The aim of the thesis is the regional differentiation analysis in the European Union territory. Thesis is focused on the EU Regional policy (its origin, development, objectives and instruments) and mainly on the demographic and economic differentiation in the EU. The demographic differentiation is qualified through the use of natural population increase, net migration and settlement structure. For the economic differentiation there have been used indicators such as GDP per inhabitant, employment and unemployment rate.

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Demographic differentiation according to community size in Slovakia and the Czech Republic Abstract The aim of this work is to evaluate selected demographic indicators in the individual community size in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The first part is to compare the long-term trends of fertility, abortion, natural increase and infant mortality. The aim is to evaluate changes in the development of selected indicators during the common republic and the establishment of independent states. The basis of this work is the analysis of fertility and mortality since 2000 in the community size of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, but also a comparison of selected indicators of community size between independent republics. Keywords: community size, fertility, abortion, mortality, temporary life expectancy, demographic differentiation, Slovakia, Czech Republic