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	Slovakia - HighBeam Encyclopedia
		Slovakia, however, played an important political role, with Bratislava serving as the Hapsburg capital, until all of Hungary was finally freed from the Turks in the late 17th cent.
		The Allied victory in 1945 restored Slovakia to its territorial status before the Munich Pact, and the constitution of 1948 recognized Slovakia as one of the constituent states of a reestablished Czechoslovakia; the other state was composed of Bohemia, Moravia, and a small part of Silesia.
		Slovakia became a member of NATO in Mar., 2004, and of the European Union in May. In April, Ivan Gašparovič was elected as Schuster's successor.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-Slovakia.html (1890 words)

	SLOVAKIA.ORG - Detailed Information about the Slovak Republic (SK)
		Slovakia, landlocked republic in Central Europe, bounded on the northwest by the Czech Republic, on the north by Poland, on the east by Ukraine, on the south by Hungary, and on the southwest by Austria.
		Slovakia was considered part of Greater Hungary until 1918, when it united with the Czech lands of Bohemia and Moravia, in addition to a small part of Silesia, to form Czechoslovakia.
		Southwestern Slovakia is dominated by the Danubian Lowlands, a fertile region that extends to the Danube River on the Hungarian border.
	www.slovakia.org /sk-info.htm (2209 words)

	Slovakia - MSN Encarta
		Parliamentary elections held in June 1992 brought a leftist government to power in Slovakia, while a center-right group won control of the Czech Republic.
		The president of Slovakia is popularly elected to a five-year term.
		The president is responsible for naming the prime minister to head the government; the prime minister is typically the leader of the party with the majority of seats in parliament.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761554274_7/Slovakia.html (433 words)

	general elections in slovakia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		For a long time Slovakia was also the bad boy in the group of ex-communist countries of Eastern Europe on the road to democracy.
		Indeed two months after the Slovak elections the Prague Summit is due to take place to decide on whether Slovakia (and other countries) will integrate NATO followed closely by the EU’s decision in December on the first wave of countries to join the 15 by 2004.
		The election is proportional and takes place in one round, since the country comprises one and the same constituency.
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/slovaquie/default.htm (821 words)

	General elections in Slovakia
		The Movement for a Democratic Slovakia, which came out ahead in the general elections of September 20th and 21st 2002 (LU-HZDS, a new name since 14th June 2003) led by the country's former strong arm, Vladimir Meciar, is still an inevitable party in the political arena.
		The latter is in favour of reducing the rate of taxation by four or five points and hopes to reduce taxes on married couples expecting a child by 100,000 crowns.
		September 2002 Slovakia distinguished itself as being the country with the greatest abstention rate during the European elections in June 2004, (16.96% participation rate).
	www.robert-schuman.org /anglais/oee/slovaquie/legislatives/default.htm (2905 words)

	Slovakia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Slovakia became an independent nation on Jan. 1, 1993, when Czechoslovakia was dissolved.
		Its fertile soil is drained by the Danube and its tributaries, notably the Váh.
		Slovakia became a member of NATO in Mar., 2004, and of the European Union in May. In April, Ivan Ga parovi
	www.bartleby.com /65/sl/Slovakia.html (1701 words)

	ISN Security Watch - Slovakia's new rulers, strange bedfellows
		With the exception of Bratislava and the southern Slovak regions, the 17 June election saw the votes go heavily in favor of Ficoâs SMER party, which had touted itself for developing greater social equality and justice for the people, unlike their impression of the neo-liberal reforms introduced by Dzurinda's center-right coalition.
		Although Dzurinda's reforms had ushered Slovakia into the EU and out of the darkness of the controversial years under the de-facto dictatorial leadership of Vladimir Meciar, when the country actually was somewhat of a âpariahâ state, many Slovaks had become disgruntled with the consequences of the hard-hitting reforms.
		Slovakia became a member of NATO and the EU through its commitment to a series of reforms under the previous government, and it is unlikely that it would rescind on its international obligations.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=16759 (1184 words)

	SLOVAKIA: parliamentary elections Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky, 1994
		SLOVAKIA: parliamentary elections Narodna Rada Slovenskej Republiky, 1994
		Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament for the first time since dissolution of the Czechoslovak Federation and the consequent coming into being of the sovereign Slovak Republic on 1 January 1993.
		The date of early elections was agreed in a wide consensus of the political parties in March 1994 when the Government of Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar (Movement for a Democratic Slovakia – HZDS) stepped down after it lost its parliamentary majority.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2285_94.htm (609 words)

	Slovakia's Thin Ice
		Slovakia gained in prestige during the current administration's reign from 1998, he explained his unseemly advice.
		Underlying this seething cauldron of resentments and mutual recriminations is Slovakia's identity crisis.
		Slovakia endured one of the worst post-communist contractions among countries in transition.
	samvak.tripod.com /pp173.html (1131 words)

	Comprehensive information and links about Slovakia
		Slovakia Slovakia is a landlocked republic in Central Europe.
		Slovakia was the centre of Samo's empire in the 7th century.
		Slovakia plans to adopt the Euro currency on 1 January 2009 and has already entered the ERM for this purpose.
	www.quicknation.com /Slovakia.htm (1391 words)

	Independent and Free Elections in Slovakia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		In the last few weeks Slovakia has had the opportunity to elect for the first time representatives to their government that potentially will allow a true, free, honest government for that nation.
		In the past years, there has been some conflict, there have been some problems in Slovakia, and in an election, which was a record by all Western democratic standards, 85 percent of the Slovaks turned out to cast their ballot.
		Alexander Dubcek, a Slovak, in 1968, led the revolution, the revolution that was oppressed by Soviet tanks that trampled Slovakia.
	www.house.gov /mica/fs100698.htm (543 words)

	NATO Research Fellowships
		The mayor (in municipal elections) shall be elected by the local citizens in an election by universal, equal and direct suffrage by secret ballot.
		The Slovak elections in 1994 were as far as the campaign and results quite similar to the 1992 elections.
		The parties themselves have changed a lot from the elections in 1990, and similarly as it wsa in the 1990 election (when communists were replaced), there was a strong urge in public for a change in politics.
	www.nato.int /acad/fellow/94-96/tolmaci/04.htm (890 words)

	HRW World Report 1999: Slovakia:Human Rights Developments
		In September elections, Slovakia ousted the government of Prime Minister Vladimir Meciar, whose term in office had been marked by dubious human rights practices.
		Though the government welcomed election observers from the OSCE, on August 24 Prime Minister Meciar announced that observers from the U.S., the U.K., Hungary, and the Czech Republic would not be invited because he did not want observers from those “unfriendly countries” to abuse their presence by possibly criticizing the election.
		In Spišská Nová Ves, in central Slovakia, several Roma families residing in the city center received notices from local authorities requiring them to move to the outskirts of the city, partially at their own expense.
	www.hrw.org /worldreport99/europe/slovakia.html (885 words)

	Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights - Elections - Slovakia
		The ODIHR deployed an election observation mission to monitor the parliamentary elections on 20-21 September 2002.
		The ODIHR deployed an election observation mission to monitor the presidential election on 15 and 29 May 1999.
		The ODIHR, the OSCE Parliamentary Assembly, the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, and the European Parliament deployed an international election observation mission to monitor the parliamentary elections on 25-26 September 1998.
	www.osce.org /odihr-elections/14634.html (150 words)

	Central Europe Review - Slovak News Review
		Slovakia's Deputy Foreign Minister and chief negotiator, Ján Fígel, welcomed the news, adding that negotiations on eight chapters of EU legislation should be opened before the end of the year, with all the necessary legislation being in position by 2002.
		A note of caution was sounded in the committee's communique, which called on Slovakia to strengthen its constitutional stability, democracy and the rule of law, and to improve the position of the country's Roma minority.
		Slovakia's hard-pressed teachers are to receive a pay rise of seven per cent, Education Minister Milan Ftácnik announced this week.
	www.ce-review.org /00/35/slovakianews35.html (931 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		The EU has said the conduct of the elections will be a crucial factor in a review of its relations with Slovakia planned for later this year.
		Election commission member Jan Sarovecky, who is also a member of Meciar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), defended the decision, saying that it does not violate Slovakia's election law.
		But the head of the OSCE mission in Slovakia, Kare Vollan, told RFE/RL that the commission made an "unwise decision." Vollan said the OSCE regrets that Slovakia "has not chosen a totally open attitude" and is refusing to "enhance transparency" of the ballot.
	www.rferl.org /features/1998/09/F.RU.980914131541.asp (378 words)

	SLOVAKIA: parliamentary elections Národná rada Slovenskej republiky, 1998
		Elections were held for all the seats in Parliament on the normal expiry of the members' term of office.
		In the 1998 general elections, the ruling coalition led by the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) was challenged by four opposition parties spanning the political spectrum: the right-wing Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK), the centre-left Party of Civic Understanding (SOP), the centrist Hungarian Coalition (SMK) and the reformed communist Party of the Democratic Left (SDL).
		Shortly before the elections, in May, the Electoral Law was amended in several ways, especially as regards electoral constituencies and the vote threshold needed to gain National Council representation.
	www.ipu.org /parline-e/reports/arc/2285_98.htm (297 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		As the general elections scheduled for late September draw near, the political situation is becoming increasingly volatile and unpredictable.
		The CEC was stripped of its authority to “administer the elections,” and, in light of recent precedents, it is reasonable to assume that this task, in actual practice, will be taken over by the Ministry of Interior.
		Later on the same day, the second round of the elections was held, and Tomasek again drew the same number of votes.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol7num3/constitutionwatch/slovakia.html (1420 words)

	Schuster's Slovakia
		Schuster enjoyed the support of the current government and Slovak Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda termed the election results "a victory for democracy." The resounding victory gave the current government a vote of confidence from the people to continue along its path of reforming the country and moving closer to the West.
		While the election results and the ensuing regional support of nearby countries bodes well for Slovakia's foreign relations, Meciar's absence from the inauguration ceremony signals a bitterness about the outcome of the elections and a refusal to bury the hatchet.
		Now that Slovakia has a President and appears to be steaming along with the Western democracies, it appears more likely that Slovakia may join the top group of candidates trying to obtain membership in the European Union.
	www.ce-review.org /99/1/kopanic1.html (1298 words)

	Partners for Democratic Change
		In this hallmark election, the majority rule of the Movement for Democratic Slovakia, led by Vladimir Meciar, was defeated and replaced by Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda, leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition, who now heads a four-party coalition government.
		Finally, Partners-Slovakia facilitated a series of seminars for the Election Crisis Network – a network of NGOs that dispatched approximately 2,500 election monitors to prevent manipulation during the two days and one night of the election process.
		Word of the election results came on October 1, 1998, from elated Partners-Slovakia staff: “Some of us were even sleeping in the office to guard NGO monitoring.
	www.partnersglobal.org /case_studies/cs_slovakia_ok98.html (526 words)

	East European Constitutional Review
		Slovakia's political and constitutional development was dominated this quarter by the ongoing investigation of various crimes perpetrated during former prime minister Vladimir Meciar's regime and by its first direct presidential election.
		According to the Law on Direct Presidential Elections, which parliament adopted on March 18, candidates are nominated by at least 15 deputies or by a petition signed by at least 15,000 citizens.
		In the first round, Schuster drew 47 percent of the vote, followed by Vladimir Meciar with 37 percent; Vasaryova was a distant third with 6 percent (even though, according to the last opinion poll, she enjoyed the support of 17 percent of the electorate), and Slota gained only 2 percent.
	www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol8num3/constitutionwatch/slovakia.html (1807 words)

	MAR \| Data \| Assessment for Roma in Slovakia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Roma are still among the poorest in Slovakia and are subject to several forms of discrimination and popular prejudice.
		In addition, as indicated by the last two elections in Slovakia, most Slovaks support democratic values and desire to join the EU and NATO.
		For this reason and a general lack of encouragement from their parents, many Roma children are sent to schools for the mentally handicapped where they are often discriminated against by teachers.
	www.cidcm.umd.edu /inscr/mar/assessment.asp?groupId=31702 (1463 words)

	In Ukraine, homegrown freedom \| csmonitor.com
		In all the "breakthrough" elections in the past five years, the pattern has been much the same: An authoritarian regime tries to falsify elections through a variety of means.
		This is common in Central Asia and in other dictatorships, but what made the elections in Slovakia in 1998, Serbia in 2000, and Georgia in 2003 different was the combined pressure on the authorities of a highly motivated and unified civil society, the credible exposure of fraud, and expressions of concern from the West.
		Finally, all these breakthrough elections have been accomplished with the vigorous participation of civic groups that support free and fair elections by monitoring the media, carrying out voter education, publicizing candidates' platforms in the absence of a free press, training election observers, conducting polls, and so on.
	www.csmonitor.com /2004/1208/p09s02-coop.htm (621 words)

	Slovaks To Replace Democracy With Populism (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
		Similarly to the last parliamentary elections in Poland, Hungary and Czech Republic, for the first time in the history of modern Slovakia, issues of economy and social security of the population have appeared in the centre of the parliamentary (Národná rada Slovenskej republiky) pre-election campaign that has ended here.
		As it is known, the elections of 1998 had passed under the slogan of the struggle for democracy, and in 2002 the political debate around the issue of joining the EU and NATO took place.
		Owing just to his efforts, Slovakia not only joined the EU and NATO in 2004, but was also recognized one of the European countries with the most actively developing economy (6 per cent in 2005).
	www.axisglobe.com /article.asp?article=921 (927 words)

	SLOVAKIA.ORG - Hungarians in the Slovak Republic
		The Slovakian government calls this "anti-state activity." This is part of an organized campaign by Slovakia's ethnic Hungarian leaders seeking a self-governing province or group of provinces in Slovakia which began with a December 6 meeting of the Zitny Ostrov Association of Towns and Villages (ZMOZO) in Komarno.
		Slovakia agrees to a clause calling for "appropriate laws or autonomous authorities" in areas where the country's ethnic Hungarians constitute a majority.
		One reason for the ratification of the treaty is Slovakia's desire of being accepted as a candidate for NATO inclusion.
	www.slovakia.org /society-hungary2.htm (4295 words)

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