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A Czech language newspaper, the Pokrok Západu (Progress of the West), was founded in Omaha in 1871. [3] Other Czech language newspapers in Nebraska included Přítel Lidu (People's Friend), [4] Ozvěna Západu (Echo of the West), [5] and Wilberské Listy. [6] A state organization for Czech Nebraskans, Nebraska Czechs Inc., was formed in 1963. [7]
The Nebraska & Texas – Czech Republic State Partnership is one of 25 (as of March 2023) European partnerships that make-up the U.S. European Command State Partnership Program and one of 88 (as of March, 2023) worldwide partnerships that make-up the National Guard State Partnership Program. The Czech Republic partnership with Nebraska and ...
A land commissioner or natural resources commissioner is a public official in the executive branch of a state or territory in the United States.While the duties of the position may vary, their general role is maintaining, protecting, and regulating public lands and natural resources; including state parks, forests, and recreation areas. [1]
An environmental ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for the environment and/or natural resources. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of the Environment, Department of the Environment, Department of Environmental Protection, Department of Natural Resources or Ministry for the Ecological Transition.
This is a list of sister cities in the United States.Sister cities, known in Europe as town twins, are cities which partner with each other to promote human contact and cultural links, although this partnering is not limited to cities and often includes counties, regions, states and other sub-national entities.
Located at Omaha's only Sokol (est. 1911), the Czechoslovak Museum includes fine hand-cut lead crystal, costumes, photographs, showcases of memorabilia, a Czech/English reference library and a gift shop, which features only items imported from the Czech Republic. [2] The museum is open by appointment.
four regions of the Czech Republic (Hradec Králové, Karlovy Vary, Liberec and Ústí nad Labem), amounting to 12,000 square kilometers and a population of 1.59 million The Polish portion includes the southernmost " salient " of the Gmina Bogatynia , where the vast Turów Coal Mine has extracted lignite resources since 1904.
Protected landscape area (abbreviated PLA; Czech: chráněná krajinná oblast, abbreviated CHKO) is a large area of harmonic landscape with a typical relief, with a considerable share of natural forest and permanent grassy ecosystems, there can also be preserved human settlement monuments. They are established by the Czech Government.