2014 (CIA World Factbook, 2014), and about 1.45 births per woman (World Bank, 2012). Birthrates There are 1.45 births per woman (World Bank, 2012) (http://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.DYN.TFRT.IN?) Distribution of population Age: The Czech Republic has a high percentage (43.6%) of citizens aged 25…

The current Czech Republic as we know it, was established in January of 1993 when Czechoslovakia split into two independent countries. The peaceful separation created the Czech Republic and an independent Slovakia. The history the Czech Republic, Slovakia and the once Czechoslovakia is rich and full of turmoil. History The indigenous population of Czechoslovakia were the Slavic tribes. These tribes were made up of 'West Slavs ' tribes who were the Poles, the Czechs and the Slovaks. The 'East…

A. Overview The Czech Republic is located in the watershed of three seas with three rivers the Elbe, the Odra and the Danube River. In 1990s, the country’s water quality improved significantly. First as a result of the changes in production activities and technological changes and “polluter pays” principle, second as a result of construction and modernization of sewer systems and waste water treatment plants. The water sector was privatized in the mid-1990s and the municipalities and their unions…

According to the results of an international study (Ernst & Young, 2013), Czech Republic is ranked the second in the Eastern Europe in terms of attractiveness to accommodate new investments. Czech Republic is also included in ten of most suitable countries for investment in the creation of centers of technological services. Current sustainable strategy of Czech Republic includes creating the conditions for increasing innovation activity of entrepreneurial sphere; orientation of science to the solution…

The Czech Republic is located nearly in the center of Europe and was recently known as Czechoslovakia. The Czech Republic is bordered by Slovakia, Germany, Poland, and Austria. The Czech Republic was a part of Czechoslovakia until 1993 when it split into both the Czech Republic and Slovakia. With it being a fairly new country, one would assume that it is struggling to catch up to society economically, this is simply untrue, because the Czech Republic is one of the most economically stable countries…

would that result in? A diamond (Bain & Company, 2011 p.3). Otherwise known as the quintessential token of love and promise. Diamond consumption, particularly diamonds as engagement rings, is much higher in the United States in comparison to the Czech Republic, due primarily to better brand development, which we can see in the synonymous nature of diamonds equating to love, and a stronger, more developed consumerist mentality. History The word diamond comes from the Greek word adamas meaning “adamant”…