Less Czechs died abroad in 2009

The same report from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs says that 414 lost their lives abroad in 2009, 18 less than the year before. Most of the deaths occurred in Slovakia, where there were 132 cases, followed at a distance by Germany and Austria. The number of Czechs hospitalised abroad also decreased to 347 from 422 in 2008. The number of car accidents involving Czechs in other countries also dropped.