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This dissertation connects theories and notions of media and democracy, oligarchization of media, media capture, and media systems with the economic theory of competition law. Slovak and Czech media laws are analyzed in a comparative legal analysis. Pluralism as the core value in all of the above-mentioned theories is researched. Novel historical periodization of the 1989 - 2020 era is proposed, as these 30 years are framed as a permanent transition of the media system of three distinct types. The Herfindahl-Hirschman index proves that the Slovak and Czech media markets are concentrated or oligopolistic, and this trend was strengthened in the last decade of the examined era. The new tool, the Power of Media Owners (POMO) indicator, is invented to show the strength of media oligarchs across platforms. This proves inefficacy of the cross-media ownership regulations, and it is used to measure the level of media capture. Fourth model of media systems, the non-pluralist authoritarian Eastern Oligarchic Captured model is described and the situation in Slovakia and Czech Republic is compared to it, concluding that both examined countries are in fact closer to more established Polarized Pluralist Mediterranean model, which is framed as a half-way to the Eastern model. Conclusions reveal which changes in...

This bachelor thesis deals with acquisition of citizenship by foreigners in conditions of the Czech and Slovak Republics and comparison of approaches of both countries. The main emphasis is put on individual differences in the development and current state of legislation concerning citizenship, approach to dual citizenship, conditions and the process of acquiring citizenship by foreigners.

The aim of this Master´s thesis is to find out whether there is a relation (mainly) between economic factors and government popularity in Slovakia, based on data from the period 2004-2016. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part describes theoretical aspects of government popularity function and historical overview of past government cabinets in Slovakia. The second part is practical, that explains a methodology used in modelling and results of modelling itself. At the end of this thesis, there is final summary of attained results.

This Bachelors thesis is devoted to the analysis of unemployment in the Czech Republic and Slovakia between years 1994 and 2015. The aim of the thesis is to analyze and compare the development of unemployment between the countries, and furthermore to focus comparison onto unemployment of selected risk groups. The theoretical part focuses on defining basic approaches dealing with the issue. Moreover, it describes the basic concepts of unemployment and sets out not only the fundamental factors affecting unemployment, but also the consequences of unemployment. In the practical part is first analyzed unemployment in the period 1994-2015 in individual countries. Consequently, it delivers comparison of each country, not only in terms of general unemployment rate, which is lower in Czech Republic than in Slovakia, but also in terms of selected risk groups of unemployed people, which shows different values in both countries. Finally, is provided a discussion of economic and political measures to tackle unemployment.

The aim of the diploma thesis is to analyze the way of destination management support in conditions of Slovakia, mainly in connection with Act No. 91/2010 Z. z. of the tourism support and its subsequent amendments. First part of the thesis is focused on the destination characterization, the topic of tourism destination management and the tourism organization in the particular destination. Theoretical part also deals with a topic of development and organization of tourism in Slovakia. Practical part introduces the Act No. 91/2010 Z. z. of the tourism support and its subsequent amendments in detail. Subsequently, the consequences of adopting the act in the particular regions are analyzed. The final part of the thesis consists of analysis and evaluation of the questionnaire survey, whose aim was to determine the influence of the adopting the act on the development and organization of tourism in particular regions.

This thesis deals with questions of land consolidation in the Czech Republic and in the Slovakia. The thesis should characterize briefly how the land consolidation proceed in the Czech Republic and above all it should show the land consolidation process in the Slovak Republic. The aim of the thesis is a comparison of land consolidation projection process in the Slovak Republic and in the Czech Republic according to specific criteria.

The aim of this thesis is to identify and more closely analyse Italian cultural standards, specifically from the perspective of Czechs and Slovaks, who came to a closer and more extended contact with the Italian culture. Identification of these standards was based on in-depth personal interviews and the theoretical part of this thesis. This part is focused on terms such as culture, intercultural communication, culture shock, cultural dimensions and standards. The practical part of this work is dedicated to the research itself and its evaluation as well as Italy per se, its history, culture, economy or demography. This work can also serve anyone in closer personal of professional contact with this culture.

This thesis deals with introducing operational programs in Czech and Slovak Rebublics in the past as well as in the present. The introductory section is focused on the past period 2007-2013 in the Czech Republic and Slovakia, where I describe existing operating programmes, their distribution according to individual objectives and their short characteristic. In the following section I focus on the present period 2014-2020. In this part I mention changes in comparing to previous period, focusing on the Partnership Agreement. I also deal with the Operational Program Human Resources and Employment in the Czech Republic for the period 2007-2013 and with the Operational Program Employment in the Czech Republic for the period 2014-2020. At the end of my thesis I deal with the Operational Program Employment and Social Inclusion in Slovakia for the period 2007-2013 and with the Operational Program Human Resources, Employment and Inclusion in Slovakia for the 2014-2020 period. In the last part of my thesis I made some charts with brief and summery comparisions which are focused on operational programs for development of human resources and employment in the Czech republic and Slovakia in the past and in the Czech republic and Slovakia in the present.

The dissertation "Czech and Slovak Public Diplomacy after 1993: The Transformation of Czech Centres and Slovak Institutes" seeks to compare Czech and Slovak model of public and cultural diplomacy after the peaceful separation of Czechoslovakia in 1993. It seeks to investigate whether the two countries embarked on similar journeys in their foreign affairs and whether the public and cultural diplomacy is at the forefront of their international policies. The dissertation aims to establish whether to accept or reject the hypothesis that the same historical circumstances and transformational similarities inevitably lead to similarities of Czech and Slovak public and cultural diplomacy. The first chapter of the dissertation focuses on a theoretical interpretation of public and cultural diplomacy. The second chapter of the dissertation deals with both countries' historical experience and describes the model of public and cultural diplomacy in each country from year 1993 to now. This part of the dissertation delineates conceptual documentation and describes the institutional dimension of this issue. The third and fourth chapter of the dissertation then separately deal with Czech Centres and Slovak Institutes as the primary players in the cultural diplomacy abroad. The final and core chapter of the...

This comparative case study deals with the accession of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD). The goal of this study is to ascertain how differences in the process of accession of the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic to the OECD reflected the political and economic differences between the countries. Furthermore, this study deals with the role which the way and consequences of the dissolution of Czechoslovakia played in the accession. The author build on the thesis that the later entry of the Slovak Republic to the OECD was due to unfavourable political situation in the Mečiar's government, which was reflected in the national economy. This thesis also maintains that the Slovak Republic was not disadvantaged as a result of the dissolution (neither by the Czech side, nor OECD), which would result into delayed accession of Slovakia to the OECD. The key chapters deal with each country's accession to the OECD. While the Czech accession to the OECD ran relatively smoothly, in the case of Slovakia it is necessary to describe the major factors which influenced the long accession process. These include in particular the foreign policy orientation and transformation during the course of Mečiar's governments.

Nowadays, there is an increasing number of countries which focus on building an effective public diplomacy because the active communication with the foreign public represents the country internationally, influences the public opinion, and thus creates a subsidiary environment for its foreign affairs. The thesis deals with the issue of the public diplomacy in Slovak Republic and it deeply analyses its development at the level of Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Slovak Republic as well. The last part of the thesis pays attention to the new ideological concept for the future representation of Slovakia as a modern European country.

The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive survey on the recent development of Slovak international trade in particular due to the EU accession and euro adoption. Overall, there are mostly predictions for some positive impact on Slovak trade flows stemming from these actions, however their magnitudes differ greatly. This literature review provides an overview of the main articles relevant to this topic and lists their main conclusions.

The contribution of diploma thesis is to clarify what the logistics center actually is, its function, role, providing services and bringing benefits not only to economic but also non-economic entities in its vicinity. Start of construction of logistics centers occurred in the Czech Republic and Slovakia at different times, which could be caused by many different factors, but we can simply say that the construction was started with the arrival of foreign investors in the market and lack of storage and distribution network here in the meantime occurring. Central European market is still due to relatively cheap labor attractive place for the construction of logistics centers for investors, because of this there is still the ongoing construction. Market Characteristics of Czech Republic and Slovakia is primarily focused on describing the situation in both markets, layout of logistics centers in countries and also the performance of developers operating in the market. Development of the construction of logistics centers in both markets can be divided roughly into three periods-the pre-crisis known as boom years, a period of financial crisis and post-crisis period marked as the revival phase.

In my bachelor's task called "Effective tax wages of individual income tax in countries of OECD or EU" are described effective tax wage,calculation methods, the most important factors influencing its highness and the differences between economical and juridical concept of effective tax wage. This theory is applied on France, Italy, Czech Republic and Slovakia. The results of application are reviewed and mutually compared.