The Czech Republic, also known as Czechia, is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Historically known as Bohemia, it is bordered by Austria to the south, Germany to the west, Poland to the northeast, and Slovakia to the southeast. The Czech Republic has a hilly landscape that covers an area of 78,871 square kilometers (30,452 sq mi) with a mostly temperate continental and oceanic climate. The capital and largest city is Prague; other major cities and urban areas include Brno, Ostrava, Plzeň and Liberec.
Hlinsko is a town in Chrudim District in the Pardubice Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 9,600 inhabitants. The local part of Betlém is well preserved example of folk architecture and is protected by law as a village monument reservation.
Vikentiy Viacheslavovych Khvoyka was an archaeologist who discovered the Neolithic Trypillia culture of Ukraine. He also researched the Scythian, Zarubintsy, Chernyakhov and early Slavic archaeological cultures.
Štěpánka Hilgertová is a former Czechoslovak-Czech slalom canoeist who competed at the international level from 1988 to 2017. Competing in six Summer Olympics, she won two gold medals in the K1 event, earning them in 1996 and 2000.
The Czech Republic women's national football team is the women's association football team of the Czech Republic.
VK Prostějov is a Czech women's volleyball club based in Prostějov. The club competes in the Czech Women's Volleyball Extraliga, the highest Czech league.
Josef Hušbauer is a Czech professional footballer who played as a midfielder for Czech National Football League club Příbram. A product of the Sparta Prague football academy, Hušbauer represented his country at various age groups before making his international debut for the Czech Republic in 2012.
The Czech women's national ice hockey team is the national women's ice hockey team of the Czech Republic. Since 2021, the team has been officially known in English as Czechia. The women's national team is controlled by Czech Ice Hockey Association. As of 2021, Czech Republic has 4,142 female players. The Czech women's national team is ranked 6th in the world.
Érik Chvojka is a Canadian former professional tennis player.
Stanislav Tecl is a Czech former professional footballer who played as a forward. He played most games for Slavia Prague in the Czech First League.
The 2012 Fifth Third Bank Tennis Championships was a professional tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 17th edition for men and the 15th edition for women, of the tournament and was part of the 2012 ITF Women's Circuit and the 2012 ATP Challenger Tour. It took place in Lexington, Kentucky, United States between 23 and 29 July 2012.
Jana Knedlíková is a Czech professional handballer for Vipers Kristiansand and formerly the Czech national team.
Jakub Plšek is a Czech professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for Puskás Akadémia FC in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I.
Okouzlená is a 1942 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Otakar Vávra.
Antonín Barák is a Czech professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Czech Republic national team.
Petr Gazdík is a Czech politician who has been member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2010. He served as Minister of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic in the Cabinet of Petr Fiala from December 2021 to June 2022 and was a leader of Mayors and Independents party from 2009 to 2014 and 2016 to 2019. Previously he was a mayor of Suchá Loz. He is married and he has four children.
Thaddus Dewayn McFadden Jr. is an American-Georgian professional basketball player for Casademont Zaragoza of the Spanish Liga ACB. Standing at 1.88 m (6'2"), he plays at both guard positions. He played two years of JUCO college basketball at St. Clair County CC, and two years of Division II college basketball at Fairmont State, where he later went into the Fairmont State Hall of Fame. McFadden then entered the 2009 NBA draft, but he was not selected in the draft's two rounds. McFadden has won three Cypriot League championships.
Plzeň municipal election in 2014 was held as part of 2014 Czech municipal elections. It was held on 10 and 11 October 2014. ANO 2011 received the highest number of votes but Civic Democratic Party (ODS) and Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) won the same number of seats in the City's assembly. Civic Democratic Party ruled in Plzeň more than 20 years but was expected to lose its positions and receive only 10% of votes. In an electoral upset, ODS received more than 17%. Leader of local Civic Democrats Martin Baxa said that he believes that ODS was the actual victor of the election. Voter turnout was 33.73%.
A leadership election for the Czech Social Democratic Party (ČSSD) was held in 2018 following the 2017 legislative election. Jan Hamáček was elected the new leader of the party, defeating Jiří Zimola in the second round.
Ortel is a Czech rock band from Plzeň, led by its namesake, Tomáš Ortel. Prone to controversy, they have been described in the media as xenophobic. In 2015 and 2016, they won second place in the Group category of the Český slavík awards.
