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	Slovakia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Slovakia (Slovak: Slovensko) is a landlocked republic in Central Europe.
		Slovakia was the centre of Samo's empire in the 7th century.
		In 2004 Slovakia had a fertility rate of 1.25 (i.e., the average woman will have 1,25 children in her lifetime), which is one of the lowest numbers among EU countries.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slovakia (1710 words)

	Access International Domains
		Slovakiaâs GDP is concentrated in industry (47.9 percent), followed by services (46.2 percent) and agriculture (5.9 percent) (2003 est.).
		Slovakiaâs labor force consists of 2.58 million workers (2003) and the countryâs unemployment rate was estimated at 15.2 percent in 2003.
		Slovakia has not achieved the same degree of economic growth and political accomplishments as the Czech Republic in terms of full membership in NATO and associate status in the European Union.
	webdb.iu.edu /internationalprograms/scripts/accesscoverpage.cfm?country=slovakia (1654 words)

	Slovakia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
		Slovakia formed part of the great empire of Moravia, under whose rulers Christianity was introduced by Saints Cyril and Methodius.
		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.
	www.bartleby.com /65/sl/Slovakia.html (1701 words)

	SLOVAKIA (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Eventually, Slovakia became a part of the Kingdom of Hungary in the 11th-14th centuries and as such was later part of Austria-Hungary.
		In 1918, Slovakia joined with the regions of Bohemia and neighbouring Moravia to form Czechoslovakia, a country that lasted until it was broken up by the Munich Agreement of 1938.
		Slovakia's highest legislative body is the 150-seat unicameral National Council of the Slovak Republic.
	www.yotor.org /wiki/en/sl/Slovakia.htm (1016 words)

	TDS; Passports, Visas, Travel Documents
		Slovakia officially became a member of the NATO on March 29, 2004 and joined the EU in May 2004.
		Slovakia has been an active participant in U.S.- and NATO-led military actions and a stalwart partner in the war on terrorism, with military engineering brigades on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan.
		Slovakia and the United States retain strong diplomatic ties and cooperate in the military and law enforcement areas.
	www.traveldocs.com /sk/foreign.htm (371 words)

	Slovakia : SK
		Slovakia : SK The Slovak Republic, more commonly known as Slovakia, is a 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.
		Following the break-up of that country after the Munich Agreement of 1938, Slovakia became a separate republic that would be a puppet state for Nazi Germany.
		Slovakia is seeking to become a member of the European Union in May 2004.
	www.findword.org /sk/sk.html (1018 words)

	Slovakia (08/05)
		Slovakia maintains a permanent mission to the United Nations in New York and 11 honorary consulates in Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Denver, Kansas City, Indianapolis, Miami, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, and San Francisco.
		Slovakia imports nearly all of its oil and gas from Russia and its export markets are primarily OECD and EU countries.
		Slovakia's ambitious roadmap for defense reform is the Force 2015 Long-Term Plan, which strikes a well-reasoned balance between requirements and resources and envisions a professionalized, combat-capable force of 18,000 uniformed personnel.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/3430.htm (3507 words)

	Background Notes Archive - Europe (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		FOREIGN RELATIONS Since Slovakia became an independent state in 1993, the government has stated that integration into Western economic and security structures is its chief foreign policy objective.
		While Slovakia has generally met the economic requirements for membership in these institutions and was initially favored to be in the first round of integration, international concerns about the state of democratic development are currently an obstacle for EU and NATO accession.
		Slovakia and the U.S. retain strong diplomatic ties, cooperate in military and law enforcement areas, and engage in economic partnership.
	dosfan.lib.uic.edu /ERC/bgnotes/eur/slovakrepublic9804.html (3107 words)

	Slovakia (10/02)
		Slovakia's ambitious roadmap for defense reform is the well-regarded Force 2010 Long-Term Plan, which strikes a well-reasoned balance between requirements and resources and which envisions a professionalized, combat-capable force of 19,300 uniformed personnel by 2006.
		After economic stabilization in 1999 and 2000, Slovakia's current account balance brought a deficit of 8.8% of GDP in 2001, the largest number in the country's history, compared with 3.7% in 2000.
		Slovakia is a leading candidate for NATO accession at the Prague summit in November 2002 and hopes to enter the European Union in 2004.
	www.state.gov /outofdate/bgn/s/26451.htm (2975 words)

	Slovakia - Gurupedia
		Slovakia (Slovak: Slovensko) is a landlocked republic in
		Slovakia was part of the center of Samo's empire in the 7th century.
		The highest point of the 9th century proto-Slovak state known as Great Moravia came with the arrival of Cyril and Methodius and the expansion under King Svatopluk.
	www.gurupedia.com /s/sl/slovakia.htm (951 words)

	Slovakia
		The country was liberated from the Germans by the Soviet army in the spring of 1945, and Slovakia was restored to its prewar status and rejoined to a new Czechoslovakian state.
		Slovakia's very low influx of foreign capital during Meciar's tenure was the result of his government's lack of transparency.
		Slovakia - Slovakia or the Slovak Republic,Slovak Slovensko, republic (2005 est.
	www.infoplease.com /ipa/A0107967.html (968 words)

	Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade: Europe Division - Slovakia Country paper (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Slovakia’s main foreign policy objectives have been its accession to the EU in 2004, NATO in 2004, and to achieve a seat on the UN Security Council in 2006/2007 (elections are held in 2005).
		Slovakia is a member of the Council of Europe and, as part of the former Czechoslovakia, became a member of the International Monetary Fund and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development in September 1990.
		Slovakia’s relations with its central European neighbours, particularly the Czech Republic and Hungary, have improved significantly under the new government.
	www.mfat.govt.nz /foreign/regions/europe/countrypapers/slovakia.html (1573 words)

	EDC - EVERYTHING ABOUT INVESTMENT IN EASTERN SLOVAKIA (CENTRAL EUROPE) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Although the influx of foreign direct investment (FDI) into the Slovak Republic is not so high compared with neighbouring countries, last year´s results show that foreign investors have discovered the Slovak Republic and consider this country to be one of the best places in Europe for investment.
		Mutual relations between Slovakia and the EU are based on the European Association Agreement that was signed on October 4, 1993 and came into force on February 1, 1995.The Slovak Republic together with other associated countries of Central and Eastern Europe is engaged in the enlargement process of the EU.
		Foreign Affairs Minister Kukan: Standing on the doorstep of the EU and NATO, Slovakia has proven that even a small country may have an enormous potential.
	www.usske.sk /edc/why/why-east.htm (558 words)

	Foreign & Commonwealth Office Country Profiles
		Slovakia is a landlocked country in Central Europe and shares common borders with Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Ukraine.
		Slovakia has also deployed troops in Afghanistan, and in support of the coalition in Iraq, where Slovak soldiers are serving in mine-clearing operations and have sustained some casualties.
		Slovakia signed the NATO Accession Protocol on 26 April 2003 and became a member of NATO on 2 April 2004.
	www.fco.gov.uk /servlet/Front?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/ShowPage&c=Page&cid=1007029394365&a=KCountryProfile&aid=1019745008928 (1610 words)

	AllRefer.com - Latvia - Establishing Foreign Relations - Foreign Policy Directions \| Latvian Information Resource
		After the May 4 declaration, a new Ministry of Foreign Affairs was established, headed by Janis Jurkans, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Popular Front of Latvia.
		Foreign countries wanting to establish embassies in Riga often had to scramble for suitable sites at a time when ownership and jurisdictional questions over property presented an interminable maze of inconsistent decrees and agreements.
		Mutually friendly bilateral relations are maintained with members of the Visegrád Group (consisting of Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Hungary).
	reference.allrefer.com /country-guide-study/latvia/latvia28.html (2266 words)

	NBS - Balance of payments for January to May 1996
		The downturn in foreign trade (the trade deficit increased further by Sk 4.0 billion in May) indicate that, in addition to strong negative single impacts, there are several factors of permanent nature indicating that the present trend of development will continue in the next few months.
		Their expenses in foreign currency totalled US$ 144.4 million (Sk 4.4 billion), representing an increase of 47% compared with the same period of last year.
		Portfolio investments in the area of foreign capital participation in the SR and the issue/sale of domestic securities abroad reached a very low level (Sk 290 million).
	www.nbs.sk /MP/MS0696/ms_07.htm (1046 words)

	Yugoslav Daily Survey, 97-10-31
		Prime Minister Kontic underscored the important role played in the development of Yugoslav- Slovak relations by Slovakia's constructive and principled stance on the crisis in the former Yugoslavia and its calls for Yugoslavia to be treated as an equal and for its return to international organizations and institutions.
		Slovakia's and Yugoslavia's economies are complementary, Chamula said adding that firmer ties could be established in the sphere of natural gas distribution, chemical, paper and construction industries, agriculture and consumer goods trade.
		Slovakia is especially interested in resuming cooperation in the field of tourism and in taking part in the reconstruction of Yugoslav thermal power plants that have Slovak technology and equipment.
	www.hri.org /news/agencies/yds/1997/97-10-31.yds.html (5156 words)

	Slovakia Bilateral relations (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Bilateral relations continue to be based on the of Treaty on Good-neighbourliness and Friendly Cooperation between the Federal Republic of Germany and the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic, dating from 27 February 1992, which recognizes the Slovak Republic as a successor state to the CSFR.
		Slovakia’s Foreign Minister Eduard Kukan came to Berlin on 10 December 2003 for bilateral talks, Prime Minister Mikulas Dzurinda arrived in Germany in mid-February 2004 for a visit lasting several days and President Gasparovic paid a working visit to Berlin in October 2004.
		Cultural relations between Germany and Slovakia are close and wide-ranging, based on the German-Slovak cultural cooperation agreement of 1 May 1997.
	www.auswaertiges-amt.de /www/en/laenderinfos/laender/print_html?type_id=9&land_id=154 (714 words)

	Wikinfo \| Slovakia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Slovakia highest judicial body is the Constitutional Court (Ústavny´ súd), which rules on constitutional issues.
		Amongst them are the high peaks of the Tatra mountains, which are a popular skiing destination and home to many scenic lakes and valleys as well as the highest point in Slovakia, the Gerlachovsky´ at 2,655 m.
		Images, some of which are used under the doctrine of Fair use or used with permission, may not be available.
	www.wikinfo.org /wiki.php?title=Slovakia (1033 words)

	Human Rights Watch World Report 2002: Europe & Central Asia: Slovakia
		Slovakia's growing popularity as a transit country for asylum seekers and migrants and a country of origin and transit for trafficking accentuated its significant shortcomings in refugee and trafficking policy.
		United Nations investigators found that Slovakia was the point of origin of weapons that were funneled to Liberia, in violation of a mandatory arms embargo.
		Slovakia, a state party to the 1997 Mine Ban Treaty, announced on October 18, 2000, that it had completed destruction of its stockpile of antipersonnel landmines.
	www.hrw.org /wr2k2/europe17.html (1479 words)

	Schuster's Slovakia
		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.
		A pair of sociologists from the Slovak Academy of Sciences, Jan Buncak and Valentina Harmadyova, point out that Slovakia is not experiencing a classical left-right conflict as in many countries, for people on both ends of the political spectrum are in both the opposition and the current government (CTK, 12-13 June 1999).
		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)

	Politics of Slovakia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Slovakia 's highest legislative body is the 150-seat National Council of the Slovak Republic.
		The 13 members of this are appointed by the president from a of candidates nominated by Parliament.
		A current problem in Slovakia was that allegations of human rights abuses against its Roma (Gypsy) population.
	www.freeglossary.com /Politics_of_Slovakia (832 words)

	RADIO FREE EUROPE/ RADIO LIBERTY
		Duleba says relations between Moscow and Bratislava should be seen in terms of personal rather than state interests.
		He says that it has been clear since 1995 that because of ots close relations with Russia the Meciar government is both unwilling and incapable of leading Slovakia into NATO and the EU.
		Terminating the agreement does not relieve the parties of the duty to protect secrets gained while the treaty was in effect or to continue to bear responsibility for the loss or betrayal of secrets covered by the accord.
	www.rferl.org /features/1997/05/F.RU.970522150226.asp (1289 words)

	BBC NEWS \| World \| Europe \| Country profiles \| Country profile: Slovakia
		The story in chapter one revolved around frosty relations with the European Union and Nato combined with rejection of economic reform.
		Slovakia has a significant Romany population who suffer disproportionately high levels of poverty and social deprivation
		The post-war Benes decrees, which called for the expulsion of 3 million ethnic Germans and 600,000 ethnic Hungarians from then-Czechoslovakia and the confiscation of their property, remain a sensitive issue in relations with neighbours.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/world/europe/country_profiles/1108491.stm (784 words)

	NBS - Balance of payments for January to May 1996
		The development of Slovakia's foreign trade relations during the first four months of 1996 was characterised by further increase in the current account deficit of the balance of payments, which reached Sk 18.2 billion (US$ 604 million) at the end of April.
		In addition to the downturn in economic activity in countries of Western Europe (where 40% of Slovakia's commodity exports are directed), export trading was affected by a fall in world prices of certain basic commodities, and a decrease in revenues in the category of 'other services'.
		With regard to the structure of trade by country, Slovakia traded at a deficit mainly with the Russian Federation (Sk 18.9 billion), USA (Sk 1.8 billion), and Japan (Sk 1.2 billion).
	www.nbs.sk /MP/MS0596/ms_07.htm (801 words)

	Search: Slovakia - FOX News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		Slovakia was settled by Slavic Slovaks about the 6th century...
		Slovakia, the former Czechoslovakia's less glamourous partner, emerged dishevelled and sleepy after...
		Slovakia have participated in international football tournaments as an independent nation since...
	search.foxnews.com /_1_SCMTCO04VS94FF__info.foxnws/search/web/Slovakia (535 words)

	globalEDGE (TM) \| country insights - Government of Slovakia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-15)
		In certain cases the law provides for decisions of tribunals of judges to be attended by lay judges from the citizenry.
		Slovakia also has a special Constitutional Court, which rules on constitutional issues.
		The Council also is responsible for appointing Disciplinary Senates in cases of judicial misconduct.
	globaledge.msu.edu /IBRD/CountryGovt.asp?CountryID=71&RegionID=2 (488 words)

	Slovak Mission to NATO
		The one of the main priority of foreign policy of the Slovak Republic since its foundation is to be a member of NATO.
		Therefore, Slovakia from the beginning has actively participated in all NATO activities related to reach that goal.
		Slovakia actively participates in all activities posed by these initiatives in the political means and military as well.
	www.nato.int /pfp/sk/slovakia1.htm (265 words)

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