CZECHOPHILIA ON THE NET, Page 3

A Comprehensive Systematic Guide about the Czechs, their Culture and Czech-Related Matters
A Tentative Listing

Copyright 2001
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II. The Basics

A. The Country Profiles
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B. The Land
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1. The Physical Landscape

Country - Prepared by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.czech.cz/czech/country.html

Czech Republic Geography
http://www.photius.com/wfb/wfb1999/czech_republic/czech_republic_geography.html

Water in the Czech Republic
http://www.env.cz/www/zamest.nsf/ to be corrected

2. The Cultural Landscape

Cities and Villages Online
http://mesta.obce.cz/

Global Gazeteer - Topographical Maps of 24873 Towns and Cities in Czech Republic
http://www.calle.com/world/czechrepublic/index.html

3. Climate

Czech Republic - Weather and Climate
http://www.usatoday.com/weather/basemaps/foreign/europe/wfczech.htm

Czech Republic Weather and Climate Information Page
http://www.atlasweather.com/Europe/CzechRepublic.html

Czech Republic - Preliminary Results of country Study on Climate Change
http://www.gcrio.org/CSP/IR/IRczech.html

4. Flora & Fauna

Czech National Phytosociological Database
http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/database.htm

European Vegetation Survey - Czech Republic
http://www.ibot.cas.cz/research/4resear7.html#A08

Gallery of Czech Vegetation
http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/galler_a.htm

Interspecific Associations in the Czech Herbaceous Vegetation
http://www.sci.muni.cz/botany/assoc_a.htm

MAB Biosphere Reserves in the Czech Republic
http://click.go2net.com/ to be corrected

Map of Potential Natural Vegetation of the Czech Republic
http://www.ibot.cas.cz/research/446map.html

Mushroom Atlas
http://houby.fotozona.cz/

Report of Forestry of the Czech Republic
http://www.silvarium.com/en/info/zelenazprava_index.html

Social Broadleaves in the Czech Republic
http://www.ipgri.cgiar.org/Networks/euforgen/Networks/
Social_Broadleaves/Country_reports/SBctyrepCZE.htm

5. The Environment

Agenda 21- Czech Republic - Natural Resources Aspects of Sustainable
Development in Czech Republic
http://www.un.org/esa/agenda21/natlinfo/countr/czech/natur.htm

Czech Republic - Implementation Agenda
Made since UN Conference on Environment in 1992 (1997)
http://www.un.org/esa/earthsummit/czech-cp.htm

EIONET in the Czech Republic
http://nfp-cz.eionet.eu.int/

Environmental Data Sheet - Prepared by World Bank
http://www-esd.worldbank.org/ecssd/envcopg/esczech.html

Environmental Policy of the Czech Republic
- Prepared by the Czech Ministry of Environment
http://wwwold.mpo.cz/english/g/gc/1097/page0004.htm

Improving International Nuclear Safety - Czech Republic
http://insp.pnl.gov:2080/?profiles/ceec/czech_republic_intro

State of Environment - Prepared by the Ministry of Environment of Czech Republic
http://www.env.cz/www/DOMINO.NSF/ to be corrected

6. Maps

Atlas-maps - Maps in Czech Republic - over 200
http://mapy.atlas.cz/mesta.asp

C. The People
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1. General

People - Prepared by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.czech.cz/czech/country.html

2. Statistics

Statistics Data - By Czech statistical Office
http://www.czso.cz/eng/angl.htm

3. Demography

Demographic Institutions in Czech Republic
http://burcin.natur.cuni.cz/popin/research/institutions.asp

Popin - Czech Republic - Population Information
http://popin.natur.cuni.cz/html/index.html

Papin - Czech Republic - Population Policy
http://popin.natur.cuni.cz/html/policy/index.html

Population Development in Czech Republic 1999
http://popin.natur.cuni.cz/html/trends/popdev99/index.html

4. Ethnic Groups and Minorities

Ethnologue: Czech Republic
http://www.sil.org/ethnologue/countries/Czec.html

East West: Human Trafficking - Czech Republic as Transit Country
http://www.rferl.org/nca/features/2000/09/F.RU.000914144833.html

National Minorities of Czech Republic
http://194.108.160.102/hj/9702/national.htm

Roma in the Czech Republic
http://www.cisr.gc.ca/research/publications/cze02_e.stm

The Situation of the Roma in the Czech Republic, 1998
http://www.romove.cz/jan98.html

5. Emigration

UK Immigration and Nationality Directorate - Czech Republic Assessment
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ind/asylum/asylum_Czech.htm

D. History
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History of the Czech State - Prepared by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.czech.cz/czech/history.html

Radio Prague's History of the Czech Republic - Short Text
http://www.radio.cz/history/history02.html

Radio Prague's History of the Czech Republic - Long Text
http://www.radio.cz/history/history02.html

E. The State
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1. Politics and Government

a. General

Central Europe Online - Czech Republic Politics
http://www.centraleurope.com/country/czech/politics/czepol.php3

European Forum - Country Update: Czech Republic
http://www.europeanforum.bot-consult.se/cup/czechia/

Political System - Prepared by Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.czech.cz/czech/political.html

SIGMA - Czech Republic Public Management Profile (1999)
http://www.oecd.org//puma/sigmaweb/profiles/czech-r/cze-toc.htm

b. Political Parties

Radio Praha - Political Parties in Czech Republic ?
http://www.radio.cz/english/player2.phtml

Ceska narodni strana
http://www.kdu.cz/

Ceska pravice - Kozervativni politicka strana
http://www.ceskapravice.cz/

CSNS - Ceska strana narodne socialni
??

CSSD - Ceska strana socialne demokraticka
http://www.socdem.cz/

DEU - Demokraticka unie
http://www.deu.cz/

KDU - CSL - Krestancka demokraticka unie
http://www.kdu.cz/

KSCM - Komunisticka strana Cech a Moravy
??

MDS - Moravska demokraticka strana
http://mujweb.cz/www/modestr

NS - Narodni strana
http://www.narodni-strana.cz/

ODA - Obcanska demokraticka aliance
http://www.oda.cz/

ODS - Obcanska demokraticka strana
http://www.ods.cz/

SD - LSNS - Svobodni demokrate - Liberalni strana narodne socialni
http://www.ecn.cz/env/volby/SD/home.

SDL - Strana demokraticke levice
http://www.ecn.cz/env/volby/SDL/home.htm

SKS - Strana kozervativni smlouvy
http://www.skos.cz/

SPR - RSC - Sdruzeni pro Republiku - Republikanska strana Ceskoslovenska
http://mujweb.cz/www/sprbrno/default.htm

Strana za zivotni jistoty
http://www.szj.cz/

Strana zelenych
http://freeweb.starweb.cz/zeleni/

Unie svobody
http://www.uniesvobody.cz/

2. Law

Constitution of Czech Republic (in English)
http://www.czech.cz/english/constitution.html

Constitution of Czech Republic (in Czech)
http://www.czech.cz/czech/131_ustav.htm

Charter of Fundamental Rights and Freedoms
http://www.psp.cz/cgi-bin/eng/docs/laws/charter.html

Juridica - Guide to Legal Services in Czech Republic
http://infox.eunet.cz/iuridica/indexe.htm

3. Foreign Relations

EURskop - Czech Republic and European Union
http://www.euroskop.cz/

German-Czech Declaration on Mutual Relations
http://law.gonzaga.edu/library/ceedocs/cz/decz.htm

4. Armed Forces

The Army of the Czech Republic
http://www.army.cz/

Military Home Page Czech
http://www.military.cz/military_en.htm

F. The Society
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1. Stratification

a. Intellectuals

Czech Intellectuals and "Post-Communism"
http://www.ce-review.org/99/14/stroehlein14.html

Philosopher - Kings and Technocrats: Intellectuals in Czech Politics
http://wwics.si.edu/ees/reports/1999/173orz.htm

Conference Proceedings: Prague Intellectuals after 1989
http://wwics.si.edu/ees/reports/1999/173orz.htm

Roles and Possibilities of Intellectuals. By Miroslav Kusy
http://www.unc.edu/depts/europe/conferences/ACLS98/kusy.html

2. Family Life

3. Women's Issues

Feminism in Czech Republic
http://www.cddc.vt.edu/feminism/cz.html

Rights of Czech Women
http://www.helcom.cz/en/report99/4.htm

Women's Organizations
http://www.neww.org/

4. Health and Welfare

Ministry of Health of Czech Republic
http://www.mzcr.cz/

National Environmental Health Action Plan
http://www.czso.cz/eng/figures/3/3.htm

5. Labor and Employment

Labor and Social Statistics
http://www.czso.cz/eng/figures/3/3.htm

6. Religion

Religious Freedom Report - Czech Republic
http://click.go2net.com/ ...

Religious Freedom Report - Czech Republic
http://www.atheism.about.com/religion/atheism/library/irf99/bl_irf_czechrepublic99.htm

Religion in the Former Czechoslovakia
http://click.go2net.com/ ...

Czech Christian Churches
http://www.cirkve.cz/

7. Public Opinion

REC: Manual on Public Participation - Czech Republic
http://www.rec.hu/REC/Publications/PPManual/Czech.html

8. Human Rights

Amnesty International - Annual Report 2000
http://www.web.amnesty.org/ ...

Human Rights Watch in Czech Republic
http://www.hrw.org/hrw/pubweb/Webcat-32.htm#P749_116562

International Helsinki Federation for human Rights - Annual Report 1999 for the Czech Republic
http://www.ihf-hr.org/reports/ar99/ar99cze.htm

US Department of State: 1999 Report on Human Rights Practices - Czech Republic
http://www.state.gov/www/global/human_rights/1999_hrp_report/czechrep.html

G. The Economy
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Economy - Official Statement by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.czech.cz/czech/economy.htm

Economy.cz - Economics server
http://www.economy.cz/servis/publikace1.asp

Doing Business in the Czech Republic
http://www.doingbusiness.cz/

Finance.cz
http://www.finance.cz/

Government financial Statistics
http://www.mfcr.cz/scripts/hpe/default.asp?VlfinSta

Macroeconomic Forecast
http://www.mfcr.cz/scripts/hpe/default.asp?MakroPre

Ministry of Industry and Trade - Analysis of Czech Economy and MET Sectors
http://wwwold.mpo.cz/english/b/ba/ba.htm

H. Culture
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1. General

Culture and Arts - Prepared by the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs
http://www.czech.cz/czech/culture.html

Czech Culture
http://cern.web.cern.ch/CERN/Divisions/EP/MS/CzechRepublic/CultureTraditionsArt.html

Culture Events in Czech Republic - Search
http://www.downtown.cz/

2. Literature

Czech literature
http://www.slavic.ohio-state.edu/people/yoo/links/czecho/lit.htm

Czech literature of the 20th Century
http://fmv.vse.cz/cz/cz/litera20.html

3. Music

Composers of Bohemia
http://members.aol.com/eusebius7/bohemia.htm

Czech Composers - Alphabetical Listing
http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Strasse/3239/composers.html

I. Traditions
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1. General

Czech Traditions
http://www.iarelative.com/books/czech.htm

People's Customs, Traditions and Artisan's Trades (in Czech)
http://www.klic.cz/remesla/

2. Customs

Customs and Traditions
http://www.czech-tradition.cz/tradition/HTML/tradice_en.htm

Christmas Traditions from Czechoslovakia
http://dunkerton.k12.ia.us/curriculum/holiday/czech.html

3. Artisan's Trade

Traditional Artisan's Trade
http://www.czech-tradition.cz/tradition/HTML/remesla_en.htm

4. Folklore
???

5. Czech Food and Cousin

Eleanor's (Czech) Kitchen
http://www.geocities.com/NapaValley/7680/eleanor.html

Czech Cookbooks
http://www.iarelative.com/books/czech.htm

Traditional Cooking
http://www.czech-tradition.cz/tradition/HTML/recepty_en.htm