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The European Union is a supranational union composed of 27 member states. The total English-speaking population of the European Union and the United Kingdom combined (2012) is 256,876,220 [70] (out of a total population of 500,000,000, [71] i.e. 51%) including 65,478,252 native speakers and 191,397,968 non-native speakers, and would be ranked 2nd if it were included.
As of 2024, there are 57 sovereign states and 28 non-sovereign entities where English is an official language. Many administrative divisions have declared English an official language at the local or regional level. Most states where English is an official language are former territories of the British Empire.
Since August 2021, people up to the age of 14 and over 65 can use Prague's public transport free of charge (proof of age is required). Persons between 15 and 18 years and between 60 and 64 years pay half price for single tickets and day tickets. Services are run by the Prague Public Transport Company and several other companies.
Nive Nielsen, Greenlandic singer and songwriter. This is a list of multilingual bands and artists.The band's or artist's native language is listed first. The list itself may also contain some singers from all over the world whose first language is English and ability to sing in different languages.
Škoda Transportation is the fourth largest tram producer in the world; nearly one third of all trams in the world come from Czech factories. [139] The Czech Republic is also the world's largest vinyl records manufacturer, with GZ Media producing about 6 million pieces annually in Loděnice. [140]
The English-speaking world comprises the 88 countries and territories in which English is an official, administrative, or cultural language. In the early 2000s, between one and two billion people spoke English, [1] [2] making it the largest language by number of speakers, the third largest language by number of native speakers and the most widespread language geographically.
"All Over the World" is a song by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO). It is featured in the 1980 feature film Xanadu in a sequence with the film's stars Olivia Newton-John, Gene Kelly, and Michael Beck. The song also appears on the soundtrack album Xanadu, and was performed in the 2007 Broadway musical Xanadu.
World Music, Vol. 1: Africa, Europe and the Middle East. London: Rough Guides. pp. 49– 57. ISBN 1-85828-636-0. Pohanka J. 1958: Dějiny české hudby v příkladech. Prague. Svatos, Thomas D. "Sovietizing Czechoslovak Music: The 'Hatchet-Man' Miroslav Barvík and his Speech The Composers Go with the People."