The Czech Republic ranked 19th out of 35 OECD countries in terms of the tax-to-GDP ratio in 2015, compared with 18th place in 2014. The VAT Revenue Ratio for the Czech Republic was 0.58 in 2014, above the OECD average of 0.56, recently published OECD tax publications show.

According to recently published Eurobarometer data, in 22 Member States, respondents are most likely to say national media provide the same diversity of views and opinions compared to five years ago, although the Czech Republic, Croatia (both 56%), Slovakia (54%), Luxembourg and Romania (50%) are the only countries where at least half think this way.

The total number of available jobs by the end of 2015 was around 108,000, which, compared to the situation in January 2015, represents an increase by nearly 75%, says Ladislav Kučera, Managing Director of Hays Czech Republic, adding that even despite the significant rise in the number of available jobs and hard to fill jobs, companies have not yet resorted to significant wage increases.

The new millennium has seen the rise and rapid global spread of what can fairly be called a new democratic institution, the independent political fact-checker. The first organisations dedicated to publicly evaluating the truth of political claims appeared in the United States in the early 2000s, The rise of fact-checking sites in Europe report shows.