auto-update week 43

europe/ez.json

@@ -99,9 +99,6 @@
     },
     "Geography - note": {
       "text": "<strong>note 1:</strong> landlocked; strategically located astride some of oldest and most significant land routes in Europe; Moravian Gate is a traditional military corridor between the North European Plain and the Danube in central Europe<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> the Hranice Abyss in Czechia is the world's deepest surveyed underwater cave at 404 m (1,325 ft); its survey is not complete and it could end up being some 800-1,200 m deep"
-    },
-    "Map description": {
-      "text": "<p>Czechia map showing major cities as well as parts of surrounding countries.</p>"
     }
   },
   "People and Society": {
@@ -592,7 +589,7 @@
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
-      "highest courts": {
+      "highest court(s)": {
         "text": "Supreme Court (organized into Civil Law and Commercial Division, and Criminal Division each with a court chief justice, vice justice, and several judges); Constitutional Court (consists of 15 justices); Supreme Administrative Court (consists of 36 judges, including the court president and vice president, and organized into 6-, 7-, and 9-member chambers)"
       },
       "judge selection and term of office": {
@@ -610,7 +607,7 @@
     },
     "Diplomatic representation in the US": {
       "chief of mission": {
-        "text": "Ambassador Hynek KMONICEK (since 24 April 2017)"
+        "text": "Ambassador Miloslav STASEK (since 16 September 2022)"
       },
       "chancery": {
         "text": "3900 Spring of Freedom Lane NW, Washington, DC 20008-3803"
@@ -1081,7 +1078,7 @@
     },
     "Telecommunication systems": {
       "general assessment": {
-        "text": "the telecom market has attracted investment from among the key regional telcos, including Deutsche Telekom, Telef&oacute;nica, and Vodafone, as also investors such as PPF Group; O2 Czech Republic remains the dominant telco in all segments, though there is effective competition, particularly in the mobile sector; telcos in the Czech Republic have become multi-service providers, offering a full range of fixed and mobile services; O2 CR has struggled to improve revenue growth in recent years, and in response it has transitioned itself to face market challenges; among the changes was its reorganization into separate business divisions and the spinning off of CETIN as a separate unit to manage the fixed and mobile networks while also operating as a national wholesale network provider; CETIN&rsquo;s owner, PPF Group, in early 2021 considered an IPO for CETIN; the mobile sector is concentrated among the three MNOs, despite the regulator having made efforts to facilitate the entry of a new market player by providing spectrum at the multi-band auction held in November 2020; the auction has enabled the licensees to expand the reach of their 5G networks; this process has also been assisted by them closing down 3G networks and refarming spectrum for 5G and LTE use. (2021)"
+        "text": "the telecom market has attracted investment from among the key regional telcos; telcos in the Czech Republic have become multi-service providers, offering a full range of fixed and mobile services; the auction has enabled the licensees to expand the reach of their 5G networks; this process has also been assisted by them closing down 3G networks and reforming spectrum for 5G and LTE use (2021)"
       },
       "domestic": {
         "text": "roughly 12 fixed-telephone subscriptions per 100 inhabitants and mobile telephone usage of about 121 per 100 inhabitants (2020)"
@@ -1252,7 +1249,7 @@
     },
     "Refugees and internally displaced persons": {
       "refugees (country of origin)": {
-        "text": "442,440 (Ukraine) (as of 11 October 2022)"
+        "text": "448,807 (Ukraine) (as of 18 October 2022)"
       },
       "stateless persons": {
         "text": "1,498 (mid-year 2021)"