Taking a break

On Saturday, Jeff and David decided to enjoy the sunny afternoon with a game of basketball.  They arrived home two hours later covered with sweat.  Jeff was not sure that playing ball with his 16 year old son was much of a break.  So back to the office for some rest.

Czech Population Rises To 10.588 Million

 

Prague, Sept. 11, 2017 The number of inhabitants of the Czech Republic rose by 9,200 to 10,588,063 by mid-2017 thanks to immigration, mainly from Ukraine and Slovakia, according to the preliminary data released by the Czech Statistical Office (CSU) today. There was a higher number of deaths than births. Between January and June, 57,787 people died, the highest number since 1996, the CSU said.
In the same period, 55,528 children were born, roughly the same number as a year ago, when it was the highest over the past six years. The proportion of the children born out of wedlock reached 49 percent, while it stood at 48.6 percent last year. In the first six months of the year, 22,590 people moved to the Czech Republic, while 11,088 moved out. Roughly 2,600 more Ukrainians, 2,100 Slovaks and 700 Vietnamese were registered in the Czech Republic.
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Religion in the Czech Republic

     Religion in the Czech Republic was dominated by Christianity until at least the first half of the 20th century; since then it has steadily declined and today the Czech Republic has one of the least religious populations in the world.

     The most recent Pew Research Center, found that in 2015 72% of the population of Czech Republic declared itself religiously unaffiliated—a category which includes atheists, agnostics and those who describe their religion as “nothing in particular”, 26% Christians, while 2% belonged to other faiths. The Christians divided between 21% Catholic, 4% other Christians and 1% are Eastern Orthodox, while the religiously unaffiliated divided between 25% as atheists, 1% agnostics and 46% as nothing in particular (also atheists and agnostics when we have questioned them about their belief). Also 29% said that they believe in God, 43% had a belief in fate and 44% believed in the existence of the soul.