Προφίλ συναλλασσόμενης χώρας Τσεχία

Political outline | Living conditions | Useful resources | Communications

Political outline

Executive Power: President is the chief of the state and is elected by the parliament for a five-year term. President has limited specific powers, most important of them being power to return laws to the parliament and dissolving of the parliament under certain special conditions. President appoints the Prime Minister and the Cabinet on the recommendation of the Prime Minister. Prime Minister is the head of the government and also holds the executive powers which include implementation of the law in the country and running the day-to-day affairs. Prime Minister is generally the head of the majority party or coalition in the parliament and yields considerable political power.
Legislative Power: The legislature is bicameral. The parliament consists of: Senate (the upper house), its members elected by popular vote to serve six-year terms and the Chamber of Deputies (the lower house) with its members elected by popular vote to serve four-year terms. The executive branch of government is directly or indirectly dependent on the support of the parliament, often expressed through a vote of confidence Prime Minister cannot dissolve the parliament without taking President and the members of the parliament into confidence.
Main political parties: Czech Republic has a multi-party political system. The main political parties in the country are:
- CSSD (Czech Social Democratic Party) – defends a socially oriented state with a market economy;
- ODS (Civic Democratic Party) – a liberally conservative party, on the right of the political spectrum. It defends the principles of personal freedom and individual responsibility, entrepreneurship and private ownership;
- KSCM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia) - heir of the Communist party of Czechoslovakia, though it has now modified its programme to suit country's new democratic politics;
- KDU-CSL (Christian Democratic Union-Czechoslovak People's Party) – a conservative political party which draws its main support from the Catholic rural areas in Moravia, in the center of the political spectrum ;
- Green Party (SZ) - highlights through its program the topic of ecology.
Current political leaders: President: Vaclav KLAUS (since March 2003) – ODS
Prime Minister: Jan FISCHER (since april 2009) – ODS
Next election dates: Presidential: February 2013
Chamber of Deputes: June 2010

Living conditions

Health and safety

Health precautions: Any vaccination is obligatory.
Vaccination against encephalitis from ticks is recommended for journeys in the wild.
International hospitals: Top Moravia Health (only in czech), International Clinic - Prague, GHC Healthcare, Canafian Medical Care
For further information on sanitary conditions: Ministry of Health (only in czech)
Country's pages on the website of WHO
For further information on safety conditions: Czech.cz, the national website of the Czech Republic
The pages dedicated to the country on the site of the Canadian Foreign Office
The Current Travel arming proposed by the American State Department
Contact your Embassy: Embassy of Greece Czech Republic
Helenska 2, Prague 2
TK12000
Phone: (004202) 22250943, 22250955
Fax: 222 53686
greekemb@czn.cz

Emergency numbers

Integrated emergency system (police, ambulance, fire)

112

Time difference and climate

Time and time difference: It is %T:%M %A in Prague (GMT+1 in winter, GMT+2 in summer)
Summer time period: Summer time period from April to October

Map of the time zone

Type of climate: The climate is mild but variable locally and throughout the year. It is characterized by a cold winter (from January to March) and warm summer (from June to August).The temperature falls bellow 0°C in winter and can be in excess of 30°C in summer.

For further information: Czech Hydrometeorological Institute

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

To find an accommodation: Association of Hotels and Restaurants ; Prague Hotel Locator; CzechHotels.net Prague City apartments Hotels and pensions in the Czech republic List of facilities in Prague; Czech Youth Hostel Association Ministry of Regional Development
Accommodation information, on Czech.cz, the Official website of the Czech Republic
To find an apartment: Sting (only in czech)
Mexx (only in czech)
Honzik (only in czech)

SReality (only in czech)
To find a job: Jobs
Prace

Communications

Telephone codes: To make a call from the Czech Republic to Greece: dial 00 (or +) 30
To make a call to in Czech Republic from Greece: dial 00 (or +) +420
Mobile telephone standards: The mobile operators use the 900 and 1800 MHz frequencies, which most mobile are enabled to use. Before you start using your mobile phone in the Czech Republic, consider buying a local SIM card as it can considerably reduce your telephone bills. However, your mobile phone needs to be unblocked in that case. A SIM card together with a starting prepaid credit costs between CZK 300–2,000. Czech mobile operators all offer mobile phone rental services. For specific terms and conditions of such services, please visit their websites.
Internet suffix: .cz

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General Information

Political outline

Living conditions

Health and safety

Emergency numbers

Time difference and climate

Map of the time zone

Average annual temperatures and rainfall

Useful resources

Communications