DHL released the fifth edition of the DHL Global Connectedness Index (GCI) – a detailed analysis of globalization, measured by international flows of trade, capital, information and people. The new GCI report represents the first comprehensive assessment of developments in globalization across 169 countries and territories since the Brexit referendum in the United Kingdom and the 2016 presidential election in the United States.

Data is an essential for the Brno’s development and it is a condition for both more and less important decisions being taken based on knowledge, not impressions and unrealistic wishes. And if the Brno City State Report brings you to the city’s data portal – data.brno.cz, one of the report’s objectives will be met. Apart from complete statistics, charts, data interpretation and source links you can also find useful applications from various areas of the city life there.

Prague, 14th May 2019 – Prague hosted a record number of conferences and congresses in 2018. Over 4,500 events took place in its collective accommodation establishments last year – that is more than a third of all events held in the Czech Republic. The Czech metropolis welcomed almost  540,000 delegates from all over the world. At the same time, Prague occupied the ninth position in the international ranking of the most popular meeting destinations this year.

According to Eurostat, about 1.3 million people were studying Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in the European Union (EU) in 2016. Girls and women were largely in a minority, accounting for only 17 % of all ICT students.