Country Profiles: Czech Republic

Czech Republic -- Ceska Republika

Government-Sponsored Resources and Diplomatic Information

• Statistics on the Czech Republic (CIA World Factbook)
• US Embassy in Prague
• Embassy of the Czech Republic in Washington, D.C.
• The Czech President The President's homepage available in English and Czech

International Organizations and Development Programs

• U.N. Mission of the Czech Republic Country page contains U.N. related info, as well as other links about the country
• World Bank: Europe and Central Asia regional page
• USAID Czech Republic Country Page Information about the Czech Republic and USAID programs
• The Czech Republic and the IMF The IMF's Czech Republic Country Page with links to articles

Internet Resources: General

• Czech Republic on Wikipedia
• Czech Republic Homepage Everything about the Czech Republic in Czech and in English
• Slavic and East European Library at the University of Illinois; includes a guide to internet resources and access to their excellent Slavic Reference Service
• Reenic Excellent collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and the Newly Independent States
• Reesweb The best collection of internet resources about Central and Eastern Europe and Russia
• Czech Republic Page of the Institute of  East Central Europe at Columbia University
• Slavic-Eurasian Studies Web Directory sponsored by the Hokkaido University Slavic Research Center, Japan
• Travel Information Travel to the Czech Republic with the Lonely Planet

Internet Resources: Culture, Literature and Language

• Czech Studies at UCLA why study Czech?
• Library of Congress Czech and Slovak Collections A description of works held at the Library of Congress
• Ceska literatura This Prague-based quarterly, published by the Institute for Czech Literature of the Czech Academy of Sciences, is now online

Online News Sites and Servers

• Radio Prague Radio broadcasts on RealAudio available in five languages including Czech and English
• Nova Pritomnost Monthly Czech journal about culture, science and politics
• Central Europe Online Daily news on issues concerning the Czech Republic and Central Europe
• Carolina Weekly news on the Czech Republic in Czech (with English archives to October 2001)
• Web Radio International Hear broadcasts from countries all over the world

Czech Language Study

• Czech Studies at UCLA - Czech language, literature, film and cultural studies and many good links.
• Czech Courses offered through The UCLA Department of Slavic Languages and Literatures
• Czech Language Program for Foreigners at Charles University in Prague
• The UCLA Language Materials Project learning resources for less commonly taught languages of the world
• The Russian and East European Summer Language Institute at the University of Pittsburgh
• Summer Workshop in Slavic, East European and Central Asian Languages at Indiana University
• Slavic and Baltic Language Resources  hosted by the University of  Wisconsin
• Czech-English-Czech online dictionary
• West Slavic online dictionaries
• Language Resource Page A page of links to information on distance learning and technology resources, traditional language study programs (including those that offer instruction in less commonly taught languages) and other general language study resources.

Academic and Fellowship Information

• American Council of Learned Societies Fellowships and grants in East European Studies
• International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX) Provides funding for study in many scholarly program in Central and Eastern Europe
• The American Association of Teachers of Slavic and Eastern European Languages The AATSEEL page provides computing resources, information about the annual AATSEEL conference, job listings, study and funding information
• Columbia University's Council for European Studies has information about fellowships for Western and Central Europe
• Library Servers via WWW Libraries from over 90 countries, updated daily. Sponsored by UC Berkeley library and Sun Microsystems
• Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship This program offers scholarships to undergraduate students with financial need and encourages students underrepresented in study abroad programs to apply. Awards of up to $5000 for semester or academic year study abroad programs.

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The republic borders Poland to the north, Germany to the northwest and west, Austria to the south, and Slovakia to the east. Historic Prague (Czech: Praha), a major tourist attraction, is its capital and largest city. The country is composed of two older regions, Bohemia and Moravia, and part of a third one, Silesia. As of May 1, 2004, it is a member state of the European Union.