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  Democratic Party (Slovakia) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The historical Democratic Party arose in 1944 during the Slovak National Uprising as a party for all non-Communist participants (i.e.
In the course of the subsequent dissolution of the Slovak Democratic Coalition in 2001, some members left the Democratic Party (Ivan Mikloš, for example, became a chairman of the newly founded Slovak Democratic and Christian Union), and František Šebej became the new chairman for short time and was quickly replaced by Ľudovít Kaník.
This was due to an agreement with the SDKÚ, according to which Ľudovít Kaník, the chairman of the Democratic Party, received one seat in the new 2002 government - the seat of the minister of social affairs and family.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Democratic_Party_(Slovakia)   (574 words)

  
 Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Slovak language   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Slovak is spoken in Slovakia (by 5 million people), the United States (500,000, emigrants), the Czech Republic (320,000, due to former Czechoslovakia), Hungary (110,000, ancient ethnic minority), Serbia-Voivodina (60,000, ancient ethnic minority), Romania (22,000, ancient ethnic minority), Poland (20,000), Canada (20,000, emigrants), Australia (emigrants), Austria, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Croatia (5,000) and some other countries.
The Slovak is related to Czech especially in written form (because the Slovak literary language spelling has been inspired by the Czech spelling), but differs from it both phonetically and grammatically.
Slovak is not related to the (non-Slavic, non-Indoeuropean) Hungarian language.
www.hallencyclopedia.com /Slovak_language   (4352 words)

  
 List of political parties in Slovakia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Democratic Party (Demokratická strana) - an important party between 1944 and 1948, a new DS arose in 1989, since January 2006 part of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party
Slovak Democratic Coalition (Slovenská demokratická koalícia) - in existence from 1997 (as a coalition) / 1998 (as a party) to (?)2001, in the government from 1998 to 2001
Union of the Workers of Slovakia (Združenie robotníkov Slovenska) - in the government between 1994 and 1998, split from the Strana demokratickej ľavice
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 Links from the Slovak Embassy
Even though the Slovak Republic declared itself to be a Christian state and Tiso was himself a priest, this genocide was not prevented despite the protests of the Church and the Vatican.
Alexander Dubček, the Slovak reform communist and the symbol of the “Prague spring” was replaced in April 1969 by Gustáv Husák.
In July 1992 the Slovak National Council adopted Declaration on Slovak Sovereignty, on 1 September was adopted Slovak Constitution, in the end of November the Federal Assembly in Prague voted for cease of the federation.
www.slovakembassy-us.org /history.html   (7611 words)

  
 Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union - Democratic Party (Slovak: Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia - Demokratická strana, SDKÚ-DS) is a political party in Slovakia.
Before its merge with the Democratic Party on January 21, 2006, it was called the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ).
It used to provide Slovakia's head of government, Mikuláš Dzurinda, and lead a coalition government with the Party of the Hungarian Coalition in the years 2002-2006 (the Alliance of the New Citizen was a member of that coalition until September 2005 and the Christian Democratic Movement until February 2006).
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Slovak_Democratic_and_Christian_Union   (181 words)

  
 Mikuláš Dzurinda - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
He was a founder and leader of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union.
The first democratic general election in the former Czechoslovakia was in 1990, and he was appointed Deputy Minister of Transportation and Posts of the Slovak Government in 1991.
In 2003, he accused some Slovak citizens, including the editor-in-chief of the Slovak Daily SME, Martin M. Šimečka, and the director of the Slovak National Security Agency, Ján Mojžiš, of being part of a group which was acting againts the interests of the Slovak Republic.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mikulas_Dzurinda   (961 words)

  
 Mikulas Dzurinda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Hehas been Prime Minister since 30 October 1998 for the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) and was re-elected in October 2002 for the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union.
Since 2002, he is in coalition with the Christian Democratic Movement, the Alliance of the New Citizen and the Party of the Hungarian Coalition.
Dzurinda was born on February 4, 1955, in the eastern Slovak village of Spišský Štvrtok.
www.therfcc.org /mikulas-dzurinda-74669.html   (803 words)

  
 European Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The European Council, informally called the European summit, is a meeting of the heads of state or government of the European Union, and the President of the European Commission.
This institution is different from the Council of the European Union (which includes the ministers with the relevant portfolios), the Council of Europe (which is an unrelated international organization) and The European Council (TEC) (which is a recently founded independent policy research organization).
The role of President of the assembled European Council is performed by the head of government or head of state of the member state currently holding the Presidency of the Council of the European Union.
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 SDKÚ - Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia
He was a founder and an active Member of the Association of Slovak Mayors and the Union of the Slovak Towns, having been its vice-president for two years.
He is one of the co-founders of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU) and the party expert for public administration.
After success in the 2002 elections he was re-elected for a member of the National Council of the Slovak Republic, became the Head of SDKU Faction in the Slovak Parliament and the Chairman of the Committee for Public Administration.
www.sdkuonline.sk /english/repre.shtml   (1391 words)

  
 MapUp.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Slovak intellectuals cultivated closer cultural ties with the Czechs, who were themselves ruled by the Austrians.
The Slovak National Uprising, a resistance movement against the fascist Slovak state, occurred in 1944 with the participation of Slovaks, Russians, Jews, and some allied forces but was put down by Nazi forces.
The Slovak political scene supports a wide spectrum of political parties, including several social democratic parties and the nationalistic Slovak National Party (SNS) that is not represented in parliament, but the influence of leftist and nationalist parties has declined in the past several years.
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 Slovakia POLITICAL PARTIES
The single most popular party in 1994 was the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS), which won 35% of the vote.
By 2002, HZDS won just 19.5% of the vote and 36 seats; although it won the most votes it was unable to form a government.
Also winning seats in parliament were the populist Smer Party (Party Direction—Third Way) with 13.5% of the vote and 25 seats, and the Slovak Communist Party with 6.3% of the vote and 11 seats.
www.nationsencyclopedia.com /Europe/Slovakia-POLITICAL-PARTIES.html   (161 words)

  
 The Slovak Republic Government Office
In the elections to the National Council of the Slovak Republic in September 1994, he was elected a Member of Parliament for the Democratic Union of Slovakia (DU).
He was a member of the Slovak Group of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Union and the Slovak Republic.
He was a member of the Democratic Union of Slovakia from March 1995 to June 1998, and its Chairman from March 1997 to June 1998.
www.government.gov.sk /english/minister_mzv.html   (621 words)

  
 Slovakia Update - European Forum
In the 2002 elections, the Party of the Democratic Left (SDL), the Social Democratic Alternative (SDA), the Social Democrats of Slovakia (SDSS), the Party of Civil understanding (SOP) and the LB failed to pass the five percent threshold.
The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU) was established by the former member of the Christian Democratic Movements (KDH) Mikulas Dzurinda in 2000.
The communists caused a shock for Slovak society by passing the five percent threshold in the elections in 2002.
www.europeanforum.net /country/slovakia   (6440 words)

  
 Curriculum Vitae   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Mikuláš Dzurinda is Prime Minister of the Slovak Republic.
Mikuláš Dzurinda entered Slovak politics as a member of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), a conservative political party founded in Slovakia in 1990.
Mikuláš Dzurinda was born on February 4, 1955, in the eastern Slovak village of Spišský Štvrtok.
www.government.gov.sk /dzurinda_en/ktoje/zivotopis.php3   (647 words)

  
 Links from the Slovak Embassy
The other parties expected to share power in the center-right coalition are the Christian Democratic Movement (with 8.3 percent of the vote), the Hungarian Coalition Party that represents most of Slovakia's large Hungarian minority (11.2 percent) and the Alliance of the New Citizen, a new party led by media tycoon Pavol Rusko (8.1 percent).
Slovak President Rudolf Schuster is empowered with the authority to appoint a political party to negotiate a government — and met with party leaders on Monday — but has allowed HZDS to try to forge a coalition, defering his decision on a right-wing coalition until the end of the week.
Media advertisements featuring well-known Slovak artisans, philosophers, writers, poets, scholars, athletes, and musicians were shown throughout the country, encouraging youth to realize their right to vote and to do so in an educated and informed manner.
www.slovakembassy-us.org /vlada.html   (4945 words)

  
 East European Constitutional Review
The MDS and the Slovak National Party naturally voted in favor of no confidence, but numbered among the 52 votes in favor were four coalition MPs and three MPs who were formerly members of coalition.
Schmognerova founded a new party-the Social Democratic Alternative (SDA)-in February, and was promptly joined by Peter Weiss, a former PDL leader, and by Milan Ftacnik, the education minister and former candidate for the PDL chairmanship, in March.
CDM deputy chairman Vladimir Palko argued that the European Union does not require Slovakia to pass such a law, because it would be based on a "resolution" passed by the European parliament and is not part of the EU acquis communautaire.
www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol11num3/constitutionwatch/slovakia.html   (2111 words)

  
 East European Constitutional Review
The Slovak political scene has been defined recently by power struggles over the fluid division of power among the president, government, and the courts, as well as by growing tensions within the ruling coalition.
The coalition is led by the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDC), which shares power with the Party of Democratic Left (PDL), the Party for Civic Understanding (PCU), and the Party of the Hungarian Coalition (PHC).
SDC itself consists of five parties: three right-wing parties (the Democratic Party [DP], the Democratic Union [DU], and the Christian Democratic Movement [CDM]) and two left-of-center parties (the Social Democratic Party [SDP] and the Green Party [GP]).
www.law.nyu.edu /eecr/vol9num_onehalf/constitutionwatch/slovakia.html   (1285 words)

  
 Slovak republic
In 1999 the Slovak government clearly stated that modern Slovakia was ‘neither ideologically nor politically a continuation of the 1939—1945 Slovak state’, which, it said, was ‘based on bad political and moral principles’.
In May 2001 the Slovak government approved measures aimed at cutting down the emigration of Slovakia’s Romany minority, by deciding to introduce stricter conditions for issuing passports to ‘citizens suspected of trying to emigrate’ and to introduce stricter conditions on the payment of welfare aid.
The official Slovak version of the case claims Lubomir Sarissky was questioned at a police station because he was suspected of stealing a bicycle and that during questioning he snatched a gun from the investigator and shot himself into the stomach.
www.axt.org.uk /antisem/countries/slovakrep/slovakrep.htm   (7152 words)

  
 Central Europe Review - Slovak News Review
Dzurinda recently formed a new party, the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU), which he hopes to lead to victory in the next general election.
His declared aim in forming the new party was to unite the squabbling strands of the Slovak Democratic Coalition (SDK) which forms the core of the present government.
Wednesday's attack on Dzurinda's power-base was led by the opposition Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS) and the Party of the Democratic Left (SDĽ), which is part of the government coalition.
www.ce-review.org /00/25/slovakianews25.html   (565 words)

  
 802slo.htm
If the Slovak government attempts to sabotage the referendum on April 19 the Slovak Democratic Coalition and the Hungarian Coalition are ready to begin collecting signatures on a petition for a new referendum on changing the method of selecting the president to direct popular vote, said Hungarian Christian Democratic Movement Vice-President László Szigeti.
The opposition Democratic Party believes that the amendment to the Election Law is a swindle, an attempt to manipulate general elections and limit the Slovak Democratic Coalition’s chances.
The Slovak Democratic Coalition, consisting of five opposition parties, held a conference on the current situation of Slovakia’s national minorities and explored ways to resolve their problems.
www.hhrf.org /monitor/802slo.htm   (2016 words)

  
 JURIST - Paper Chase: Slovak government breaks down over Vatican anti-abortion pact
The controversial document, which has also been criticized [JURIST report] by the European Union [official website], contained an "objection of conscience" clause that would give employees the legal right to refuse tasks that violated their religious beliefs.
Dzurinda's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU) [official website, English version] party originally agreed with KDH on the treaty, but recently changed its stance.
The conflict between the two parties is expected to impact the Slovak parliamentary election scheduled for September 2006, and the remaining members of the cabinet intend to meet Wednesday to discuss the possibility of an expedited election.
jurist.law.pitt.edu /paperchase/2006/02/slovak-government-breaks-down-over.php   (327 words)

  
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Due to the staunch opposition of the Slovak coalition partners, HCP leaders were unsuccessful in addressing the issue of compensation for properties belonging to ethnic Hungarians illegally confiscated after 1945 under the Benes Decrees.
Four Slovak centrist and conservative parties will be forming a narrow majority in the 150-seat Parliament as a result of the September 20-21 national elections.
The Slovak Democratic and Christian Union, the Hungarian Coalition Party (HCP), the Christian Democratic Movement and the Alliance of New Citizens have agreed on the structure of the future cabinet.
www.hhrf.org /monitor/210slo.htm   (926 words)

  
 The Slovak Spectator - Slovakia's English Language Newspaper
THOUGH the failure of Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) candidate Eduard Kukan to make it to the second round of presidential elections stunned the public, the Slovak currency has not suffered any major blows.
PRIME Minister Mikuláš Dzurinda's Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) has been plagued by a scandal that broke out last week in which the ruling party is suspected of manipulating its financial reports.
The ruling Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKÚ) is the only political party to put a popular but inexperienced personality on the top of its list of candidates for the upcoming elections to the European legislative body.
www.slovakspectator.sk /rubrika-2004014-spect_news.html   (537 words)

  
 The Ultimate Right-wing politics Dog Breeds Information Guide and Reference
The Bush administration's official policy is to call for democratic reforms in all undemocratic governments; Secretary Powell has publicly called for democratic reforms in meetings with Arab and Islamic states.
Some on the Christian right, many of them Judeo-Christians or Christian Zionists, support Israel because they believe its existence is essential to bring the Messiah.
The Christian Party (Kristillisdemokraatit) and the Swedish Party (Svenska Folkpartiet) might also be considered conservative parties.
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In 1990 he was appointed Ambassador-Permanent Representative of the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic to the UN in New York.
In the parliamentary elections in September 1994 he was elected a member of parliament for the Democratic Union of Slovakia (DU).
He was also a member of the Slovak part of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the European Union and the Slovak Republic.
www.foreign.gov.sk /En/files/add.php3?text=CVs%20of%20MFA%20Representatives&file=file613.shtml   (572 words)

  
 IRI : Around The Globe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Four center-right parties - the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU), the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, the Christian Democratic Movement, and the Alliance of the New Citizen - won more than half the seats in parliament...
Four center-right parties - the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU), the Party of the Hungarian Coalition, the Christian Democratic Movement, and the Alliance of the New Citizen - won more than half the seats in parliament and are expected to form a government.
Although ex-prime minister Vladimir Meciar's Movement for a Democratic Slovakia finished first with 19.5 percent of the vote, his party is not expected to find coalition partners.
www.iri.org /searchdatabase.asp?formmode=worldsummary&ID=4561239918   (202 words)

  
 Slovak Republic: Angus Reid Consultants
In October 1998, Mikulas Dzurinda of the Slovak Democratic and Christian Union (SDKU) formed a coalition government that included the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH), the New Civic Alliance (ANO) and the Party of the Hungarian Coalition (SMK).
Slovak president Ivan Gasparovic said the privatization of the two facilities should not take place before the end of the current National Council term.
On Feb. 7, the governing coalition collapsed after three cabinet members of the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH)—interior minister Vladimir Palko, justice minister Daniel Lipsic and education minister Martin Fronc—resigned.
www.angus-reid.com /tracker/index.cfm/fuseaction/viewItem/itemID/11212   (935 words)

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