The Czechs ended 68th out of the 149 world countries that have provided basic data for the rating, released in a special issue of the Newsweek weekly.
The neighbouring Slovakia was placed 17th in the EPI standings. Out of European countries, only Macedonia, Moldova, Romania and Ukraine were assessed worse than the Czech Republic. The EPI compares countries according to their economic power and the ability to protect ECB celebrates 10th birthday ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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