Slovakia
Posted: Thu Feb 14, 2013 10:39 am
Many times I hear the question about my origin country, so to avoid any speculations that Slovakia belongs to Russia, Yugoslavia, Eastern Europe, America or Australia…, I’m bringing here a brief overview.
The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia, long form Slovenská republika) is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries during the migration period. In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs [623-658 AD]), Principality of Nitra (as independent polity, as part of Great Moravia [830–896 AD), Great Moravia, Kingdom of Hungary [1000-1867 AD and 1920-1946 AD], the Austro-Hungarian Empire [1867-1918 AD] or Habsburg Empire, and Czechoslovakia [1918-1992 AD].
A separate Slovak state briefly existed during World War II, during which Slovakia was a dependency of Germany between 1939 and 1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with one of the fastest growth rates in the European Union and the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia together with Slovenia and Estonia are the only former Communist nations to be part of the European Union, Eurozone, Schengen Area and NATO simultaneously.
Capital is Bratislava.
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The Slovak Republic (short form: Slovakia, long form Slovenská republika) is a landlocked state in Central Europe. It has a population of over five million and an area of about 49,000 square kilometres.
The Slavs arrived in the territory of present-day Slovakia in the 5th and 6th centuries during the migration period. In the course of history, various parts of today's Slovakia belonged to Samo's Empire (the first known political unit of Slavs [623-658 AD]), Principality of Nitra (as independent polity, as part of Great Moravia [830–896 AD), Great Moravia, Kingdom of Hungary [1000-1867 AD and 1920-1946 AD], the Austro-Hungarian Empire [1867-1918 AD] or Habsburg Empire, and Czechoslovakia [1918-1992 AD].
A separate Slovak state briefly existed during World War II, during which Slovakia was a dependency of Germany between 1939 and 1944. From 1945 Slovakia once again became a part of Czechoslovakia. The present-day Slovakia became an independent state on 1 January 1993 after the peaceful dissolution of Czechoslovakia.
Slovakia is a high-income advanced economy with one of the fastest growth rates in the European Union and the OECD. The country joined the European Union in 2004 and the Eurozone on 1 January 2009. Slovakia together with Slovenia and Estonia are the only former Communist nations to be part of the European Union, Eurozone, Schengen Area and NATO simultaneously.
Capital is Bratislava.
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