Czech Republic

noun

1. a country in central Europe; formed part of Czechoslovakia until 1993; mostly wooded, with lowlands surrounding the River Morava, rising to the Bohemian plateau in the W and to highlands in the N; joined the EU in 2004. Language: Czech. Religion: Christian majority. Currency: koruna. Capital Prague. Pop: 10 162 921 (2013 est). Area: 78 864 sq km (30 450 sq miles)

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Croatia top Group L, three points ahead of the Czech Republic, and the 2018 World Cup runners-up also have a game in hand on their rivals.

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Croatia are level on 13 points with the Czech Republic but can open the gap to three when they welcome Gibraltar at 1845 GMT.

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"And Nato, well, we can criticise many things about it, but joining Nato was the most important milestone in the history of the Czech Republic, and our position is to strengthen it," he went on.

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The young male's journey has taken in large swathes of Central Europe since he was first spotted near the village of Ludgerovice, in the northeastern corner of the Czech Republic, on 2 June.

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On Sunday, the Czech Republic announced it had sent a special operations helicopter unit to Poland.

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